Scott Shute is the co-founder of Changing Work and the first-ever Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn. After 25 years in corporate leadership, he built a career dedicated to raising consciousness at work and is the author of Full Body Yes.

In this episode, we explore raising consciousness from the inside out as a business leader. We cover his journey from a one-person LinkedIn meditation to a company-wide movement, the neuroscience of compassion vs empathy, why conscious companies outperform the S&P 500 by 14x, and how raising consciousness in individuals transforms organizations.

Who This Episode Is For:

Leaders on a personal transformation path wanting to integrate inner work professionally
Executives navigating the tension between spiritual awakening and corporate identity
HR leaders and culture builders wanting to operationalize compassion
Entrepreneurs exploring business as a spiritual path
Anyone curious about the conscious business movement

What You'll Learn:

How Why compassion and empathy activate different brain systems and why leaders need to know
How raising consciousness starts with inner work and ripples into teams and culture
The three pillars of compassion: awareness, kindness, and courage
Why companies balancing all stakeholders outperform the S&P 500 by 14x
How to use somatic intelligence and the full body yes for better decisions

For full show notes: https://podcast.scottbritton.me/p/cultivating-consciousness-at-work

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Chapters:

(00:00) From One Attendee to LinkedIn's Head of Mindfulness

(01:02) What Conscious Business Really Means

(05:19) Why Conscious Companies Are 14x More Profitable

(13:18) Should You Leave Business for Spirituality

(20:20) Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at Scale

(26:46) Compassion vs Empathy and the Neuroscience

(31:25) The Me to We Shift and Why Systems Matter

(35:35) The Full Body Yes Practice Live

(42:37) Meeting People Where They Are

(48:10) Inflection Points for Conscious Business

Raising Consciousness at Work With Former Head of Mindfulness At LinkedIn Scott Shute

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Raising Consciousness at Work With Former Head of Mindfulness At LinkedIn Scott Shute