Meditation & Business and Leadership
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About
The WCCM has been introducing meditation into the business and financial worlds for several years. It took shape with the conviction of committed meditators like Peter Ng, Sean Hagan, Bertrand Bouhour and John Siska that the corporate world needs a contemplative encounter.
Meditation not only reduces stress – a major cause of burnout and unethical and dysfunctional behaviour. It not only promotes well-being and a healthy experience of wholeness. Even more significantly, it awakens the true self and begins a transformation of the meditator into a state of other-centredness and service while remaining rooted in one’s professional and personal life commitments.
It develops a new kind of contemplative leader – one who has personal depth and balance, insight, global perspective, clarity and compassion.
Many businesses and business leaders have seen the value of introducing meditation directly to their senior management teams and into their workplace. A WCCM program, Leading From the Centre, introduces meditation through a six-week course directly into businesses and work-places.
MBA Programme
The WCCM has been introducing meditation into the business and financial worlds for several years. It took shape with the conviction of committed meditators like Peter Ng, Sean Hagan, Bertrand Bouhour and John Siska that the corporate world needs a contemplative encounter.
Since 2012 the McDonough School of Business (MSB) at Georgetown University has invited the WCCM to lead an MBA course on Meditation and Leadership twice in each semester. WCCM teachers have successfully pioneered and promoted this as a way of helping future leaders in all fields develop a personal practice of meditation. In 2016 this was extended to Business Schools in Asia. In 2020 an undergraduate course at MSB was started.
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Talks
Peter Ng: Meditation for the Investment Professional
“Meditation for the Investment Professional” – Peter Ng (Ng Kok Song) in conversation with Jason Voss. This is an interview on Meditation produced in collaboration with CFA Institute.
Chade-Meng Tan and Laurence Freeman: meditation, compassion and joy for the corporate world
Chade-Meng Tan and Laurence Freeman met online recently for a conversation on how meditation, compassion and joy can be transformative
Workshop on Meditation for Investors in the Finance Industry
Peter Ng (WCCM Executive Committee and Singapore National Coordinator) was invited recently to speak on meditation to the staff of
Watch the talks on Contemplative Leadership by Laurence Freeman in Singapore
Laurence Freeman OSB spoke on “Contemplative Leadership: Rediscovering Good Work” at the Leadership Speaker Series, promoted by Far East Organization
Ray Dalio on Meditation
“Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had”, Ray Dalio, Founder and Chief Investment
Leadership & Contemplation with Sean Hagan
Leadership & Contemplation with Sean Hagan Meditatio Centre. 20.02.19
Ray Dalio in conversation with Laurence Freeman
Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, L.P.
Why Meditate – Lee Kuan Yew Interview
Lee Kuan Yew is widely regarded as the founder father of modern Singapore. As Prime Minister for 31years from 1959
Conscious Leadership by Laurence Freeman
Conscious Leadership by Laurence FreemanNew approaches to contemplative leadershipThe Meditatio Centre London16 May 2018
Peter Ng Talking on Meditation to Singtel, Singapore
The WCCM National Coordinator for Singapore, Peter Ng, spoke recently on meditation at an annual gathering of Singtel’s senior executives
Workshop on Meditation for Investors in Finance Industry
Peter Ng speaks on Meditation to the staff of Dymon Asia Capital in Singapore
Why Meditate – Lee Kuan Yew Interview
Lee Kuan Yew is widely regarded as the founder father of modern Singapore. As Prime Minister for 31years from 1959
Workshop on Meditation for Investors in Finance Industry
Peter Ng speaks on Meditation to the staff of Dymon Asia Capital in Singapore
Peter Ng Talking on Meditation to Singtel, Singapore
The WCCM National Coordinator for Singapore, Peter Ng, spoke recently on meditation at an annual gathering of Singtel’s senior executives
Watch the talks on Contemplative Leadership by Laurence Freeman in Singapore
Laurence Freeman OSB spoke on “Contemplative Leadership: Rediscovering Good Work” at the Leadership Speaker Series, promoted by Far East Organization
Workshop on Meditation for Investors in the Finance Industry
Peter Ng (WCCM Executive Committee and Singapore National Coordinator) was invited recently to speak on meditation to the staff of
Leadership & Contemplation with Sean Hagan
Leadership & Contemplation with Sean Hagan Meditatio Centre. 20.02.19
Conscious Leadership by Laurence Freeman
Conscious Leadership by Laurence FreemanNew approaches to contemplative leadershipThe Meditatio Centre London16 May 2018
Chade-Meng Tan and Laurence Freeman: meditation, compassion and joy for the corporate world
Chade-Meng Tan and Laurence Freeman met online recently for a conversation on how meditation, compassion and joy can be transformative
Peter Ng: Meditation for the Investment Professional
“Meditation for the Investment Professional” – Peter Ng (Ng Kok Song) in conversation with Jason Voss. This is an interview on Meditation produced in collaboration with CFA Institute.
Ray Dalio in conversation with Laurence Freeman
Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, L.P.
Ray Dalio on Meditation
“Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had”, Ray Dalio, Founder and Chief Investment
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Seminars
What connects people in a time of great individualisation?
In this video, meditators from different parts of the world share their view of what democracy is today, why it
Contemplative Leadership: Rediscovering Good Work
Laurence Freeman OSB spoke on “Contemplative Leadership: Rediscovering Good Work” at the Leadership Speaker Series, promoted by Far East Organization
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Articles
Talk by Mark Carney: Reflections on Leadership in a Disruptive Age
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, spoke recently at a Meditatio seminar held in conjunction with Regents University
Talk by Mark Carney: Reflections on Leadership in a Disruptive Age
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, spoke recently at a Meditatio seminar held in conjunction with Regents University
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Resources for Purchase
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Contact
Bertrand Bouhour
Based in the US but with French roots, Bertrand Bouhour is an entrepreneur and a teacher of “Meditation and Leadership” for Business Schools and corporations. He is As a trustee of WCCM, Bertrand is closely involved in the legal and financial management of Bonnevaux, the new international Contemplative retreat Center for WCCM in France. He is also the main point of contact for Meditatio / Business and Leadership within the WCCM organization. Bertrand is an adjunct professor at the McDonough School of Business / Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he teaches in association with Father Laurence Freeman the course “Meditation and Leadership” within the MBA program. Part of YPO (Young President Organization), he has also taught the same program to several companies led by YPO members. Professionally, Bertrand was one of the owners and President of Systar Inc, a publicly-traded Software Product company sold in 2014. Since then, Bertrand joined a close friend to build another startup Fresh Baguette. In 6 years, Fresh Baguette has become a well-known bakery with 3 stores and a large wholesale business. Catholic, Bertrand has been married to Anne for more than 30 years, and they have 4 children.
