Dr. Carl Aylen is one of the best, internationally recognized specialists in the field of thinking processes. He is the founder of a management consulting and research group named The Cambridge Don. He was also a professor at the Cambridge University. He is known as one of the best experts in the field of computational neuroscience and human performance. He knows just about everything about the way people think and behave.

Dr. Carl Aylen studied engineering: he earned a First Class Honors (summa cum laude) B.Sc. in this field, and afterwards he earned his Ph.D. for research into the analysis of qualitative factors from Bath University of Technology (U.K.) He earned a number of prestigious fellowships, such as the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 1969.

He is the co-founder of Martin Centre at Cambridge University (U.K.), and he is has done pioneering work integrating architectural creativity with engineering discipline. He has also important contributions in the field of education. For this work, he was awarded an honorary M.A. by the Senate of Cambridge University.

Dr. Carl Aylen during the 1970s held several senior executive managerial posts. He applied his revolutionary ideas about human performance in corporate reconstructions. Dr. Aylen translated the main findings of his research on the links between thinking processes and human performance, developing ground-breaking techniques for managing organizational change. With his advice, several successful corporate reconstruction efforts were undertaken. He was a trusted advisor for prominent political personalities, CEOs, Chairmen and Fortune 1000 senior managers all over the world. 

His most famous work, Prime Thinking Skills shows how one can become really successful. The book helps readers understand clearly the obstacles that stand in the way towards success. Dr. Carl Aylen shows that most of these obstacles are created by the mind and behavior of people seeking success. The book is a unique tool for discovering these hard-to-detect obstacles.