Mindfulness for executives

MINDFULNESS FOR
EXECUTIVES
powered by ZBHD
VASCOGASPAR.COM

“The quality of our attention determines the
quality of our results.”
!
!
Otto Scharmer
Senior Lecturer - MIT Sloan School of Management
Founding Chair - Presencing Institute 
Author - Theory U

“Mindfulness is the awareness that
arises by paying attention in a
particular way: on purpose, in the
present moment and
non-judgmentally.”
!
Jon Kabat Zinn
Founder - Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society 
- University of Massachusetts Medical School

Why is it that some of the best
organizations in the world
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dealing with an increasingly
frantic world
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full of uncertainty
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and each day faster
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are acting in a seemingly
counterintuitive way
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teaching their employees
to STOP
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and to pay attention in the
present moment
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on purpose

and non-judgmentally?
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Is it just a trend?
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Or is it because there are hundreds of studies
showing the benefits of mindfulness

personal interpersonal organizational
Higher emotional intelligence
Greater concentration
Lower stress
Heightened resilience
Enhanced sense of well-being
...
Improved social intelligence
Better communication skills
Stronger bonding
Better teamwork
More authentic communication
...
Higher productivity 
Improved work environments
Lower absenteeism
Lower turnover of employees
Increased customer satisfaction
...
* beneﬁts after 8-week program. Source: Chaskalson, M. (2011) The Mindful Workplace, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
at different levels*?

Some benefits of mindfulness at work: 
(click on the images or the links to watch the videos)
* actual Executive Vice President, Operations and Mobility at Salesforce.com
60 Minutes 
(CBS News)
“Mindfulness by Anderson
Cooper”
!
http://bit.ly/mindfulness60m
“Hack Your Brain's Default
Mode with Meditation”
!
http://bit.ly/mindfulnessdh
Dan Harris 
(ABC News)
“Search Inside Yourself
@RSA”
!
http://bit.ly/mindfulnesswM
Chade Meng Tan  
(Fellow @Google)

Using technologies that are supported
by several scientific areas,
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tailored to the organizational world,
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inspired by several sources
Web Seminar series 2012

and tested and validated by several hundred
people who have done ZBHD, one of the
mindfulness protocols we use
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Your Life, High Deﬁnition

or by Search Inside Yourself, the worldwide
popular mindfulness protocol created and
developed at Google,

we aim a simple, practical and
interactive way
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to increase performance, wisdom and
wellbeing in the organizational world.

Public  
Speaking
Workshops
Flourishing
Programs

Description
Type of
interventions
Format Duration Participants
Mindfulness
protocol
Having inspiration as the key word, we aim to create in a short amount
of time the biggest impact possible. To demystify mindfulness and to
put people’s eyes shining are our main goals in this type of
intervention.
Keynote about
mindfulness
Classroom
30 to 90
minutes
20 to 600 n/a
This is an introductory event to mindfulness, with space to frame the
topic and also to experiment some practices. After the workshop
people get access to ZBHD, an 8-week online mindfulness program.
Introductory
mindfulness 
workshop
Classroom 
+  
online
±3h 
+  
8 weeks
6 to 24
 
 
ZBHD
A mindfulness “deep dive” in a very intensive workshop where the
participants go through the ZBHD program in 2 full days. It is followed
by the online version of the ZBHD (8 weeks) and an half-day workshop
in the end to wrap-up and integrate the whole process.
Advanced
mindfulness
workshop
Classroom 
+  
online 
+ 
classroom
2 days 
+  
8 weeks 
+ 
1/2 day
8 to 16
 
 
ZBHD
A full 8-weeks mindfulness program (9 classroom sessions) where a
group gathers every week in ±2h sessions. It allows a solid “cultivation”
of mindfulness in each participant. Based on the ZBHD protocol it
works as a “gym” that allows each participant to cultivate his/her mind
and to ﬂourish all the “fruits” related with these practices.
Mindfulness
ﬂourishing
program
Classroom 
and  
online
±2h x 9 weeks
(classroom) 
with online
support
8 to 16
 
