It Started With The Marines.
The Kennedy Method is the only brain training program of its kind approved by US Special Operations Command.
It began in 2007, when the worst platoon in a Marine battalion became the very best platoon – capturing the most insurgents — to the astonishment of the battalion’s own Commanding Officer.
“This was the best training ever for my leadership team.”
– Colonel Jeff Tuggle, Marine 1st Special Ops Battalion
Since then, it’s helped countless military personnel, law enforcement and civilian men and women reach an entirely new level of instinctive performance – in their jobs and in their personal lives.
Know Before You Think
The Kennedy Method’s specialist Combat Brain Training Program mines three areas vital to both the military and law enforcement – situational awareness, de-escalation, shoot/no shoot.
In each of these areas, what’s vital is judgment.
How do you get your brain to instinctively assess not just what your eyes see, but what’s really happening?
The Method In Practice
Beginning with deceptively simple exercises, the Kennedy Method improves the functioning of the brain, so that judgment becomes instinctive and reaction is appropriate.
If you’d like us to work with a team, we do that in person. If we’re training an individual, we do that remotely.
It starts with just three hours of work. Many continue beyond that to achieve ever better results.
Why Now?
There’s never been a more important time for the military and law enforcement to exercise the highest levels of instinctive judgment. The science behind the Kennedy Method has now been proven to work. Even more importantly, the Kennedy Method has been proven where it matters most – in combat action.
Judge the Kennedy Method’s Combat Brain Training Program for yourself and see how it affects you and your people.
Where Instinct Meets Judgement.
There’s never been a more important time for law enforcement to exercise the highest levels of instinctive judgment.
The Kennedy Method mines three areas vital to law enforcement – situational awareness, de-escalation and shoot/no shoot.
In each of these areas, what’s vital is judgment.
How do you get your brain to instinctively assess not just what your eyes see, but what’s really happening?
The science behind the Kennedy Method has now been proven to work. Even more importantly, the Kennedy Method has been proven where it matters most – in action.
Take It From Dan Boyle.
Here’s just one example.
Philly cop Dan Boyle suffered from PTSD. His supervisor didn’t like his reports. After working with John Kennedy, Dan’s supervisor was so pleased with his transformation that he asked him to bring the Kennedy Method to newer officers.
“This is critical in shoot/no-shoot situations and could save some lives,” says Dan.
And when a perp tried to run him over, Dan says the Kennedy Method’s brain-and-body training led him to jump out of the way just that split second more quickly.
Listen to an 8th grader.
Every school wants their students to perform better, so does every parent.
The Kennedy Method helps everyone improve their focus, make better, faster decisions – especially under stress – and have sharper situational awareness.
Here’s an 8th grader’s story: “I used to have to read my texts several times in order to get it. Now I read it once and move on. Same thing in my math classes, I’m able to do my problems on the fly. I’ve also noticed that I’m much more relaxed when I take my tests.”
Then there’s Mark Hamstra, Chicago Bulls College Prep Inner City HS Advisor: “The results are amazing! The class average for English ACT jumped from 17.4 to 21.3.”
Fostering Real Intelligence.
The Kennedy Method uses deceptively simple exercises to systematically target and upgrade the brain’s core processing functions — specifically the ability to recognize patterns, maintain focus, retool working memory, make decisions under stress and even bounce back from mistakes.
It creates lasting change in the way the brain works and the body reacts, often within the first few hours of training.
It works at the personal and group level, honing individual skills and tightening group dynamics in engaging, powerful ways.
And something else that may be relevant, the Method is fun.
We’re confident that, as everyone increasingly relies on computers and AI, there couldn’t be a better time for schools and parents to help their kids perform better, thanks to the performance of their own brains.
How The Kennedy
Method Helps Those Who
Are Suffering.
He has severe dyslexia. After just two sessions, he could read 33 percent better.
He had acute amnesia. In three weeks, her doctors had hope she could achieve independence.
A Marine Gunnery Sergeant, has debilitating PTSD. Now, he’s stopped the freakouts.
She was an opera singer who suffered a severe head injury. Now she can play the piano.
He had severe ADHD. Then he became Student of the Month.
She had two serious car accidents, resulting in severe anxiety. After 10 days, she discovered calm.
How The Kennedy
Method Helps
As John Kennedy worked with the military, he realized that the Method could help soldiers with PTSD.
From there, word got around and he began to work with all sorts of people who had endured significant trauma or had particular difficulties.
Bringing the brain and body together to increase focus and create sharper, more instinctive flow is one of the fundamental aspects of the Method.
This can help sufferers enjoy a far more productive wellbeing.
Train Your Brain. It’s Not A Game
Sports are a series of tiny moments. Moments of mental decision-making married to physical reaction, they all happen in an instant.
So the superior athlete’s brain needs to be primed to react unconsciously all the time.
It’s the difference between a route run correctly and one that’s a millisecond off.
It’s the difference between a pitcher naturally staying in the zone to throw a no-hitter and switching off for a second to concede a home run.
It’s the difference between anticipating a striker’s intentions and taking one step in the wrong direction.
The Kennedy Method began with CFL quarterback, Trevor Harris. After working with John, he led his Ottawa Redblacks teams to win the Grey Cup. His QB rating was 10 points higher than Tom Brady’s.
Since then, John has worked with the LA Angels Taylor Cole, who was part of a 2019 no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners, and Star NBA three-point shooter Kyle Korver.
He’s also worked with individuals and teams at high school and college level – for example, the Wisconsin Badgers hockey team.
Productivity, Creativity,
Neuroplasticity
The Kennedy Method helps your employees’ brains – and yours – instantly move from conscious planning into unconscious execution, akin to the brains of athletes or artists.
But it doesn’t just make your employees more efficient, more effective and more productive.
(And more creative.)
As they perform the Method’s exercises, your employees also become actively engaged in each other’s achievements, to the point at which they celebrate them.
The Method is a powerful way to bring employees who might previously have been in tense juxtaposition – think sales vs production, or account people vs creatives — to surprise themselves both individually and as a team.
As we transition beyond the era of exclusively remote work, the Kennedy Method is a brilliant way to make teams work better together.