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Is Mindfulness Demotivating? State Mindfulness as a Workplace Intervention

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Andrew Hafenbrack, PhD at the 2019 At Work Summit
Speaker - Andrew Hafenbrack

Professor Hafenbrack presents his findings of research studies on Meditation and State Mindfulness, exploring if Mindfulness helps with motivating for mundane tasks. He explores the difference between State and Trait mindfulness, and the response his controversial NYT op-ed received that stated research studies had resulted in people feeling demotivated when it came to doing mundane tasks. This session discusses this research and the imp…

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What is it like to Meditate across 24 hours?

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What is it like to meditate across 24 hours? Mindful Leader CEO Mo Edjlali is joined by Kim Jones, a member of the Meditate Together community, to discuss their experience at the 2022 24 hour Sit-a-thon that occurred on March 30th. The two of them were the only two people to participate in all 24 sessions, and they both came away with some interesting insights from the experience!

Over 600 participants joined the 2022 24 hour Sit-a-thon sessions and raised funds for UNICEF's fund for Ukra…

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Become a More Conscious and Effective Leader

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Speaker - Rasmus Hougaard

Rasmus Haugaard at the 2017 Mindful Leadership Summit.

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and CEO of Potential Project, a global leadership, organizational development and research firm serving Microsoft, Accenture, Cisco and hundreds of other organizations. He is co-author, with Jacqueline Carter, of Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way and The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordi…

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Deconstructing Unconscious Bias Using Neuroscience & Mindfulness

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Due Quach at the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit.

Due Quach (pronounced ‘Zway Kwok’) is the author of Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy, one of Fast Company’s best business books of 2018.

Through her social enterprise, Calm Clarity, she uses neuroscience and mindfulness to guide organizations and individuals to address unconscious bias, lead with authenticity, foster genuine inclusion, heal trauma,…

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