Business

Compassionate practices, like open hiring, are the secret ingredient to Greyston Bakery’s $21 million success. Read more

Creating the space for mindful reflection at work fosters the skills that are considered highly critical in the business world in order to be successful. Read more

Mindfulness Experts Are Expanding The Definition Of What It Means To Be A Leader Read more

Matthew Stinchcomb, vice president of values and impact at Etsy.com, talks about why mindfulness is a key element to the business. Read more

Daniel Goleman, author of Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence shares a short list of competencies in The New York Times this week. Read more

A recent Reuters column looks at investors who meditate and the kinds of benefits meditation has for money investment.  Read more

Research by Baylor University in Waco, Texas reveals that 37 percent of female entrepreneurs practice meditation—almost 10 percent more than their male counterparts.  Read more

Two Harvard Business School (HBS) students, Nikita Singhal and Suken Vakil, plan to study whether a focus on contemplative practices contributes to success in business.  Read more

Wisdom 2.0 Business, taking place in San Francisco on May 11-12, will explore the question: How do we develop business cultures that support innovation, wellness and the creative mindset? Read more

Imagine that you and a stranger are participating in a psychology study. The experimenter gives the stranger $20. “Divide this money between you and your partner,” the experimenter tells the stranger. “You can keep any amount for yourself, and give any amount to your partner. But your partner gets to decide whether or not to […] Read more