 
ZBHD
Search Inside Yourself is an Emotional Intelligence program based in
mindfulness and neuroscience, that was created and developed at
Google. It consists of a 2 days full intense experience, followed by four
weeks online and it is designed to increase performance, resilience,
well-being ... and world peace.
Mindfulness
based
emotional
intelligence
program
Classroom 
+  
online
2 days
(classroom)  
+  
4 weeks (online)
25 to 50
Types of mindfulness interventions that we have available

ZBHD is the mindfulness program that serves as a base to most of our interventions 
(8 weeks online)
ZBHD is an online mindfulness program that was already done by more than
1.000 people all over the world and that meanwhile gave rise to the portuguese
book “Aqui e Agora: Mindfulness” (Matéria-Prima Edições, 2015), the ﬁrst book
about mindfulness written by a portuguese author.  
 
It is structured to take place over a "journey" of 8 full weeks, where each week
the participants have access to different online content (videos, guided audio
meditations, supporting documents, several inspirations, etc.), so that they can
cultivate mindfulness in their lives and thus obtain the true fruits of the practice. 
At the beginning and at the end of the program are conducted several
measurements (e.g. mental well-being, perceived stress, mindfulness, etc.) so
that each person can understand their evolution over the 8 weeks. 
In terms of contents the program is structured around different objects of
awareness: 
- breathing and attention training (Session 1 - S1)
- body and body sensations (S2 and S3)
- emotions and emotional balance (S4 and S5) 
- thoughts and mental contents (S6)
- open-awareness (S7)
- prosocial mental habits - compassion and loving kindness (S8)
More info about ZBHD: 
http://bit.ly/infographiczbhd_en02
More info about the book (portuguese): 
http://bit.ly/aquieagoramindfulness

Contents and structure of a keynote  
(30 to 90 minutes)
Keynotes are moments where we aim to have the bigger impact possible in the shortest amount of time, wanting to have inspiration
as the main goal.
!
What is mindfulness? For what reason and how it is being applied in some of the world’s best organizations, from corporations, to
hospitals, schools, universities and even the military? What are the main beneﬁts for employees, teams and organizations of these
types of practices? Which studies from areas like neuroscience exist to support mindfulness practices? How to use our brain’s
neuroplasticity to cultivate a more resilient, calm and focused mind? How to use mindfulness in our daily work to develop greater
emotional intelligence, more productivity, higher wellbeing and motivation, specially in the employees with leadership roles? What are
some simple and practical exercises that each people can integrate in their daily lives? 
These are just some of the questions that we aim to answer in a clear, inspiring and interactive way, looking that in the end everyone
feel inspired and has their eyes shining.

Part 1
Inclusion &  
“setting the ﬁeld”
Inclusion exercises to
create a fertile ﬁeld for
learning
!
“Navigation rules”
!
Intentions, goals and
agenda
Mindfulness -  
the big picture
Experiential
Approach
Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Follow up and
application
The mindful (r)evolution -
where mindfulness is being
applied
!
What is mindfulness
!
Neuroscience and the mind
!
Mindfulness, leadership
and emotional intelligence
Realization of practical
activities so that
participants can “taste” and
practice different
mindfulness exercises,
share their experiences
among peers and have the
opportunity to clarify
questions that may arise.
Sending of supporting
documentation to the
practice (e.g. audio guided
meditations, access to
ZBHD, several inspirations,
etc.)
!
Online support to all
participants in the weeks
following the workshop.
Contents and structure of an introductory workshop  
(±3h classroom + 8 weeks online)

This is an opportunity to experience the ZBHD program in intensive format ("deep dive") where participants go through the entire
program in two days. It's an intense experience and aims to lay the foundations so that participants after this can do by themselves
the online program over 8 full weeks autonomously.
!
At the end of eight weeks online, where each person manages the pace of learning, there is an onsite session of ± 3 h, in order to
share experiences and to close the process. In this last session we seek to create a fertile ground for the design of an individual action
plan so that everyone can continue to practice autonomously after the end, integrating mindfulness in their lives.
Contents and structure of an advanced workshop 
(2 days in classroom + 8 weeks online + 3h closing session in classroom)
The contents of each week of the program ZBHD are covered in mini
modules (8 in total) each containing:
- an initial inspiration (video);
- dialogue in pairs about the inspiration;
- theoretical framework;
- formal and informal practices;
- journaling exercises; 
- dialogue in pairs using different types of listening; 
- Group dialogue, using different methodologies.

