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January 2004
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Meditate On It

By: William W. George

Keywords: Negotiation

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Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition

By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne Wilson

By 2021, the mindfulness app wars reached their apex. Over 2,000 meditation apps were available to consumers, but two apps, Headspace and Calm, dominated the space, jointly holding about 70% of the total market. Headspace had established itself as the approachable... View Details

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07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

teamed with Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to present a conference on "mindful leadership," a secular process to explore the roles of self-awareness and self-compassion in developing strong and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Michael has experience in both lecture-based and experiential education teaching methods.

He designed and teaches a 2-day professional development course at Harvard titled “Collaborative Leadership: Building the Organization of the Future” that provides... View Details

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Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

need to create space for “slow thinking” in a fast-moving world, making time to meditate and reflect on uncomfortable questions or choices. Leaders can’t afford to be lured by quick fixes or the latest “shiny object.” With clear minds,... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

will tell you, I've seen people who study the stoic philosophers and get the same benefit or get the same sense of relief. Or people who walk in nature before dawn without their devices. Or the people who adopt a meditation practice. Or... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

06 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

requires discipline. Some people practice meditation or yoga to relieve stress, while others find solace in prayer or taking long runs or walks. Still others find relief through laughter, music, television, sporting events, and reading.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

second curve will look a little different; changing how one thinks is critical to seeing and seizing it. Brooks offers a roadmap with a few suggestions: Practice a death meditation to neutralize fear of decline. Brooks says this one... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

27 Jul 2020
Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

reflection, including Meditations by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Spiritual Exercises by Jesuit order founder Ignatius Loyola, Essays by philosopher Michel de Montaigne, as well as many diaries and journals of leaders. “We often get... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

thinking about oneself, but actually self-observing in real time as our implicit felt senses of our current life situation form. It is similar in some ways to certain meditation practices. I lead the reader into a state of free attention... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

online-security software firm OneTrust into an industry leader, so he changed how he lives. Now, he meditates daily and practices self-forgiveness. He says living a more grounded, balanced, and integrated life has made him a better... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

meditation and living in an ashram in India to dropping in on a calligraphy class at Reed College. All these varied experiences would later trigger ideas for innovations at Apple Computer. Collectively, these discovery skills—the... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

minutes. Consider regular dance breaks during the day. Meditation An overriding theme in our CEOs’ responses was the necessity of responding, not reacting, to crises. They frequently mentioned the need to avoid the flight-or-fight... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

Dench: You can’t read Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations and not be affected. This guy is basically master of the universe. And the Meditations, as far as we know, were never intended for an external audience. They were for himself. It’s quite... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

start and end [my] ‘workday’” or to facilitate the “switch between work and home” were popular. Exercising and meditating consistently. Exercise was one of the most frequently mentioned activities, with several interviewees noting that... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

working together as an integrated team to provide acupuncture, meditation and relaxation therapy, massage, and yoga. These diverse therapies are equally important for people suffering from chronic illnesses in order to prevent recurrence... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

stress. (The company's approaches to wellness are described in Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness.) General Mills offers mindfulness training with on-site meditation to help employees focus as part of its programs to promote... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

In his 1641 treatise, Meditations on First Philosophy, philosopher René Descartes introduced the concept of an "evil genius," a powerful force of nature who is equally clever and deceitful. Since then, the world has given us... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

to forget that you are something more than the deal when you get in these high-stress situations. Catalytic exercises such as meditation or prayer or reading a sacred text [could] pull them out enough to keep that perspective. When they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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