CEO Mindfulness Retreat Backfires

A company-wide mindfulness retreat, intended to reduce stress and foster connection, ended in chaos after the CEO became "too mindful." After 48 hours of meditation and artisanal kale, he achieved enlightenment and immediately emailed the entire company to announce he was dissolving the corporate structure to "free our spirits from the shackles of quarterly earnings." The CFO had to stage an intervention during a sound bath, using a PowerPoint presentation to argue that nirvana wasn't a deductible business expense. Employees, who were just enjoying the free snacks, are now back at their desks pretending the whole thing never happened. The CEO has been quietly demoted to "Chief Spiritual Officer" and given a ficus plant to manage instead of the balance sheet. The only lasting impact is a mandatory five-minute silent meditation at the start of every meeting, which everyone uses to check their phones. -- Bohiney Magazne bohiney.com