Hardwired Humans: Successful Leadership Using Human Instincts - Hardcoverby Andrew O'Keeffe (Author) How using human instincts can make you a more successful leader. Hardwired Humans shares a practical framework that helps make sense of human behaviour and allows leaders to manage more effectively. With the Industrial Revolution only 250 years ago, we left our hunting, gathering and village societies to work in offices and factories. However, we did not leave behind the instincts of social interaction that we inherited