A Leader's Guide to Staying Sharp and Keeping Your Mind

How can leaders maintain a keen mind and stay sharp with age? How can we mentally manage the tsunami of information, increasing complexity and widening mental challenges we face as education leaders? Our guests offer insights and sage advice. Barbara Strauch is deputy science editor of The New York Times in charge of health and medical science. She is the author of two books, “The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain,’’ on the surprising talents of the middle-aged mind, and “The Primal Teen,’’ on the teenage brain. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University.