Jamie Bristow

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ABOUT JAMIE BRISTOW

Within an emerging field of inner-led societal transformation, Jamie Bristow works to accelerate and deepen the dialectic between ancient wisdom and modern science, and the overdue integration of inner and outer systems change approaches in public policy. The primary question animating his research, writing and speaking relates to practice - what are we practising, individually and collectively, to be more equal to the challenges of our times? He has collaborated on this question with UN and US Government Agencies, cross-party groups of politicians in the British Parliament and legislatures around the world, global corporates, leading NGOs and pioneering academic departments. Jamie’s work has been covered in The Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian newspapers and includes influential reports such as ‘The System Within: Addressing the Inner Dimensions Sustainability and Systems Transformation’ and ‘Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out’. He has taught and advised on courses at the Universities of California, Harvard and Oxford. Jamie is currently a research fellow and member of Life Itself, an honorary associate of Bangor University and a fellow of Mind & Life, and he leads on public narrative and policy development for the Inner Development Goals, emphasising the inner skills and qualities needed for a sustainable transition. Formerly he was clerk to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness and Director of the associated policy institute, The Mindfulness Initiative. In its formative days Jamie was Business Development Director at Headspace and his deeper background encompasses psychology, climate change campaigning, and advertising.Jamie is a dedicated practitioner of Insight Meditation, a Buddhist tradition that’s associated with Gaia House, IMS and Spirit Rock retreat centres. Although incomplete and on hold in order to focus on other projects, he has received teacher-training over a number of years. His teachers have included Stephen Batchelor, Rob Burbea and Catherine Magee.