Rethinking education and our formula for happiness
If I asked any parent what they want for their children, three words would come to mind automatically, without any thought or effort. We all want our children to be happy and healthy. So how are we doing? Recently the [...]
The Art of Listening – Missed Opportunities
Are you a good listener? If we are honest, many of us will admit that it is not uncommon for us to listen to a conversation with someone and not really hear them. Sometimes our minds wander off and we [...]
Mindfulness in the Workplace
Mindfulness is our inherent capacity to notice, in the present moment, all that we are experiencing with an open and non-judgemental attitude. John Kabat-Zinn who developed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction approach defines it as: “paying attention in a particular [...]
Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity
In August this year the Business Roundtable, a group of chief executive officers of nearly 200 major U.S. corporations, issued a statement with a new definition of the “purpose of a corporation.”The signatories include BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence Fink, Bank of [...]
Conscious Capitalism as a Competitive Advantage
Unleashing Potential is a management consultancy committed to promoting conscious capitalism and bringing compassion into the work place. We want to make the world a better place by creating futures where people, businesses and organisations flourish by thinking differently and [...]