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Check out this guest blog post for the Mind and Life Institute from Jamie Bristow, Director at The Mindfulness Initiative. Jamie suggests that we think of mindfulness as a foundational capacity and proposes that the contribution mindfulness practice makes to improving our agency is what underpins all of the positive benefits it can produce. This […]
Mindful Workplace Community corporate partner Awaris worked with the Boston Consulting Group to produce this short publication on the part mindfulness can play in supporting employee well-being and performance in the virtual workplace. Give it a read here.
Working in the UK Government in senior leadership, I had seen first-hand the impact stress can have on my own productivity and the wellbeing as well as those around me. I discovered mindfulness in 2012, and like many found it transformative and, also like many, kept it to himself for fear of being thought weird. […]
Image by Aron Visuals (Unsplash) Humanity’s future may depend upon strengthening our agency. Multiple interconnected crises call for skilful response on a global scale – but our capacity for intentional action in our collective best interest is underdeveloped and increasingly undermined. This discussion paper opens a dialogue on the contribution of evidence-based mindfulness training to individual and collective agency. Beyond […]
Technology has superseded what many of us dreamed possible – machines are augmenting human capabilities, and as DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis observes as we start the new decade, “really this is just the beginning”. The 21st century workplace requires transformed and transformative leadership skills and capabilities. According to BP’s CIO of Energy Trading Ayman Assaf, […]
There has been much helpful discussion of the importance of taking care of our mental health in these uncertain and unusual times. I suggest a parallel here with falling asleep. You probably have some experience of trying to fall asleep, but not being able to. As you become more aware of your effort, it often […]
