Organizational Mindfulness Podcast

Dr. Rhonda Magee is a distinguished educator, author, and advisor. She is a Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social change. A prolific author, she draws on law and legal history to weave storytelling, poetry, analysis, and practices into inspiration for changing how we think, act and live better together in a rapidly changing world. Her most recent book is The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness. Rhonda experienced a childhood of significant trauma and challenge. Yet, she was gifted with the insight that through a life of caring engagement, self-development, and service with others, she could find a way up and out. She has dedicated her life to healing and teaching in ways that support others in a journey to wholeness and justice. You can connect with Rhonda at RhondaVMagee.com, on FB, and on Twitter and Instagram at @rvmagee. The Organization Mindfulness Podcast is presented by the Institute for Organization Mindfulness and hosted by mindfulness coach Brett Hill.

Clif is a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher; a certified teacher for Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI); and an ICF certified executive coach; with a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from Bellevue University and Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Clif’s experience in the private sector is preceded by 17 years in the US Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, and broader Intelligence Community, where he served as an intelligence officer managing and carrying out signals intelligence, as well clandestine and overt human intelligence collection operations around the globe including deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. The Organization Mindfulness Podcast is presented by the Institute for Organization Mindfulness and hosted by mindfulness coach Brett Hill.

Sharon Salzberg is a world-renowned mindfulness teacher, a bestselling author, and an early and important voice for Western mindfulness practices that have become part of our culture and consciousness. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of eleven books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, her seminal work, Lovingkindness, and her newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World, from Flatiron Books. Sharon's secular, modern approach to Buddhist teachings is sought after at schools, conferences, and retreat centers worldwide. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed over 3 million downloads and features interviews with the top leaders and thinkers of the mindfulness movement and beyond. Sharon's writing can be found on Medium, On Being, the Maria Shriver blog, and Huffington Post. The Organization Mindfulness Podcast  is presented by the Institute for Organization Mindfulness and hosted by mindfulness coach Brett Hill.

Dr. Ron Siegel has been an early and influential voice in the modern mindfulness movement. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and is on the Board Directors and faculty at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel is co-editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy; author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems; coeditor of Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy; coauthor of the professional guide Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy; and coauthor of the self-treatment guide Back Sense. He is also a professor for The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being produced by The Great Courses; a regular contributor to other professional publications, and co-director of the annual Harvard Medical School Conference on Meditation and Psychotherapy. He’s currently at work on a new book called: The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary: Finding Happiness Right Where You Are. The Organization Mindfulness Podcast is presented by the Institute for Organizational Mindfulness and hosted by mindfulness coach Brett Hill.

Phil Dixon is the founder of the Oxford Brain Institute and former CEO of the Academy for Brain-Based Leadership. He is a prolific author in the fields of business and neuroscience, with works including Understand Your Brain: for a Change and Understanding your Brain: On Its Own @ Work. Phil was an early technologist at Apple, and over a 40-year career in IT, consulting, and neuroscience, he has worked and taught in both the private and public sectors, and in 16 different countries. Phil has an MSc in Consulting and Coaching to Change from Oxford Business School and HEC Paris, and a BSc in Computer Science from Warwick University. He is a frequent and international speaker on the topic of brain-based leadership. The Organization Mindfulness Podcast is presented by the Institute for Organization Mindfulness and hosted by mindfulness coach Brett Hill.

Michael Foster is the founder and Chair of the non-profit Institute for Organizational Mindfulness (IOM), and an accomplished entrepreneur and executive. Mike has founded, grown, and harvested four companies that have been acquired into the Fortune 100 and 500 - and continues as the principal shareholder and a director of his fifth, the Human Capital Institute (HCI). Mike has been a student of Eastern science and philosophy since 1968, and an active meditator in various disciplines since. As a career-long CEO in start-up organizations, he has experienced the transformative power of mindfulness and believes that scientific confirmation of its impact on physical, mental, and emotional fitness signals an inflection point in how we can teach our children, train our leaders and help our workers flourish.