The program is structured to take place over 8 full weeks (9 weekly sessions) and has a component to be held in person
every week, followed by daily challenges between each session.
!
Each session is devoted to a theme and beyond the information shared in the classroom and that can be also found in the
manual that is distributed, people also receive an email with the ZBHD program contents: 
- a video with the theoretical framework (in case they want to review what was approached in the session); 
- an audio mp3 ﬁle with a guided meditation; 
- a suggestion for an informal mindfulness practice for that week;
- a document with frequently asked questions; 
- a document with inspirations (one from the “East”, other from the “West”); 
- a short inspiring video (e.g. TED talk). 
Each weekly session lasts between 1h30 to 2 hours and includes space for:
Theoretical
framework
Practical 
Exercises
Dialogue moments
(pairs/whole group)
Questions and
answers
Contents and structure of a ﬂourishing program 
(9 weeks with ±2h weekly classroom sessions and online support)

Search Inside Yourself is an intense and highly interactive program, created and developed at Google to develop the emotional
intelligence of its employees. It is composed by two intense days based on Daniel Goleman's model of Emotional Intelligence
designed to optimize the mind for high performance, leadership and sustainable well-being, followed by four weeks of online
support designed to sustain and integrate the practices. Optimal for large groups, it provides a unique interactive experience (with
yourself and with others) that helps to strengthen the bonds among people, developing a thriving and collaborative culture.
Contents and structure of a Search Inside Yourself program 
(2 days in classroom + 4 weeks of online follow-up)
Created by the thought-
leaders in mindfulness,
emotional intelligence  
and neuroscience.
Emphasizes integration  
and sustainability of  
exercises with daily work  
and daily life.
Makes deep and  
complex concepts  
highly practical and
accessible.
See full presentation in: http://bit.ly/siy_vg

Vasco believes that a "new world" is possible in organizations. A world where wise and compassionate
leaders are really able to "lead from the future as it emerges" as well as to inspire people to flourish into
their highest potential, igniting a real evolution in teams and organizations.
With a toolbox filled with "cutting-edge" awareness-based technologies (e.g. Search Inside Yourself, ZBHD,
Integral Model, Presencing/Theory U, Element-B) his dream is to co-create this future, something that he has
been doing in the last 12 years at different organizations as a facilitator and with the general public around the
globe as a social entrepreneur (ZorBuddha project).
During one year (2014) he was trained by SIYLI (Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute) with some of the
world greatest specialists in the fields of Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience, like Daniel J.
Siegel, Chade-Meng Tan, Marc Lesser, Rick Hanson, Pamela Weiss, Mark Coleman, Shauna Shapiro,
Norman Fischer, among others, to become one of the first persons in the world certified to facilitate
Search Inside Yourself, a Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Program, based on Mindfulness and
Neuroscience, that was developed and tested at GOOGLE to increase organizational performance and
wellbeing, as well as to enhance the conditions for world peace, by inspiring leaders worldwide to become
more wise and compassionate. After the certification he was invited to become one of the mentors for the 2015
teacher training world class.
In 2015 he was accepted as part of the ACEL (Academy for Contemplative and Ethical Leadership), a project
from the Mind and Life Institute that aims to accelerate the development of a new generation of leadership
capable of collective innovation and creativity.
He is the author of the book "Aqui e Agora: mindfulness", launched in Portugal in September 2015.

