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Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode features an excerpt from the  Bridging Hearts and Minds of Youth conference, presented by University of California San Diego’s Center For Mindfulness, and the UCSD School of Medicine. The conference was held in San Diego, in February of 2013. Tish Jennings is speaking in this excerpt from her Keynote, Overcoming the Challenges of Introducing Mindfulness in Education. The post Overcoming Challenges Of Introducing Mindfulness appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Overcoming Challenges Of Introducing Mindfulness appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode is the second of a series of excerpts from  Mirabai Bush‘s recent Webinar with George Kohlrieser. In this selection, the conversation ranges from the value of trustworthiness and risk taking in negotiations and leadership roles, to the importance of remaining present, despite the challenges, while multitasking. ITo learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring George Kohlrieser, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring George Kohlrieser, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode is the first of a series of excerpts from  Mirabai Bush‘s recent Webinar with George Kohlrieser. Regular listeners of this podcast will recall the hostage negotiation experience Kohlrieser brings to his work as director of the High Performance Leadership program at the IMD business school in Switzerland. In this coversation, he and Bush explore the role mindfulness can play in such high pressure negotiations. ITo learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring George Kohlrieser, Part 1 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring George Kohlrieser, Part 1 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode is the 4th and final excerpt from Mirabai Bush‘s webinar with Jeremy Hunter, from the Peter F Drucker School of Management. It’s focus- multitasking. An aspect of modern working life which many people find to be frustrating and disruptive. Hunter has found that addressing it can be a good way to introduce mindfulness to the workplace. To learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 4 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 4 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. In this episode we’ll revisit Mirabai Bush‘s Webinar with Dr. Jeremy Hunter, who incorporates mindfulness into the courses he teaches at the Peter F Drucker School of Management. Hunter has seen mindfulness inspire major positive changes in his students’ work lives, and some examples came up during the conversation. Today we’ll hear a couple, but, first, an explanation of what Hunter calls “directing attention,” and “transforming attention.” To learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 3 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 3 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode features another excerpt from Mike Sjostedt’s recent conversation with George Kohlrieser, who, has worked as a hostage negotiator in the past. Here, he talks about some of what he learned from that experience. Kohlrieser spoke with Daniel Goleman for the series Leadership: A Master Class.   Transcript: George Kohlrieser- Hostage negotiation is a very special form of negotiation that involves a kind of container, but it shows many, many skills that could be used in any negotiation. For example, the need for bonding. You can not effectively engage in a hostage negotiation without some bonding, and people are shocked to hear that the hostage negotiator must authentically show some kind of caring in their needs, their wants or their interests. The second thing is being able to ask questions. Use questions to know their motivations. Three, being able to give to the motivation, as quickly as you can. We teach to analyze the motivation within two minutes if at all possible, if possible, sooner, because the motivation is going to be around what they have lost. They’re trying to repair something that they lost. They’re trying to get back something they lost. And behavioral economics teaches us that loss is more powerful in motivating the majority of people than the benefit. The other thing is learn to ask them what they want, really get to know what they want, and know the circumstances around that person, so that small talk becomes a part of it and then when to know about the core talk, so in negotiation being able to ask questions, understand motivation, being able to know when to make the right concession at the right time. The wrong concession is not OK to do because it gets you into trouble later. And know when you can offer something, and that the idea of offering, Michael, is very important because a long reciprocity is activated by how concessions are rewarded. So when a hostage taker responds to one of my questions, that is a concession. If they argue back, it’s not a concession, so being able to give a verbal or non-verbal reward to that concession teaches them how to cooperate with you. And unless it’s police, a homicide with the police where they have actually decided to kill themselves with the police as long as they’re alive, there is hope. As long as there is a connection you can discuss or find some way to find hope in the future. Negotiators must be optimistic. I have never seen a negative negotiator work in private negotiations or business negotiation or in hostage negotiations. If we have a really negative negotiator out they go! Same way in business. Negotiators have to be able to create a positive environment, a container of secure base and the negotiators as we said in the first question has to become a secure base over time. I don’t know anybody who gives up their weapons where they don’t eventually have some form of trust for that hostage negotiator, or in business, the best thing is when you shake hands and you know you can trust that person. Many negotiators think that the best is manipulate, trick, lie, do all kinds of