In This Episode

Bill Duane, wellbeing expert, engineering executive, and organizational consultant and Wisdom Labs’ Michael Taft, discuss the intersection of individual resilience and organizational effectiveness.

Bill Duane works at the intersection of individual resilience and organizational processes and culture, creating ways of working and being that increase effectiveness, innovation, adaptability and happiness at scale. As a long time engineering executive, Bill is passionate about providing practical, specific skills and management methods to allow people and organizations to meet the challenges of being a human today.

Before becoming Google’s Superintendent of Well-being, Bill ran several groups with the Site Reliability Engineering organization at Google.  He also has 10 years of consulting experience in healthcare, manufacturing, finance, telecom and media with studies in neuroscience, team effectiveness, mindfulness and the latest in well-being science.

Conversation includes: reaching the individual in times of stress, how to best implement mindfulness in the workplace, the importance of giving attention to organizational resilience, the power of leadership modelling, and the need for connection and understanding in corporate settings.

Links:

• Research on Working Additional Hours
• Dr. Tania Singer
• Greater Good
• The Science of Well-Being
• Research on Compassion and Empathy

Show Notes

• 2:48 – Bill’s Story From Stressed to Resilient
• 4:52 – What Does My Community Need?
• 5:50 – Bill’s Time at Google
• 6:38 – Hope is Not a Strategy
• 7:13 – Mindful Mediation
• 7:35 – Wellbeing Advice as Organizational Advice
• 9:18 – The Importance of Organizational Resilience
• 10:19 – What Behavior Are You Rewarding?
• 11:23 – The Power of Leadership Modelling
• 13:58 – Our Responsibility to Desired Narrative and Values
• 15:55 – Creating a New Narrative Culture
• 16:28 – Failing Intelligently and Magnificently
• 17:08 – Rewarding Intelligent Failure
• 17:55 – Orienting New Team Members on Organizational Culture and Values
• 18:33 – Encouraging Core Values on a Daily Basis
• 19:27 – The Beauty of a Good Workplace Culture
• 20:33 – The Mindfulness Pushback
• 22:12 – The Importance of Skilled Teachers and Values for Mindfulness at Work
• 23:13 – Cultivating Values and Connection for Mindfulness Programs
• 25:44- The Transactional Door to Mindfulness as an Entry Point
• 26:41 – A Wise Teacher Meets the Student Where They Are
• 28:54 –  The Next Unfolding of Mindfulness in the Workplace
• 30:25- Compassion and Empathy vs. Connection and Understanding