Nuclear training related to mindfulness:
. SIY Certified Teacher | Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute - siyli.org
. ACEL - Academy for Contemplative and Ethical Leadership | Mind & Life Institute
. Exploring Authenticity and Presence with Mindfulness - Arawana Hayashi (Presencing Institute) | emana.net
. Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence (certification) | Case Western Reserve University
. Mindfulness in the Workplace (course) | A Head For Work
. Body and Mind are One - An Online Training Course in Mindfulness (course) | Thich Nhat Hanh
. The Enlightened Brain - The Neuroscience of Awakening (course) | Dr. Rick Hanson
. Practicing Mindsight (course) | Dr. Daniel J. Siegel (Mindsight Institute)
. Introduction to Mindfulness (course) | Budadharma
. Daily meditation practice for several years and retreats in different contemplative traditions and theoretical
investigation of the topic since 1997 (main references: J. Kabat-Zinn, E. Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Siegel)
Complementar training related to mindfulness:
. Psychology - Work and Organizations (superior degree) | Universidade de Coimbra
. Psychosomatics Medicine (advanced training) | Universidade Católica
. Wellness Coaching (certification) | Spencer Institute (NESTA)
. Element-B Trainer (certification) | The Human Element
. The Integral Approach, Course 1 (certification) | Core Integral

C. Otto Scharmer 
Author of “Theory U” 
MIT Senior Lecturer
Norman Fischer 
Roshi, Everyday Zen
Foundation
Rich Fernandez 
Co-Founder at
Wisdom Labs
Daniel J. Siegel 
Psychiatrist, Author
Investigator at UCLA
Mirabai Bush 
Author and
mindfulness specialist
Arthur Zajonc 
Former president -
Mind & Life Institute
Daniel Goleman 
Author of “Emotional
Intelligence”
Marc Lesser e Meg L. 
Search Inside Yourself
Leadership Institute
Mario Galarreta 
Neurologist and film
director, Google
Chade-Meng Tan 
Author of “Search
Inside Yourselfl”
Pamela Weiss 
CWO, Appropriate
Response
Shauna Shapiro 
Psychologist and
investigator at SCU
Philippe Goldin 
Neuroscientist,
Stanford, UC Davis
Rick Hanson 
Author of “Buddha’s
Brain”
Arawana Hayashi 
Social Presencing
Theater facilitator
Some of his teachers include:
Mark Coleman 
Founder - The
Mindfulness Institute
Thich Nhat Hanh 
Author, pacifist and
Zen master
Richard Boyatzis 
Author of “Resonant
Leadership”

Media references (click on the images to watch the contents) - note: in portuguese

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Appendix 
Case study with the ZBHD protocol
The following information was gathered during 21 editions of ZBHD, an 8-week mindfulness program,  
including 8 classroom editions with 107 participants (top executives) from different multinational organizations

Flourishing / Happiness (FS)
Mindfulness Awareness (MAAS)
Mental Well-Being (SWEMWBS)
Social Trust (STQ)
Stress (PSS10/DASS21)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
32%
75%
80%
74%
87%
47%
62%
67%
60%
78%
Before the program After the program
Average of the individual results before and after the program
(p<0.0001)

All results
present show a
degree of
statistical
significance of
99% (p<0.0001)*
in all the scales
applied.
Average individual evolution during the program
(evolution=final results-initial results)
*statistical measure used: t student for paired samples

91% 
Would  
recommend it 
to a friend
Average satisfaction and recommendation index (NPS)
Theoretical contents
Practical tips
Meditations
Informal practices
Inspirations
Program’s length
Program’s structure
Program Overal
1 2 3 4 5
4,8
4,8
4,4
4,6
4,6
4,7
4,8
4,8
Scale:  
1-Very dissatisfied; 2-Dissatisfied; 3-Indifferent; 4-Satisfied; 5-Very satisfied
*note: the majority of people that reported less satisfaction in this item also referred that they would enjoy that the program was longer
*

For more information about the results
of the program please check our
infographic by following this link:
http://bit.ly/infographiczbhd_en03

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