Mindful Leadership for Agility
summary
Claims that short mindfulness practices (breath focus, guided meditations) measurably boost emotional intelligence and so speed organizational sense and respond; cites Google‑Stanford “search inside yourself” program, EEG shifts from beta to 7–15Hz and later theta, reduced amygdala and increased neocortex gray matter, hormonal rises (dopamine/oxytocin/serotonin), and neuroplastic gains after about six weeks. Demonstrations show task‑switching cuts throughput 30–50%; corporate pilots report reduced stress (~28%), better sleep and roughly one hour/week productivity gain.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:19About Vishweshwar
- 4:15Small Game
- 7:12taming
- 7:50results pyramid
- 11:26what is agility
- 13:25Agile Mind
- 16:11Game
- 22:37Productivity Drop
- 28:36Engagement of Mind
- 32:54Agility in Enterprise Context
- 36:37Emotional Intelligence
- 37:24Neuroscience
- 40:56Multiple Intelligence
- 42:09Holistic Intelligence
- 46:46Mindfulness
- 50:49Experiment
- 55:10What is Mindfulness
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