Wendy Quan

Experience

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  Seaboard Life Insurance Company (now Industrial Alliance Pacific Life)

  Feb 1985 - Jul 2000

  Manager, PC & Office Systems/Technical Specialist
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  MDSI Mobile Data Solutions / Ventyx (now ABB Group)

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Knowledge Base Manager
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  MDSI Mobile Data Solutions / Ventyx (now ABB Group)

  Sept 2002 - Mar 2007

  Manager, Organizational Development / Human Resources
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  Pacific Blue Cross

  May 2007 - Aug 2016

  Manager, Change Management

  Organizational change management (people side of change) through PBC's major changes. Through the great support of Pacific Blue Cross and eager staff, my early pioneer days of bringing mindfulness meditation to the corporate workplace started early in 2011. The proven benefits and interest grew steadily over the years, and this seed blossomed into The Calm Monkey today.

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  Vancouver Change Management Practitioners Community of Practice

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2013

  Founder

  In 2010, I founded a local (metro Vancouver) organizational change management community of practice for experienced CM practitioners. What a great group of members, passionate about sharing and helping. This group merged into the newly created Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Change Management Professionals in 2013.

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  The Calm Monkey

  Jan 2011 - now

  Founder

  An innovator and industry leader in workplace mindfulness facilitator training & certification, implementation and combining change management and mindfulness to help people through change. Professional speaker. Virtual mindfulness workshops for groups. Mindfulness field expert. Mindfulness teacher for The Great Courses - course title: 'Mindfulness for the Workplace'.Co-author of The Successful Body.I have continuous gratitude for all the wonderful facilitators and client organizations I get to work with! Welcoming people who want to help create a mindful world, together.Learn how to:1) Implement workplace or community mindfulness - gain support, startup and grow a respected mindfulness practice.2) Skillfully facilitate mindfulness meditation sessions - with today's best practices.What a truly wonderful and inspiring worldwide community of facilitators we have!Explore at https://www.thecalmmonkey.com/ Show less

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  Contracted by The Great Courses

  Aug 2020 - now

  Mindfulness course appearing on The Great Courses and Audible

  I'm so grateful to be the expert for the video course 'Mindfulness for the Workplace' for The Great Courses. This is available through The Great Courses, The Great Courses Plus and Audible! Released October 2022. Learn to create a better experience for yourself at work and in life, no matter what your current circumstances are or what the future might hold. This course focuses on practical, secular and evidence-based mindfulness practices that can be incorporated into your workday.