Very few people love a networking event. Especially when there's added pressure to come away with business leads for work or even just to make new friends. It can feel like a bad reflection on you. In today's episode, Ziba and Raphy hack the brain to discover what makes networking so stress-inducing, how to come across as more authentic and how you can transform your anxiety to a networking superpower. We get some real world examples of networking disasters and learnings from Jo Preston, Group Board Director at global communications agency Teamspirit and top hacks from Dr Amantha Imber, innovation psychologist, best-selling author, podcaster and founder of Australia's leading innovation consultancy Inventium. As always, we send Raphy undercover to a networking event in an outrageous outfit to put all our hacks to the test. Follow Ziba Goddard on LinkedIn Follow Raphy March on Linkedin Follow Amantha Imber on Linkedin Follow Jo Preston in Linkedin How to Hack the Brain is brought to you by Cowry Consulting, part of the VCCP Group,  an award-winning, global, tech-enabled behavioural science consultancy. Learn More at www.cowryconsulting.com This episode was produced by Frankie Taylor, Rowan Bishop and Richard Willan. If you want to create a chart-topping podcast for your business or brand? Contact [email protected] to make it happen.