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There is evidence that mindfulness training helps build resilience and a higher capacity for collaboration, along with the ability to lead in complex conditions. The outcomes include a heightened awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes; an openness to include experience of others in a given situation to one’s own experience, to come up with ‘new’ thinking; and to remain always curious of the internal (self) and external context. The relative cynicism and a teleological approach to train business students in the art and science of business decision-making, bereft of any social/ethical considerations and perspectives, can only create shallow future leaders who can surely guarantee negative future returns. Not to talk of creating toxic workplaces; hastening employee burnouts; and making it harder to attract desired talent.

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