Best Practices for Relational Mindfulness and Employee Enrichment with Brigit Ritchie
06/13/20 • 15 min
In this episode, we discuss critical areas of mindfulness, relational empathy, and how to better enrich the employee experience and improve the way your team works together.
Our Guest:
Our guest is Brigit Ritchie, Founder and CEO at We. For the past 10 years, Brigit Ritchie has been facilitating personal and professional development for women, and now co-ed groups globally. As the founder of WE, Brigit’s vision is to develop Relational Mindfulness® to equip teams to thrive at work. Her custom curriculum equips people across the world with powerful and effective emotional intelligence tools. When it comes to mindfulness in the workplace, Brigit leads the way. Her process for creating cultures of inclusion and belonging are currently utilized by giants like Google, Instagram, and Lululemon. Brigit is a mother of two living in LA with an active studio practice where she paints commissions and murals for clients and brands.
Our Host:
Braven is currently founder & CEO of Three Good, and Chairmen of the Board for La Visual. Over the past twenty years, Braven has founded six technology and agency businesses in several verticals: two of which he has successfully exited. Braven graduated from Biola University with a B.S. in Business Management while subsequently growing his first company La Visual, 700% year-over-year for 3 consecutive years.
Aside from his work as a Serial Entrepreneur, he’s an engaging speaker who has had the privilege of speaking on branding, leadership, and entrepreneurship at: UCLA, Techstars, AIGA, and the Redondo Beach Convention Center. Early in his career as an award-winning branding expert and designer, his design work and business ventures have been featured in: AIGA, BrandNew, PRINT, ID Magazine, New York Times, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, and SoCal Tech. He’s currently a contributing writer for The Startup and a member of the Forbes Business Council. He has worked closely with the C-suite for over 15 years advising fellow C-level executives from fortune 1,000 and 500 companies on how to build brand equity and create culture. Throughout his career, He’s had the privilege to help develop world-class brands like Emirates Airlines, Intuit, WME | IMG, News Corp., MySpace, Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures, Lincoln, Toyota, FOX, Yahoo!, Billabong and Seven Denim.
Keywords:
Leadership, Employee Engagement, Empathy, Mindfulness, Wellness, Wellbeing, Well-being, Management, Business Strategy
Three Good:
A workplace wellness app that connects culture with cause to create insights and analytics for HR managers to improve employee engagement and retention through modern HCM. Our vision is to enable businesses to fight the global water crisis while building company culture & employee happiness.
Show References:
Book: Leadership is an Art, Max Dupree
QUOTE: “Functionally and technologically we are concerned with intimacy. We should be concerned with intimacy when we design the organizational structures which after all, are the road maps that help us to work together...Intimacy with our work directly affects our accountability and results in personal authenticity in the work process.”
Book: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, Priya Parker
Aristotle Study
Website: Benefits of Mindfulness in the workplace, Glomb
Threegood.com
In this episode, we discuss critical areas of mindfulness, relational empathy, and how to better enrich the employee experience and improve the way your team works together.
Our Guest:
Our guest is Brigit Ritchie, Founder and CEO at We. For the past 10 years, Brigit Ritchie has been facilitating personal and professional development for women, and now co-ed groups globally. As the founder of WE, Brigit’s vision is to develop Relational Mindfulness® to equip teams to thrive at work. Her custom curriculum equips people across the world with powerful and effective emotional intelligence tools. When it comes to mindfulness in the workplace, Brigit leads the way. Her process for creating cultures of inclusion and belonging are currently utilized by giants like Google, Instagram, and Lululemon. Brigit is a mother of two living in LA with an active studio practice where she paints commissions and murals for clients and brands.
Our Host:
Braven is currently founder & CEO of Three Good, and Chairmen of the Board for La Visual. Over the past twenty years, Braven has founded six technology and agency businesses in several verticals: two of which he has successfully exited. Braven graduated from Biola University with a B.S. in Business Management while subsequently growing his first company La Visual, 700% year-over-year for 3 consecutive years.
Aside from his work as a Serial Entrepreneur, he’s an engaging speaker who has had the privilege of speaking on branding, leadership, and entrepreneurship at: UCLA, Techstars, AIGA, and the Redondo Beach Convention Center. Early in his career as an award-winning branding expert and designer, his design work and business ventures have been featured in: AIGA, BrandNew, PRINT, ID Magazine, New York Times, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, and SoCal Tech. He’s currently a contributing writer for The Startup and a member of the Forbes Business Council. He has worked closely with the C-suite for over 15 years advising fellow C-level executives from fortune 1,000 and 500 companies on how to build brand equity and create culture. Throughout his career, He’s had the privilege to help develop world-class brands like Emirates Airlines, Intuit, WME | IMG, News Corp., MySpace, Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures, Lincoln, Toyota, FOX, Yahoo!, Billabong and Seven Denim.
Keywords:
Leadership, Employee Engagement, Empathy, Mindfulness, Wellness, Wellbeing, Well-being, Management, Business Strategy
Three Good:
A workplace wellness app that connects culture with cause to create insights and analytics for HR managers to improve employee engagement and retention through modern HCM. Our vision is to enable businesses to fight the global water crisis while building company culture & employee happiness.
Show References:
Book: Leadership is an Art, Max Dupree
QUOTE: “Functionally and technologically we are concerned with intimacy. We should be concerned with intimacy when we design the organizational structures which after all, are the road maps that help us to work together...Intimacy with our work directly affects our accountability and results in personal authenticity in the work process.”
