Webinar - Mindfulness in Management - Contemplation in the Workplace

Todays podcast is a little different. It is longer ☺️and is a recording of a live Webinar which was held by Inner Leadership in conjunction with 1880 Club here in Singapore. It includes a guided meditation as well as a discussion between Ng Yi Xian and Navin Amarasuriya on their meditative practices and journeys.  Description: What does it mean to look within in the workplace? What are the tools that inspire deeper connections? Explore how meditation and other contemplative approaches can be applied in a Singaporean workplace. Each speaker has his own mindfulness practice and is exploring ways of sharing it with their organisation. Webinar Speakers

Navin Amarasuriya

 

Navin Amarasuriya represents the fifth-generation ownership at the B.P. de Silva Group, established in Singapore in 1872. After 7 years of running operations for the luxury goods brand Risis, he has decided to explore the world of education to understand how deeper learning can address the challenges that we collectively face. Navin holds a BSc in Business Management from the University of Manchester (U.K.), and a Diploma in Animation from Nanyang Polytechnic (Singapore) where he lives. Aside from rock-climbing and meditation, he loves asking questions!

Ng Yi Xian

Executive Director @EtonHouse Group

As the Executive Director of the EtonHouse Group, Mr. Ng Yi Xian provides strategic direction and oversees the operations of the EtonHouse schools in Singapore and China. He has been instrumental in the creation of new brands such as the Middleton International School that has changed the face of international education in Singapore. Prior to joining EtonHouse, Yi Xian worked in the finance industry in the United States. He was an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse’s New York Global Industrials Group, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and debt and equity financings. Thereafter, Yi Xian joined North Run Capital, a value-driven hedge fund based in Boston, where he sourced, researched, analysed and executed on investments. Yi Xian holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. He is a second-generation entrepreneur, the son of the EtonHouse Founder Mrs. Ng Gim Choo.