Welcome to the first edition of Work In Progress (WIP) - an audacious newsletter brought to you by Conscious Talent that helps you keep a pulse on the intersection of inner work, consciousness, and new frontiers in how we work.

Every 2-3 weeks, we’ll highlight new job opportunities, funding announcements, breakthroughs in technology + research, and awesome people in our network we think you should know about.

The Journey So Far…

It’s been just over a month since we went to market with the idea of connecting companies and leaders who value professional excellence and inner work. Here are a few things we’re seeing and learning:

• Every founder we talk to has different criteria for what they’re looking for on the inner work front (on top of the hard skills). It’s why each of our searches is really bespoke to the client.

• AI and tech talent is 🔥 right now - shocker

• We’ve had a few founders tell us that they can’t wait to use us at their next company when they can reshape the culture that they really want to build. Usually, this is due to some misalignment on this with co-founders…they value this, but the co-founders don’t really. Hopefully we can change all this by helping teams become more aligned earlier on.

• A lot of people are coming out of the woodwork that we had no idea cared about this inner work and consciousness. This reveals how the number of people talking publicly about it is a much smaller subset of people generally interested in it. This is especially true amongst some real heavy hitters. If you’ve ever felt alone and like a weirdo for being into consciousness, you’re not! There’s just a lot of people that keep it to themselves…let’s change that!

As we learn more about this landscape, we’ll share it here.

🔥 Featured Job Opportunities

Founding Engineering Lead / CTO @ Stealth Communal AI Startup - this company is building a community-owned and AI-first network for communities that operate in fragmented group chat applications. Highly successful founder looking for someone to come in at the ground floor. 🌀👀

Founding Engineer @ Behavioral Health / Resonance AI Startup - YC backed company building clinical and personal tools that use AI to measure the emotional, mental, and energetic state of the user. 🌀👀

VP of Product @ Ingenio, a global media and marketplace platform that empowers emotional and spiritual well-being by connecting individuals with expert advisors across an expansive network of wellness and spiritual brands.

Head of Marketing @ Reveri, a science-backed behavioral health startup using AI-powered hypnotherapy to help people overcome chronic pain, anxiety, and stress.

VP of Member Experience @ Gaia, a member‑supported, ad‑free global streaming platform and conscious media community offering over 8,000 original and curated titles.

Backend Engineer @ Yuna, a 24/7 AI-powered mental health companion application that provides personalized, evidence-based emotional support and stress management through conversational coaching.

🌀 - searches Conscious Talent is running

👀 - invisible searches that are not publicly advertised on the internet

🧬 Innovation In “The Field”

Sanmai nabs 12m from Reid Hoffman and others for non‑invasive, AI‑guided focused ultrasound headset to treat mental health disorders and improve cognitive function. I did a podcast with the founder Jay last year and their technology is incredibly exciting.

Sword Health raises 40m to expand its AI enabled care platform from physical therapy, into mental health.

🔦 Community Spotlight

This week we’d like to highlight Derek Haswell. Derek was the co-founder of the award-winning meditation app & media company, 10% Happier, & now spends his time as an executive coach — helping mission-driven founders & leaders drive more impact while becoming more aligned.

Derek’s Favorite Transformational Resource:

Aletheia - There are very few frameworks that integrate waking up (typically meditation) with cleaning up & growing up (typically therapy), and Aletheia's "unfolding" methodology is (very skillfully) designed to support people's development in this way. You can learn more about Aletheia here.

Words of Wisdom to Himself 10 Years Ago:

We're all on a developmental journey. The more you can fall in love with yourself & others just as you/they are -- the light and shadow, strength and weakness, clarity and confusion -- the smoother and more fun it gets. This may seem paradoxical (why would growth happen if we love things just as they are?) but trust that it works better than any amount of striving or "self improvement."

🌀 Cool Things On The Internet

Spirit Tech 3.0 Can We Meet The Moment

On Powers, Great and Small - The Emerald Podcast

YC CEO Gary Tan talking about the importance of Inner Work

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Till next time!

-Scott and the CT Team

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