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Mindfulness in US Marine Corps

  Lets start with an interesting finding: Studies at Harvard and elsewhere, have shown that after just eight weeks of training in Contemplative Techniques like Mindfulness, there is a significant increase in brain grey matter concentration in areas associated with sustained attention, emotional regulation and perspective taking. Such training also increases activity in the left prefrontal cortex – a predictor of happiness and well-being. And it boosts your immune response, helping to defend against illness. Now towards yet another example of Mind-Body-Soul orientation in an extremely vital & critical establishment: USA Marine Corps USA Marine Corps is an amphibious warfare capability. Extremely extremely high demands of spontaneous decision making, life-death situations, etc while being in almost 24/7 enemy zones. They have been getting world’s cutting-edge training in mind fitness, analytical skills, decision making, mind-body co-ordination, creative thi...

Leadership that follows, not hollows

Leadership “is” …not "will" or "was" Leadership is “about” …the contextual, the related, the referential Leadership is about “being”… vow to wow the “now” is the cow …about exploring human condition …about leading self, being a humble billboard of it …about dividing designation, but holding dignity as equal right …about the child called "attention", & parenting it ...about realizing that universe is meant for to converse to converge, not splurge the unbridled urge …about the treat of the frivolous, the ease of the urgent-important …about deep observation of nature, one inside and the one outside …about fostering belongingness, amongst stakeholders …about being not right not wrong, but stirring minds to awaken “actions” from benign discussions and compassionate decisions …about reverence of life …about getting it and getting to it that everybody is a leader …and some more, for language is minisc...

Organization. New Gadget. Old Technology

Organization...an organizer. Organizing what? ---Organizing the nature (matter/materials) and the minds of people. Organizing why? ---Organizing for more happiness, more health and more togetherness.  ---Since 2 million years and 100 billion humans who have walked this earth along organizations of hunter-gatherer, ruled kingdom, colonies, & across wisdom of scripture/philosophy/science, that's been the suggested recipe for eudaimonia or flourishing. Organizing how? ---Organize wisdom discussions for higher knowledge and true collaborative edge across stakeholders. ---Organize contemplative tools for true, conscious and better consumption of products and services. ---Organize sports for all stakeholders for the lost human physical activity. ---Organize hobby to birth and bathe creativity for all stakeholders. All of the above takes creativity, productivity, trust, loyalty at a higher level. In times to come, organization...

Judith, Top 15 Leadership Consultant

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Conversations seed tremendous good when they start with genuine and heartful smile. That's how Judith helped me establish warmth right at the beginning of our skype call today. Judith, a frequent at Harvard-Kelloggs-Wharton,  has spent her last fifty years closely observing human interactions.She has been a great student of watching the in-between spaces of humans when they converse, the valence every human puts to his sensory stimuli, and the invisible prison of self-prejudice. She has developed a unique framework that has shown results in several Fortune 500s like Citibank, Burberry, Cisco, IBM, American Express, etc. In 2012, Executive Excellence 500 ranked Judith as one of the Top 15 Leadership Consultants globally. In my small journey of last three years and closely following 100+ researchers, I found Judith's work addressing the core of human condition. With this in heart, we began by exchanging thoughts about our Breathe India canvass and how...