This March 2018 I was invited by Jochen Reb, Tenure Professor of Organizational Behavior at Singapore Management SMU and Director of SMU’s Mindfulness Initiative, to give an introduction to MBSAT. Amongst other I held an intensive two-days workshop with a group of professionals from the consulting, coaching and academic field. It was a hugely stimulating and rewarding because of the high-level responses. We shared personal and professional experiences and insights. Here we meditate together on the role of friendliness in business.

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MBSAT is spreading to Asia:
Events in Mumbai, Hong Kong and Shanghai
and intensive work in Singapore
The master classes I gave in Mumbai, Hong Kong and Shanghai
last November met with great interest. The audience in all three
cities was extremely keen on knowing more about mindfulness and
strategic awareness in
the workplace. One
person flew across
India to attend the
master class in Mumbai
and some participants
keep in contact with
me.
Singapore is the city where I have worked most intensively in
South-East Asia. In August 2017 the entrepreneur Stanley Ng
invited me to give a workshop on MBSAT for him and his friends.
Already then I noticed the vivid echo that MBSAT as a secular and
modern adaptation of ancient mindfulness techniques evokes in
Asia. It was a great experience.
This March 2018 I was invited by Jochen Reb, Tenure Professor of
Organizational Behavior at Singapore Management SMU and
Director of SMU’s Mindfulness Initiative, to give an introduction to
MBSAT. Amongst other I held an intensive two-days workshop with
a group of professionals from the consulting, coaching and
academic field. It was a hugely stimulating and rewarding because
of the high-level responses. We shared personal and professional
experiences and insights. Here we meditate together on the role of
friendliness in business.
Our main focus was the
MBSAT signature practice
“CEO of BETA”, the
integrative approach that
aligns B-Body Sensations,
E-Emotions, T-Thoughts
and A-Action impulses.

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There were interesting exchanges:
And there was laughter as well:
The CEO of BETA is the MBSAT three step practice that is
adaptable to many situations and needs. The first step consists in
becoming aware of your body sensations, emotions, thoughts and
action impulses, in other words catching your BETA. The second
step consists in evening out your BETA by engaging your breath
and in the third and last step you open your BETA and get ready for
the situation ahead with fresh energy and strategic awareness.
I received lovely testimonials after the workshop such as this one
uploaded on LinkedIn:
Feeling extremely privileged to have spent the last two days
studying at Singapore Management University with one of the most
inspiring, compassionate people I’ve ever met, Prof Juan Humberto
Young. With 5 masters degrees (including from Oxford Uni and
Harvard) Prof Young is one of the pioneers in integrating
Mindfulness and Positive Psychology to areas of management and
leadership. What a man, what a group and what a journey this will
be!