Resources of The School of We. Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence

School of Silence (fragments), by José Tolentino Mendonça

20 July 2026

May your silence be suchthat not even thoughtcan think itWhen the temple emptiesit shinessplendidlyHistory recounts what happenedsilence narrateswhat is happeningSilence is not a formof rest or suspensionbut of resistanceSilence:contemplating the snowuntil becoming one with itToday the clouds resemblemonks drinking teain silenceSilence tends to bury thoughtyet thought alsolives by itLearn to renounceeverythingeven silenceMany times, God prefersto […]

Stories

The Moon Cannot Be Stolen

15 July 2026

Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. “You may have come a long way to visit me,” he told the […]

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3.ª Conferência Executiva Women’s Health, 28 May 2026

10 June 2026

Participation in the 3rd Women’s Health Executive Conference, in a session dedicated to women’s health and well-being. The presentation offered a complementary perspective on well-being as an essential condition for more humane and sustainable leadership, exploring how our internal state influences the way we lead, relate to others, and contribute to organizational culture. Photographs: Paulo […]

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Leadership starts within: Health, Self-Awareness and Wellbeing

1 June 2026

If you had asked me a few years ago what health meant, I would probably have given a slightly different answer from the one I would give today. I am a pharmacist, and a large part of my professional journey has been linked to the pharmaceutical industry. For that reason, and despite the fact that […]

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Communication & Effectiveness, Tenthpin, May 2026

31 May 2026

Facilitation of a training session for Tenthpin, organized by SFORI, dedicated to communication and effectiveness in an organizational context. The session worked on essential human skills for more effective collaboration and execution, focusing on clarity, attention, trust, alignment of expectations, priority management, and difficult conversations. A practical and experiential approach geared towards more relational, conscious […]

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Mindfulness for Business, ISEG MBA, January 2026

31 January 2026

For the 5th consecutive year, we are facilitating Mindfulness for Business classes integrated into the ISEG MBA curriculum. The sessions explore mindfulness as a relevant skill for high-demand contexts, supporting participants in developing attention, self-regulation, and emotional and relational intelligence. This approach prepares leaders to be more present, clear, and capable of navigating organizational complexity […]

Inspirational Quotes

Elon Musk | A company that makes more use of AI creates a forcing function for the increase use of AI

11 January 2026

(Video in English, subtitles in Spanish and Portuguese) More videos in our YouTube Channel There is a lot of inertiaand people keep doing the same things,the same stuff for a while;and there really has to be a company that,by making more use of AI andthat competes with a company that makes less use of AI,creates a […]

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People Centered 2025, Coimbra Business School & ISCAC, October 2025

31 October 2025

Facilitation of a Transformation Session on “Attention Management: A Superpower in Leadership,” in an experiential and participatory format. Throughout the session, we explored attention as an essential leadership competency—directed at ourselves, others, and the system—and its impact on the quality of relationships, decisions, and the presence of leaders. […]

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Rethinking the Purpose and Foundations of Environmental Law, Univ of Granada – April 2025

15 May 2025

The School of We facilitated different moments of this seminar, which brought together doctoral students, researchers, and professors to discuss the challenges and foundations of Environmental Law. Our intervention sought to create spaces for presence, listening, and connection, supporting a collective learning and reflection experience on a topic as urgent as caring for the planet. […]

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Regenerating Rather Than Scaling: The Future of Conscious Leadership

1 May 2025

By Vanda de Sousa, April 30th, 2025 In my conversations with leaders, what I hear is no longer excitement about growth — it’s exhaustion disguised as efficiency. It’s the silence after a “I’m fine,” or the shrug that comes with “it’s just a phase.” And it makes me wonder, time and again, if the greatest […]

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