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INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS AT WORK

Mar5al Vidaud

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WHY DO THEY USE MINDFULNESS ?

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THE PAID REALITY

Pressured Always on Informa5on overload Distracted

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47%

ATTENTION DEFICIT TRAIT

WhySmartPeopleUnderperform”,EdwardM.Hallowell/KillingsworthMA,GilbertDT.AWanderingMindIsanUnhappyMind.Science12November2010:Vol.330.no.6006,p.932DOI:

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MULTITASKING

Hunter,J.P.andJ.S.Scherer,“KnowledgeWorkerProduc/vityandThePrac/ceofSelf-Management”inTheDruckerDifference:WhattheWorld’sGreatestManagementThinkerMeanstoToday’sBusinessLeaders,CraigL.Pearce,JosephA.MaciarielloandHidekiYamawaki,Editors2009.

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THE DOWNSIDES OF MULTI-TASKING

DRAINS ENERGY Due to switching

HAMPERS CREATIVITY Due to a full mind

DECREASES QUALITY Due to more mistakes

KILLS PRIORITIZATION Due to loss of overview

REDUCES EFFICIENCY Due to switch 5me

REDUCES WELL-BEING Due to increased stress

REWIRES YOUR BRAIN Becomes default working mode

SHRINKS YOUR BRAIN Less grey maUer

Stanford University; “Cogni&ve control in media mul&taskers”, Eyal Ophir Et. Al. – Ins5tute of Cogni5ve Neuroscience, University College London, Kep Kee Loh Et. Al. Higher Media Mul5-Tasking Ac5vity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-MaUer Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

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HOW ATTENTIVE ARE YOU?

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NEURAL NETWORKS

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NEUROPLASTICITY

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MINDFULNESS: MANAGING ATTENTION

TASK AT

HAND

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TRAINING THE ATTENTION MUSCLE

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BASIC MINDFULNESS TRAINING

A ANATOMY

B BREATH

C COUNT

D DISTRACTIONS

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BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS FOR YOU BeUer

immune func5on

Jacobs 2011

Decreased stress

Gregoire 2015

Increased Sleep quality Black 2015

Enhanced aUen5on

Zeidan 2010

BeUer heart rate

variability Wolever

2012

Balanced blood

pressure Rosenweig

2007

Reduced cellular aging

Epel 2009

Increased happiness

Hanson 2009

Improved mental fitness

Pagnoni 2007

Increased grey brain

maUer Pagnoni

2007

Increased Emo5onal

intelligence SchuUe 2011