Book: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, Priya Parker
Aristotle Study
Website: Benefits of Mindfulness in the workplace, Glomb
Threegood.com
Previous Episode
The future of recruiting and the culture of onboarding with Adam Bleibtreu
On this episode, we unpack how to better utilize recruiting programs and find people that are the best fit for your company and its culture. The discussion covers culture setting trending in Onboarding and how to better find a cultural fit alongside well-being and wellness programs to better connect with your people and their families.
Keywords:
Mental Wellness, Corporate Wellness, Employee Well-Being, Employee Enrichment, Community Engagement, Mentorship, Coaching, Compassion Management, Leadership, Employee Recruiting, Culture Building, Onboarding, Employee Assistance Programs, EAP’s, HR, Management, Business, HCM, Culture Building, Internal Branding and Marketing.
Our Guest:
Adam is Chief Marketing Officer for both ASGN and Creative Circle. Yes, that’s two companies ya’ll. The first, ASGN is a public company grossing just under $4bil. In revenue in 2019 and positioned as one of the leading global providers for skilled professionals in the creative, interactive, technology, healthcare, and life sciences sectors. Creative Circle, is a staffing agency that connects creative and digital professionals with companies seeking talent. Understanding consumer behavior has been the cornerstone to his success as an Entrepreneur, TV Executive, Creative Director, and now Senior Marketing Executive.
His career has taken him from launching the largest network of TV sets on gas pumps, the world’s first digital interactive night club, and one of the most successful shoe brands of the 90’s. You can find him at one of his offices, speaking at industry events, or making pizza in his wood-fired oven at home.
Our Host:
Braven is currently founder & CEO of Three Good, and Chairmen of the Board for La Visual. Over the past twenty years, Braven has founded six technology and agency businesses in several verticals: two of which he has successfully exited. Braven graduated from Biola University with a B.S. in Business Management while subsequently growing his first company La Visual, 700% year-over-year for 3 consecutive years.
References:
Book: The Daily Drucker, Peter F. Drucker
Link: https://amzn.to/2XkpHPz
Book: Compassionate Management of Mental Health in the Modern Workplace, John A. Quelch, Carlin-Isabel Knoop
Link: https://amzn.to/2znOqKH
Price Waterhouse-Cooper Study Reference:
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/workforce-of-the-future/hr-recruiting.html
Guest Recommendations:
Book: Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping, Paco Underhill
Link: https://amzn.to/2zmyDMm
Industry Resource: Staffingindustry.com
Podcast: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040
Book: Creativity inc. - back story to birth of pixar, Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012
Next Episode
Where is CSR taking us? What is the future of American Business with Mark Bernstein
Our Guest:
Mark has pioneered energy and sustainability solutions across academic, private, public and non-profit sectors. As the Rob and Melani Walton Chair for Sustainability Solutions at Arizona State University, Mark leads an effort to make measurable impacts on sustainability and influence decision making toward global solutions.
Mark was at the forefront of developing environmental markets including the acid rain emissions trading program and early markets for carbon credits. He also led strategy and marketing with Midwestern BioAg. Recently, Mark has been involved in sustainable agriculture, understanding the impacts of soil health on crop production and the environment. He has held positions of influence with the White House, RAND Corporation, Pegasus Capital Advisors, Proteus Environmental Technologies and the University of Southern California.
Our Host:
Braven is currently founder & CEO of Three Good, and Chairmen of the Board for La Visual. Over the past twenty years, Braven has founded six technology and agency businesses in several verticals: two of which he has successfully exited. Braven graduated from Biola University with a B.S. in Business Management while subsequently growing his first company La Visual, 700% year-over-year for 3 consecutive years.
Aside from his work as a Serial Entrepreneur, he’s an engaging speaker who has had the privilege of speaking on branding, leadership, and entrepreneurship at: UCLA, Techstars, AIGA, and the Redondo Beach Convention Center. Early in his career as an award-winning branding expert and designer, his design work and business ventures have been featured in: AIGA, BrandNew, PRINT, ID Magazine, New York Times, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, and SoCal Tech. He’s currently a contributing writer for The Startup and a member of the Forbes Business Council. He has worked closely with the C-suite for over 15 years advising fellow C-level executives from fortune 1,000 and 500 companies on how to build brand equity and create culture. Throughout his career, He’s had the privilege to help develop world-class brands like Emirates Airlines, Intuit, WME | IMG, News Corp., MySpace, Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures, Lincoln, Toyota, FOX, Yahoo!, Billabong and Seven Denim.
Refrences:
George Bernard Shaw on Transformative change:
QUOTE: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Book: Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, Rebecca Henderson
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Reimagining-Capitalism-World-Rebecca-Henderson/dp/1541730151
Article: 5 Economists Redefining... Everything. Oh Yes, And They’re Women
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2020/05/31/5-economists-redefining-everything--oh-yes-and-theyre-women/#494f7659714a
Book: Pigs, Johanna Stoberock
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Pigs-Johanna-Stoberock/dp/1597090441
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/people-good-hosted-by-braven-greenelsh-lean-conversations-with-leading-151094/best-practices-for-relational-mindfulness-and-employee-enrichment-with-8175213"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to best practices for relational mindfulness and employee enrichment with brigit ritchie on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy