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Role models When you look in the dictionary, a role model is described as ‘a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated’. Since I have been working in the field of positive & mindful leadership, I have had the privilege of meeting some exceptional, kind people who not only inspired me, but also inspired a vast array of others with their exemplary work. A couple of these role models joined us for our Positive & Mindful Leader Summit this September, sharing their personal journey and how they applied positive leadership techniques for themselves and within their organisations, helping others to learn from their example and to follow their positivity. Some of them you already know from this magazine, like Jan Mühlfeit, Deborah Rowland and Megan Reitz. In this issue, you will get to know Verónica Pascual Boé, CEO of ASTI, one of Europe’s fastest growing automated vehicle companies at the heart of the Industry 4.0 revolution. In her interview, she will talk about her personal journey, the challenges of a fast-growing company, and how she has applied positive leadership and mindfulness tools in her organisation. For those of you who couldn’t join our Positive & Mindful Leader Summit this year, we bring you a report on the two days we hosted in London, with a special focus on the fundamentals of positive & mindful leadership. In Designing mindful workplaces of the future we explore how design can play a special role in helping employees to be more mindful. This experiment was created during the London Design Festival this September. Sarah Siddique from Aggreko is kindly sharing her experience of applying positive leadership tools in time of leadership change, to give a newly appointed leader the best possible start in their new role. A reminder of one of the core concepts of positive psychology, PERMA will finish this winter issue of positive & mindful leader magazine.