Mindfulness and Well-being Session for Accenture and PTT

The Accenture team consulting for PTT works at the pace the modern enterprise demands. PTT is Thailand’s state-owned petroleum and natural gas company, listed on the SET, and the work of advising an organisation of that size through a fast-changing decade is exacting and rarely still. On 5 September 2026 I was invited to the PTT Head Office on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road to spend time with about twenty of them — not to add something more to the schedule, but to give the mind somewhere to rest.

This is a trend I meet more and more often. Organisations that once measured themselves by results alone are starting to ask what those results cost the people producing them. Economic well-being and the well-being of the mind are being nurtured at the same time, and it is a welcome change.

The Lecture

I began where the difficulty usually begins: with a mind that will not stop. Most of us spend the day thinking in a loop — turning over problems from the past and expectations about the future — and we rarely finish a thought cleanly. When we do try to finish it, we force our concentration, and the forcing itself becomes another kind of stress. That is the pattern a demanding project keeps in motion, week after week.

Meditation is not more effort applied to the same mind. It is a different relationship with effort altogether. I described what we were aiming at in four plain qualities: a spacious mind, a clear mind, a relaxed mind, and a mind that can let go. Awareness and relaxation rise together rather than trading against each other, and that combination is what improves the quality of the mind, makes room for creativity, and allows contentment even while the problems are still unsolved.

The Meditation

Then we practised. Everyone stayed in their own seat in the auditorium, the lights came down, and I guided the session from the front of the room, using Samma Arahang as the mantra to keep the mind gently occupied at the centre of the body.

The room became quiet very quickly. The participants all had good sessions: calm, still, and happy, able to let go. They gained positive energy to recharge their hearts, ready to face the current state of the world — which is, in the end, the practical point of the practice. Nothing about the deadlines had changed by the time we opened our eyes. The mind meeting them had.

Sangha Dana

The session closed with a sangha dana, an offering to the monastic community, which the team made together before returning to their day. It is a simple, old gesture, and a good one to end on: the practice is not something that happens only while the eyes are closed.