Concepts
Emotional Competencies or “Emotional Intelligence”
Emotional Intelligence (abbreviated as EQ or EI) is a term with nuanced interpretations in both the business sector and academia. For businesses worldwide, EI serves as a valuable heuristic.
Neuroplasticity: You Can Rewire Your Brain
We used to think there is a point when we are ‘ready’. Where we stop changing. The truth is, nature does not work this way. Your brain is like a
Digital Detox
In popular parlance, Digital Detox ‘refers to a period of time during which a person refrains from using electronic connecting devices such as smartphones and computers. It is regarded as
What is ‘Mindfulness’?
A good operational definition of mindfulness, as currently understood by many in the modern West, is given by the founder of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program prof. Jon
Psychological Safety
‘Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking.[1] It can be defined as “being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative
Studies
A Wondering Mind is an Unhappy Mind
In 2010, the Science magazine published the findings of Killingsworth & Gilbert. The Harvard researchers had found that our minds wander almost half of the time. This is a source
A Study: People Chose an Electric Shock over Nothing
In July 2014, University of Virginia news page UVA Today, along with numerous other sources, reported on the study conducted by psychologist Timothy Wilson and his colleagues at both Harvard and
Emotions are Physical Phenomena. Pardon?!
In his interview to the Scientific American, neuroscientist Antonio R. Damasio demostrates how some of our pre-existing notions of what role the emotions felt in the body, and the resulting
Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform
In 2005, the Harvard Business Review ran an article discussing how overloaded attention circuits cause spart people to perform below their skill levels. The author, psychiatrist Edward Hallowell, discusses both
Business Cases
Super Busy? Time to Get Busy with Mindfulness. Aetna’s case.
In 2015, an article with a provocative title was posted on the Harvard Business Review. It was called ‘The Busier You Are, the More You Need Mindfulness‘. The authors were
Some Companies That Leverage Mindfulness Programs
Google Intel Aetna SAP General Mills Twitter Facebook Oracle Goldman Sachs
Resilience Programming at Goldman Sachs
At Goldman Sachs, the training programs have been introduced in the framework of psychological resilience. The approach is aimed at managing stress in a way that allows one to avoid
SalesForce: What Mindfulness Could Mean For Sales Teams
A thoughtful post by SalesForce Canada discussed how against all odds, mindfulness could be extremely valuable for fast paced sales teams. They discussed stress, attention and ROI. ‘Although it may
How SAP Measures ROI on Emotional Intelligence Skills Training
A talk on how SAP – the world leader in enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service revenue, and the world’s third largest independent software manufacturer – quantifies
