Episodes

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Sept. 24, 2023

Why Attention Fails Us

When your mind wanders, you are far more prone to make significantly more errors while performing tasks. Dr. Amishi Jha addresses how mindfulness training refocuses the attention and reclaims it from distraction.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Into the Lab: Our Brain’s Attention System

Dr. Amishi Jha walks you through her research lab that measures brain activity associated with perception and attention.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Attention and Emotion Regulation

In this episode, Dr. Amishi Jha draws out the science behind attention and emotional regulation. What happens in the brain when high-stress situations disrupt our attention systems?
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Sept. 24, 2023

What Is Attention?

Dr. Amishi Jha highlights how central attention is to how we engage with complex situations and relationships—the mainstay of the business environment.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Attention Matters

Dr. Amishi Jha introduces her work on attention and how you can use this science to protect this valuable asset.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Essential Tools for Business Leaders

Jack Kornfield teaches you how to manage your inner states and offers two dimensions of mindfulness (mindful presence and mindful response) to help you better experience positive personal and professional growth.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Introducing Mindfulness Daily at Work

In this episode, Jack Kornfield introduces Mindfulness Daily at Work, included in the Inner MBA® program to help you establish a regular mindfulness practice so you can enhance a sense of fulfillment at work.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Unleashing Your Inner Qualities

In this episode, Jack Kornfield discusses how mindfulness is a core thread of the Inner MBA® program and the bedrock of what makes a compassionate business leader.
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Sept. 24, 2023

Identity and Intersectionality

Michelle Maldonado addresses the question, "How do our complex identities overlap and influence our leadership style?" You will reflect on the importance of bridging to create a sense of belonging in your organization. (4 of 4)
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Sept. 24, 2023

The Nervous System and the Brain

In this episode, Michelle Maldonado guides you to work with how the nervous system and brain perceive the world so you can access greater, more effective compassion. (3 of 4)
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Sept. 24, 2023

Mindfulness and the Body

In this episode, Michelle Maldonado navigates you through the nervous system so you can discern your body and mind’s reactions to stress and dysregulation. The more you understand how mind and body work together, the more skillfully you will lead. (2 of 4)
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Sept. 24, 2023

Mindful Leadership: Turning Discovery and Awareness into Action and Impact

This episode introduces Michelle Maldonado's four-part series on mindful leadership. (1 of 4)
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Sept. 24, 2023

Welcome to Module 1 with Tami Simon

Listen to Tami Simon's welcome message for Module 1: Deepening Mindfulness and Self-Awareness.
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Sept. 17, 2023

Inner MBA® Cohort 2 Interview with Rose Marcario

In this second interview, which took place one year after the first, Rose Marcario and Tami Simon meet again, with Rose now in the private nonprofit sector, devoting herself to the work of climate advocacy. It is a transformative conversation.
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Sept. 17, 2023

Inner MBA® Cohort 1 Interview with Rose Marcario

In this first of two interviews with then Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario, Tami Simon and Rose dive into what makes for purposeful leadership and work in a constantly challenging political, financial, and climate landscape.
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Sept. 17, 2023

I Am a Commitment To…

This is the last episode in a five-part series titled "I Am a Commitment To..." by Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler, the Inner MBA® embodiment wisdom teacher. (5 of 5)
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Sept. 17, 2023

Discovering Your Commitment

This is the fourth episode in a five-part series titled "I Am a Commitment To..." by Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler, the Inner MBA® embodiment wisdom teacher. (4 of 5)
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Sept. 17, 2023

Leaders Make Declarations

This is the third episode in a five-part series titled "I Am a Commitment To..." by Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler, the Inner MBA® embodiment wisdom teacher. (3 of 5)
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Sept. 17, 2023

Building a Leadership Culture

This is the second episode in a five-part series titled "I Am a Commitment To..." by Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler, the Inner MBA® embodiment wisdom teacher. (2 of 5)
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Sept. 17, 2023

We Get Better Through Practice

This is the first episode in a five-part series titled "I Am a Commitment To..." by Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler, the Inner MBA® embodiment wisdom teacher. (1 of 5)
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Sept. 17, 2023

What's Most Alive for You?

Scott Shute welcomes you to the Inner MBA® program with a practice on attuning to what is feeling connected for you right now.
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Sept. 17, 2023

Self-Management and the Healthy Executive Mind

Dr. Jeremy Hunter gives an overview of the healthy executive mind and zeroes in on the power of self-management in leadership.