By Parham Antonio Vasaiely We have reached a pivotal moment in business life, where both the way we operate and the products we develop are going through a huge transformation. In fact, we will see more change in the next five years than we have experienced in the last 50 years. Some of the…
Category Archive for: Positive Mindful Leader
By Rasmus Hougaard During the summer of 2015, Pierre Nanterme, Accenture’s CEO, announced that the global professional services company would reimagine its performance management system. The company found that after decades of serving its purpose, the system had become massively demotivating. Accenture’s global workforce had changed. Their people – and your people – are…
by Dr Joel and Michelle Levey As two of the first people in the world to offer Mindful Leadership and to develop Mindful Organisations, beginning in the 1970s, we have been privileged to witness the emergence of the modern mindfulness movement revolution in its many creative expressions and styles around the globe. Over the…
We speak with Professor Barbara Fredriksson, the world-renowned specialist in emotions research and one of the leading scientists in positive psychology, who tells us more about her theories and how leaders can apply positivity. Interview by Armin Forstner Professor Fredrickson, you are the pioneer in understanding the effects of positive emotions and how to create…
by Juliet Adams and Dr Tamara Russell With all the hype about mindfulness it’s hard to keep up with the reality. Is mindfulness at work turning into ‘soma’, the drug that kept everyone happy in Huxley’s Brave New World?Is 2018 the year that the ‘mindfulness boom’ goes bust?or are we at the stage of fine-tuning…
by Cristian Halaby Introduction In life and in business, prejudice is something that troubles decision-making and conditions the mind-set of individuals and communities. Creeds and collective thought processes solidify without knowing boundaries to the human mind-set, and therefore place a limit on the capacity of people and organisations to think ‘out of the box’and to…
Interview by Armin Forstner We met Verónica Pascual Boé, CEO of ASTI, one of the fastest growing automated vehicle companies in Europe, to speak about her personal leadership journey and how being a positive and mindful leader in the age of Industry 4.0 not only transformed herself and her company, but will also transform…
By Armin Forstner and interview with Hannah Carter Owers This September, Universal Design Studio unveiled its first public architectural pavilion for the London Design Festival. This standalone project was designed in collaboration with London-based co-working company, The Office Group (TOG). The concept for On Repeat was born from the ability of visual pattern…
By Sarah Siddique and Declan Noone Leadership succession is always a challenge. While your performance and ability have enabled you to progress to the next level in your organisation, a new role brings new challenges. You leave behind: your old responsibilities, assuming new ones; your own team, which you have developed and fostered, assuming…
By Declan Noone & Armin Forstner Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). That’s the reality of the world we are living in today. Yet, despite all that, there are a growing number of individuals, teams and organisations that thrive and flourish. How do they do it? The external conditions seem to be the same and yet…
