💓The Story

Caitlin Krause of MindWise discusses her work cultivating resilience, empathy, and meaningful connection through integrated learning experiences blending mindfulness, design, and storytelling. She explores concepts like wonder and flow state, designing immersive experiences like VR military training to foster qualities like empathy and resilience. Emphasizing play, collaboration, curiosity, and mindful AI partnership in skill and culture development.

🎯Story Takeaways

• Play, collaboration, and curiosity are essential in approaching technology and leadership.

• Cultivating resilience and empathy is essential for meaningful human connection.

• Wonder has five facets: curiosity, empathy, surfing wonder, the overview effect, and the wonder of the gestalt.

• Flow is a state of complete immersion and intrinsic joy.

• A mindful partnership with AI can lead to better learning experiences.

• Caitlin’s MAGIC

Toast to your curiosity, tune into the poetry reading towards the end: Digital Satori. You will love it~

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🍀Conversation Outline

00:00 Introduce yourself to Aliens

07:33 Explore the five pillars of wonder

14:57 Explore the state of flow

19:08 How to design for flow

27:01 Bring resilience and empathy to Air Force

31:21 The role of play curiosity and collaboration in technology

36:27 Caitlin’s MAGIC

44:33 Digital Satori poem reading

☕ Learn About Our Guest Here

Caitlin Krause, founder of MindWise, combines technology, innovation and wellbeing as an educator, XR designer, author and speaker. She teaches digital wellness at Stanford and has authored related books. Krause advises organizations like Google, Meta, Oracle, and the U.S. State Department. Recently, she led workshops on resilience, leadership, mindfulness and creativity. Krause creates collaborative social XR experiences fusing presence, storytelling, meditation and emotional intelligence. She works on digital therapeutics incorporating haptics and biofeedback. With over 20 years of experience, Krause helps navigate the future of work, prioritizing empathy, design and imagination.

☕ Connect with Our Guest Here

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinkrause

https://caitlinkrause.com/

📚Read the research article:

Csikszentmihalyi M (1997). Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (1st ed.). New York: Basic Books. p. 31.

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Satori-Caitlin-Krause/dp/B0BZF2696H

Designing Wonder: https://caitlinkrause.gumroad.com/l/IxbVJ

🚗Listen on

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RhE7OM74C3J8uzUBPazcw?si=3db238fb021f4172

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magicademy/id1721440260

Disclaimer: While we value the unique perspectives shared by our podcast guests, their views do not necessarily reflect our own. We see this as an open exploration of ideas, not an endorsement of any particular statement. Our podcast is independently produced with no involvement from employers or clients. We offer research-based resources to support further learning, but the quest for knowledge is its reward. Thank you for joining us on this journey of curiosity and discovery!

Imagine leadership not as a reserved seat at the table, but as a spark that ignites the childlike wonder, a heartfelt flame to explore and transcend perception, skill, and culture. Paired with evidence-based research, MAGICademy podcast co-explores how advancements in neuroarts, learning science, and technology are converging to empower creative, adaptable, and wonder-making leaders who transcend the limitations of the past toward collective flourishing. You can check out past and future episodes here: https://www.jianiwu.com/magicademy.

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