things to get the best deal. I don’t think so. I think about authenticity is still the best way to go, especially when you want to build long term relationships. The post Interview with George Kohlrieser, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Interview with George Kohlrieser, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. Professor of Leadership and organizational behavior George Kohlrieser returns to the podcast, as we feature a portion of his recent conversation with More Than Sound’s Mike Sjostedt. During this excerpt, which ranges from the work of Paul Eckman to animal trainers, the two discussed the importance of body signals in negotiations. The post Interview with George Kohlrieser appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Interview with George Kohlrieser appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. In this episode, we’ll revisit Mirabai Bush‘s Working With Mindfulness webinar discussion with Jeremy Hunter of the Peter F Drucker School of Managemant, and pickup the conversation just after Bush has asked for an example of a practice that he teaches in his class. To learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 2 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode is the first in a series of excerpts from Mirabai Bush‘s Working With Mindfulness webinar discussion with Dr. Jeremy Hunter. He is professor of practice at the Peter F Drucker School of Management, and his courses there seek to clarify how attention training practices and cultivating quality of mind can enhance productivity and performance. To learn about future webinars, be sure to like our facebook page and follow us on twitter. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 1 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Working With Mindfulness Webinar Featuring Jeremy Hunter, Part 1 appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. This episode features a second excerpt from Daniel Goleman‘s conversation with Dara O’Rourke. By establishing a grading system which scores the health, environmental, and social impact of many products found on store shelves, O’Rourke’s program, Good Guide, makes it easier for consumers to make informed decisions about the products they buy.  As more consumers use the program, it’s providing clues about buying preferences which O’Rourke hopes can lead to changes in the marketplace. The post Buyosphere: The Consumer Awareness Revolution appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Buyosphere: The Consumer Awareness Revolution appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. According to Dara O’Rourke, surveys have shown that up to 75 percent of americans consider themselves to be environmentalists, and, as Daniel Goleman learned while doing research for Ecological Intelligence, this increased consciousness amongst consumers can provide great opportunities for companies. But as O’Rourke discussed with Goleman for the audio feature The Radical Horizon, the way many companies are marketing their supposedly green products has made it difficult for consumers to really know what they might be buying. His program, GoodGuide, endeavors to make that easier. The post Dara O’Rourke, On The Radical Horizon appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Dara O’Rourke, On The Radical Horizon appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. Both Peter Senge and Daniel Goleman have written about the value of focusing on sustainability, as companies look ahead and prepare for the future. They sat down to explore the synergies of views laid out in their books, The Necessary Revolution and Ecological Intelligence, and to discuss the roles that organizations and individuals must play in the creation of a sustainable world. This edition of the podcast features an excerpt from their full conversation. The post Leading The Necessary Revolution appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Leading The Necessary Revolution appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. On a recent episode of the Knowledge at Wharton podcast, in which Mirabai Bush was the guest, Katherine Klein raised an issue that can feel quite common when it comes to mindfulness- simply finding the time for it. In response, Bush shared a few examples of how little time it can actually take, and some overlooked ways in which people can incorporate mindfulness, and its benefits, into their busy lives.   The post Finding Time For Mindfulness appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Finding Time For Mindfulness appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound podcast. Working With Mindfulness creator Mirabai Bush has said that, when she returned to the United States after years of living in India, she wanted to live a life and create an environment that would be informed by buddhist wisdom. Much has come from her effort to do so, and she recently spoke with Ted Meissner about the history and focus of some of her projects on an episode of the Secular Buddhist Podcast. One of them is the Center For Contemplative Mind in Society, which she cofounded. The post Mirabai Bush, On The Founding Of The Center For Contemplative Mind In Society appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Mirabai Bush, On The Founding Of The Center For Contemplative Mind In Society appeared first on More Than Sound.

Welcome to the More Than Sound Podcast. During each of the webinars we host here at More Than Sound, participants have the opportunity to ask questions. When Being At Peace With Food creator Brandt Passalacqua hosted, he found that many of the questions addressed to him had a common theme. This episode of the podcast is our third and final installment of excerpts from that webinar, and in it Passalacqua addresses some common challenges, and successes, experienced by people working to establish a better relationship with food. The post Being At Peace With Food Webinar, Part 3 appeared first on More Than Sound. The post Being At Peace With Food Webinar, Part 3 appeared first on More Than Sound.