What is the Inner MBA?
The Inner MBA is a six-month certificate program for people who build, lead, and serve — and who sense that the next level of their work requires a different kind of inner foundation.
The program is offered by Sounds True in consultation with the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. The path runs inward first. This year, for the first time, it opens on the campus of UC Berkeley — in person or live online.
At a glance
- Six-month certificate program
- Opens with a three-day event at UC Berkeley, October 23–25, 2026 — in person or online
- Six months of live teaching, small groups, 1:1 coaching, and self-paced practice
- Weekly commitment: approximately 60–90 minutes
- A global cohort of professionals and changemakers
What you develop here
- The inner foundation that steadies everything else — especially under pressure, in transition, and in change
- A clearer sense of what is yours to do — so your path forward reflects your values, your gifts, and the life you are choosing to build
- The capacity to build, lead, and serve with more authenticity and integrity — making better decisions, having harder conversations, and creating real impact without losing yourself in the process
- Your Inner MBA Compass — a personal alignment tool you create during the program and return to long after it ends
Your certificate
On completion, you receive a certificate of completion. For those of you who have long held two halves of yourself in separate rooms — the developing inner self — this certificate is a quiet acknowledgement that the work you have been doing alone is now something you can share with others.