Rasmus Hougaard

Rasmus Hougaard

Author, Speaker and Managing Partner, Potential Project

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Rasmus Hougaard, M.A., is the founder and managing director of the Potential Project, the leading international provider of Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training programs. He is a recognized authority on training the mind to be more focused, effective, and clear in an organizational context. Hougaard has been teaching mindfulness in individual and corporate contexts in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States since 2000.

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The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
3 min
Mindfulness meditation can be hugely beneficial in our personal and professional lives, but people often leave the practice because their expectations are set unreasonably high.