Below is a curated list of mindfulness and emotional intelligence related resources providing an overview of the landscape and pathways for deeper learning and practice.

INTRODUCTIONS

What is Mindfulness, Greater Good
What Mindfulness Is -- And Isn't, Daniel Goleman, Huffington Post
Holistic Mindfulness (a deeper dive into mindfulness and various issues with its contemporary uses)
Emotional Intelligence, Salovey and Mayer
Change leader, change thyself, McKinsey and Co
How to Handle Stress in the Moment, Harvard Business Review

THE SCIENCE OF MINDFULNESS

20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today, Psychology Today
What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?, Scientific American
“Mind the Trap”: Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity, Greenberg J, Reiner K, Meiran N (2012)
Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain, Harvard Business Review
Eight Weeks To A Better Brain, Harvard study
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density, Psychiatry Research
Forever Young(er): potential age-defying effects of long-term meditation on gray matter atrophy, Frontiers in Psychology
It's Not Just For Your Brain: Meditating Can Actually Change Your DNA, FastCompany (Full study here)
A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects, New York Times

MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE

Meditation: A Powerful Change Management Tool: Resiliency during a Major Change through Meditation & Mindfulness, By Wendy Quan, Pacific Blue Cross
Mindfulness goes to work: Impact of an online workplace intervention, Center for Organizational Excellence, APA
The Kings of Concentration (Mindfulness at Google and SAP), Inc
At Aetna, a C.E.O.’s Management by Mantra, NYT
The mind business (Meditation and Yoga at General Mills), FT
Examining workplace mindfulness and its relations to job performance and turnover intention, Human Relations

BUSINESS CASE

The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence, Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
Workplace Wellness Programs Can Generate Savings, Health Affairs
Examining workplace mindfulness and its relations to job performance and turnover intention, Human Relations
The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Multitasking in a High-Stress Information Environment, University of Washington

SKEPTICISM ENCOURAGED

Is Meditation Really Beneficial, or Is It Just Ridiculous?, Lifehacker
The McMindfulness Craze: The Shadow Side of the Mindfulness Revolution, Truthout
My Trouble With Mindfulness, Greater Good 

VIDEOS

The Scientific Power of Meditation, 3:02, AsapSCIENCE
How Does Meditation Change the Brain? - Instant Egghead #54, 2:23, Scientific American
The Human Brain: Deconstructing Mindfulness, 47:05, World Economic Forum
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, 19:37, Peter Salovey, Yale University
Chade-Meng Tan: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, 59:29, Greater Good Science Center

MEDIA ON MINDFULNESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Mindfulness with Anderson Cooper on 60 min
The Ekmans' Atlas of Emotions
PBS This Emotional Life
Funny Brain Video, PFC and Amygdala Battle

KEY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Center for Mindfulness, UMass, MBSR
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr Richard Davidson
Mindsight Institute, UCLA, Dan Siegel
American Mindfulness Research Association
Garrison Institute, Not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization exploring the intersection of contemplation and engaged action in the world.
Mind and Life Institute, For the past 30 years, the Mind & Life Institute has pioneered the field of contemplative science
Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), UCLA
Britton Lab, Studies contemplative, affective, and clinical neuroscience
Center for Compassion and Altruism, Stanford
American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA)
Intuitive Wellness, coaching and consulting
NIH: National Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Center for Mindfulness, UCSD
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR, UMass
Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
Dr Richard Davidson, Neuroscientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
Daniel Seigel, The Mindful Brain
Peter Salovey, President, Yale
Marc Brackett, Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Ellen Langer, Harvard, Social Psychologist
Jeremy Hunter, Drucker School of Management
Rick Hanson, author of Buddha's Brain
Tara Brach, Meditation Teacher
Buddha

EVENTS

Wisdom 2.0
Mindful Leadership Summit
The Mindful Business Conference
International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, 2014 (keynote recordings)
Science and Nonduality Conference (SAND)
Center for Mindfulness (UMass), Spring Conference 2015: Meeting the World

MINDFULNESS TOOLS/APPS

Insight meditation timer (with a great 10 min guided meditation by Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock)
Time Out, break reminder tool for Mac
Stop, Breathe, & Think app
Headspace app
Free Mindfulness Apps Worthy of Your Attention, Mindful
Best Meditation Apps, Outside Magazine
Stress and Well-Being Survey, Institute of HeartMath

GUIDED MEDITATIONS

Compassion Meditation Training Audio Files (Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Richie Davidson)
Free Guided Meditations, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
Guided Meditations (Free), by Tara Brach

SF BAY AREA MEDITATION AND RETREAT CENTERS

Spirit Rock, Woodacre
San Francisco Zen Center (including Green Gulch and Tassajara)
Berkeley Zen Center
Shambhala Center, Berkeley
Berkeley Dzogchen Community
SF Insight Meditation Community
Insight Retreat Center, Santa Cruz
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
SF Vedanta Society, Olema Retreat Center
Mt Madonna, Yoga and Retreat Center, Watsonville
Ridhwan School (Diamond Approach), Berkeley