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Getting Mindful at Work

Written by Simone Graham | 5 November 2018 3:43:47 AM

Mindfulness seems to be everywhere today – in schools, clinics, prisons, hospitals, parliament, in the military, and increasing in boardrooms. For a practice that stretches back thousands of years, mindfulness appears to be having a fairly large cultural moment.

For all the media headlines and popularity of mindfulness, what do we know scientifically about what it does to the human brain, and how it might be beneficial at work?

To learn more about mindfulness...

This whitepaper describes:

- What mindfulness is
- Contemporary research
- How mindfulness seems to work and what’s going on in the brain
- The benefits of mindfulness in relation to the workplace
- Key considerations in implementing a workplace mindfulness program