1-Day Experiential Workshop By ThinkBuzan Master Trainer Eric Cheong

In today’s digitally saturated workplace, employees juggle constant tasks, emails, and decisions, yet struggle to retain information. Over-reliance on technology has weakened memory, shortened attention spans, and increased mental fatigue, even as workplace demands for fast thinking and clear communication continue to rise.

This experiential workshop helps you rebuild your brain’s natural memory using science-backed techniques for encoding, retention, and recall. Based on Tony Buzan’s renowned methods and modern brain strategies, you’ll learn to strengthen memory, improve recall under pressure, and maintain cognitive sharpness in the AI age — giving you a practical edge at work.

Pain Points Addressed

• Forgetting information shortly after learning it
• Mental fatigue from juggling too many tasks and tabs
• Difficulty remembering names, facts, or sequences
• Age-related memory concerns and early cognitive decline
• Over-dependence on AI/digital tools to store memory

Key Benefits

• Strengthen short and long-term memory using proven memory systems
• Retain more information from meetings, reading, and training
• Sharpen recall of numbers, dates, and names without note dependence
• Improve focus, reduce stress, and boost mental clarity
• Future-proof brain health in a fast-moving, tech-reliant world

Objective

Participants will be able to:

1. Understand how memory is formed, stored, and recalled in the brain
2. Apply memory systems and mnemonics in work-related scenarios
3. Improve focus and retention using memory rhythms and recall timing
4. Use brain health and lifestyle strategies to maintain mental sharpness
5. Practice and retain names, numbers, and key details in high-stakes situations

Outline

Module 1: Memory in the Age of Distraction
Understand how today’s digital workplace is changing memory performance.

• Impact of AI and digital dependence on memory
• Myths vs facts about brain ageing
• Common workplace memory traps and solutions
• Neuroscience behind distraction and overload

Module 2: How the Brain Learns and Remembers
Master the science behind short- and long-term memory.

• The Memory Formation Process (Encoding > Storage > Recall)
• Why we forget and how to prevent it
• Measuring your memory profile
• The M=A+I² Formula and the Associative Brain

Module 3: Brain Rhythms and Recall Timing
Learn the right time to reinforce memory for long-term retention.

• Understanding the Most Important Graph (MIG)
• Recall During Learning (RDL) and After Learning (RAL)
• Peak performance windows for memory
• Scheduling learning and review for results

Module 4: Memory Power Techniques at Work
Apply classic and modern memory tools for real workplace use.

• Number-Shape & Number-Rhyme systems
• SHINE method for vivid memory links
• Storyboarding and Roman Room/Memory Palace method
• Hands-on group practice with real-life content

Module 5: Practical Recall – People, Dates, Data
Use memory strategies to retain critical everyday work information.

• Remembering names and faces with MR.HOOK framework
• Recall key facts and timelines under pressure
• Build instant memory chains for presentations and meetings
• Simulation: "Who's Who" business networking practice

Module 6: Memory Fitness for Life and Work
Adopt daily habits to protect and strengthen your cognitive function.

• Tools and apps to manage digital information overload
• Lifestyle habits to enhance focus and brain health
• Movement, sleep, nutrition and neuroplasticity
• Creating your Personal Brain Fitness Plan

Module 7: Workplace Integration and Practice
Bridge the gap between training and transformation.

• Applying memory tools to role-specific tasks
• Collaborative group memory challenge
• Personal Action Planning for post-course reinforcement

Who should attend

For all levels who want to improve memory, mental clarity, and confidence in demanding roles. No prior experience is required — only a willingness to learn practical mental strategies.

Methodology

The training follows a learn–practice–apply framework, enabling participants to build confidence with memory techniques before applying them to real workplace situations. The methods are based on Tony Buzan’s Memory Systems, enhanced with modern strategies for today’s digital environment

Eric Cheong's Profile

BSc(Hons) MSc (HRM)
Accredited ACTA Trainer, Developer & Assessor (SG)
Master Trainer, Buzan iMindMap & AYOA (ThinkBuzan UK)
Certified Trainer, Guerrilla Marketing® (USA)
Certified Trainer & Coach, Identi3® Personality Profiling (SG)
Master Trainer, Click Colours International (AU)
Certified Trainer, Inquiry Institute (US)
Design Thinking Certificate – MITx and DesignThinkers Academy (SG)
Adult Educator Network and Institute for Adult Learning (SG)

Eric Cheong is a corporate trainer and thinking-skills specialist who helps organisations improve critical thinking, decision-making, and collaborative problem solving. With 25+ years across telecommunications, technology, and education, he equips leaders with questioning and mindset tools to navigate complexity and ambiguity.

Previously with SingTel, Pacific Internet, and the National Library Board, Eric understands matrix organisations, public sector systems, and corporate transformation. His experience spans governance, entrepreneurship, and executive education, linking thinking frameworks to real workplace challenges.

As former Managing Director of Buzan Asia, he expanded creative thinking and Mind Mapping programmes across Asia. An Accredited Master Trainer in Click! Colours® EQ Profiling (Click! Colours International), he has trained over 10,000 professionals from organisations including Intel, HP, HSBC, Sony, Far East Organization, Singapore Airlines, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Eric holds a Master’s in Human Resource Management and is pursuing a DBA focused on leadership influence and cognition in complex organisations. Having lived and worked in Hong Kong, Belgium, and the United States, he brings strong cross-cultural leadership insight.

Global Training & Thought Leadership Credentials

Eric’s expertise in critical and creative thinking is shaped by training with leading global pioneers:

• Certified Master Trainer in Mind Mapping, trained under Tony Buzan and co-trained with him.
• Master Trainer, Click! Colours® International, trained by founders Greg Barnes and David Koutsoukis (emotional intelligence and behavioural profiling).
• Trained by Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci (creativity and whole-brain thinking).
• Graduate of the Chief Questions Officer Programme by Marilee Adams, creator of Question Thinking (Learner mindset and decision-making).

Speaking Engagements & Media

• Guest speaker, Smart Nation 2021 — Prime Minister's Office webinar on Applied Creativity
• Featured expert, BrainTalk 2021 — MM2 Studios parenting series
• Guest speaker, SPH MONEY FM 89.3 — Thinking & Innovation at Work
• Corporate talks for Sony Singapore, UPS, Singtel, Hewlett Packard, and others
• International speaker, 14th International Conference on Thinking (Malaysia)

Testimonials

“I have not come across a Trainer like Eric who takes great lengths to engage his participants, address their inner motivations and going the extensive way to build up his trainees. He is not just a Trainer, but a unique educator who cares for his Learners and stays true to his purpose of educating minds.”
Christie Khoo, Manager, SG Professionals' and Executives' Co-operatives

“Eric makes me understand the importance of being open, flexible and adaptable. If the trainer is rigid and unimaginative, then so will the learners, and they will participate in the training in a dull and unmotivated manner.”
Vinay Rai, Business Owner, Writer and Editor

“Eric has diligently put together this all-in-one programme, making it simple and easy for anyone - even for a beginner to be equipped as a Corporate Trainer very quickly.”
Lui Ng, Senior Vice-President in a technology firm