Live more, share more, enjoy life for less Against the backdrop of the 2008 global economic crisis, the then French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared in September 2009 that France would pioneer a new approach that would eliminate the use of GDP as a measure of national wealth and introduce one that measures wellbeing alongside…
Category Archive for: Positive Mindful Leader
A group of leaders gathered in London to discuss the practical application of positive psychology, behavioural science and mindfulness at the inaugural positive & mindful leader summit. On September 22nd at 2:21pm GMT, the first day of the positive & mindful leader summit in London, our planet reached the point of autumn equinox, the perfect…
Positive intervention effectiveness tested in a pilot project to help save Californian water. by Ron Duncan In the previous edition, we talked about the design and implementation of a habit hacking project to help Californians save water. What we were missing were the results of this experiment. The results are now in, and we…
Getting into the habit of mindfulness Mindfulness is the new buzzword for the 21st century manager, alongside positivity and employee wellbeing. It has become a popular topic in corridor discussions as well as board rooms. It is mainstream now, and not just a strange airy-fairy thing that monks do. For most of us, busy executives,…
How communal habit hacking continues to save Californian water When there is a drought, everyone saves water and this is great! It is not different for the Californians living in the Soquel Greek Water District near San Francisco, what is different for them, even when the rain starts to fall is that they will continue…
A conversation with Michael Chaskalson, author of “The Mindful Workplace” and adjunct professor at IE Business School on how leaders practicing mindfulness creates value. WHAT MADE YOU START PRACTICING MINDFULNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT WAS THE TRIGGER? I was just finishing studying for my undergraduate philosophy degree in 1974 and feeling very unsatisfied with the answers I was getting from…
Calm in the middle of a paradigm shift Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), are ever present in our world, both as business leaders and in our personal lives. The rate of change experienced globally as a result of: advances in technology and science, alterations in political systems and structures, evolving domestic and international security environments, and in the…
