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The Mindful Brain
Can mindfulness at work reduce accidents and improve safety? Consistent investigative research has shown that the human factors contributing to poor safety and accidents at work are: Distraction: which leads to inattention or attention to [...]
Practicing mindfulness at work
Some common barriers to productivity at work and practical mindfulness practices that can help: 1. Lack of concentration and focus Practice paying attention to a single object on your desk, notice every detail of it, [...]
Enhance productivity and engagement: Detach from work!
It may seem like another piece of cognitive dissonance—to get more engaged and productive, you need to apparently move in the opposite direction and detach from work. A growing number of research studies demonstrate that [...]
Changing mindsets towards recovery time
In one of our Resilient Leadership workshops recently we were discussing the productivity research that supports taking regular recovery breaks at work rather than “pushing on through” fatigue or loss of concentration. One of the [...]
Breaking the busy habit
I’m always in meetings… The pace here is frantic, it’s hard to slow it down…. If we can just get through this next busy patch… How many of these comments sound familiar? We hear them [...]
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