Wake Up Project: Inspiration + Courage + Kindness

Golbie Kamarei founded the pioneering BlackRock meditation program. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager with $4.7 trillion in assets under management and over 12,000 employees. During this conversation, Golbie shares her personal journey beginning with attending meditation retreats through to bringing these learnings into her work environment. She began with a weekly mindfulness class in the New York City office and over the next two years more than 1,500 employees in over 30 cities and 17 countries became part of her program. But something more began happening, “People began showing up with humanity and compassion - friendships were being created that were beyond normal work colleague relationships.” Golbie Kamarei was the former Global Program Manager at BlackRock asset management. She is now a Corporate Wellbeing and Performance Consultant leading training for multinational firms including the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2015, Golbie was recognised as a Corporate Culture Champion by Berkel