ONE SECOND AHEAD
06/04/2017
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”
STIMULUS
Viktor E. Frankl
AUTOPILOT REACTION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
ONE SECOND AHEAD
CONSCIOUS RESPONSE
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
OUTLINE OF WORKSHOP Why mindfulness? Mindfulness practice tutorial Multi-tasking, Matrix of Mental Effectiveness & Two Rules Practical applications: Performance Breaks & Mindful Communication Core Leadership Skill: Presence Close
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
CORPORATE MINDFULNESS
THE PAID REALITY Pressured Always on Information overloaded Distracted
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
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06/04/2017
THE PAID REALITY LEADS TO ADT
HOW ATTENTIVE ARE YOU?
46.9% Attention Harvard Business Review: “Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform”, Edward M. Hallowell / Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind… © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
ADT AT WORK Prioritised Focused Engaged Creative Growth driven Team oriented Resilient
53.1% 46.9% mind on mind off task task
Distracted Inefficient Change resistance Cognitively rigid Overwhelmed Stressed Disengaged
Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science 12 November 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6006, p. 932 DOI: 10.1126/science.1192439 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
THE GOOD NEWS
”Understanding and managing attention is now the single most important determinant of business success” Accenture Institute of Strategic Change, Thomas Davenport: ”The Attention Economy” - Harvard Business School Press, 2001 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFULNESS: MANAGING ATTENTION
TASK AT HAND
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
2
06/04/2017
BASIC MINDFULNESS TRAINING
THE NEUROLOGY OF ATTENTION MIND WANDERING
A
C
B
BREATH
ANATOMY
Posterior cingulate cortex (deep) Posterior inferior parietal region Medial prefrontal cortex Lateral temporal cortex Precuneus
AWARENESS OF WANDERING
ATTENTION
COUNT
D
Anterior insula (deep) Anterior cingulate cortex (deep)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
DISTRACTIONS Inferio parietal lobe Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Scientific American, The Mind of the Meditator, November 2014
REDIRECTING ATTENTION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
THE INDUSTRIAL BRAIN IN THE PAID REALITY
Overcoming the multi-tasking trap The two rules of mindful mental effectiveness
Hunter, J.P. and J.S. Scherer, “Knowledge Worker Productivity and The Practice of Self-Management” in The Drucker Difference: What the World’s Greatest Management Thinker Means to Today’s Business Leaders, Craig L. Pearce, Joseph A. Maciariello and Hideki Yamawaki, Editors 2009. © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
TEST YOUR MULTI-TASKING SKILLS
THE NATURE OF YOUR ATTENTION
I am a great multitasker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
I am 1 2 3
Stanford University: “The attention revolution – unlocking the power of the focused mind”, Alan Wallace, PhD. © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
3
06/04/2017
THE MIND IS A ONE-LANE ROAD
THE DOWNSIDES OF MULTI-TASKING REDUCES EFFICIENCY
HAMPERS CREATIVITY
Due to switch time
MULTI-TASKING IS A MYTH
Due to a full mind
KILLS PRIORITIZATION
DRAINS ENERGY
Due to loss of overview
Due to switching
DECREASES QUALITY
REDUCES WELL-BEING
Due to more mistakes
Due to increased stress
SHRINKS YOUR BRAIN
REWIRES YOUR BRAIN
Less grey matter
Becomes default working mode
Stanford University; “Cognitive control in media multitaskers”, Eyal Ophir Et. Al. – Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Kep Kee Loh Et. Al. Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MULTI-TASKING IN SHORT
2 RULES OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
“Multitasking is a terrible coping mechanism. Scientific evidence demonstrates that multitasking makes us less productive, less creative, and less able to make good decisions. If we want to be effective, we need to stop.”
Rule 1: Focus on what you choose Rule 2: Choose your distractions mindfully
McKinsey Quarterly, January 2011 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MATRIX OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
BREAKS AND MENTAL PERFORMANCE FOCUSED
RULE#1
Sharp Focus MINDFUL
“FLOW”
1
2
MINDLESS
“CREATIVE”
3
4
RULE#2
Autopilot
Distracted © 2015/16 – Potential Project
Openly Aware
OPENLY AWARE
AUTOPILOT
DISTRACTED © 2015/16 – Potential Project
4
06/04/2017
A MINDFUL BREAK
SPEAKING VS. LISTENING
Giving the brain a break from concepts
To improve energy, focus and effectiveness © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MENTAL STRATEGY: PRESENCE
THE NEUROLOGY OF PRESENCE MIND WANDERING
Posterior cingulate cortex (deep) Posterior inferior parietal region Medial prefrontal cortex Lateral temporal cortex Precuneus
AWARENESS OF WANDERING
PRESENCE
What does being present mean to you?
Anterior insula (deep) Anterior cingulate cortex (deep)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Inferior parietal lobe Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Scientific American, The Mind of the Meditator, November 2014
PRESENCE
TASK Task or AT Person HAND
REDIRECTING FOCUS
DEVELOPING PRESENCE • Be here now • Fully present with each inbreath • Fully present with each outbreath
5
06/04/2017
THE MINDFUL PERFORMING INDIVIDUAL
THE MINDFUL PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFUL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
“Through significant focus on mindfulness we are gradually becoming a mindful organization. A mindful organization is an organization where our leaders and employees do the right things not just things.” Kenneth Egelund Schmidt, CIO Carlsberg Group
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFUL HUMAN PERFORMANCE “I initiated the program expecting that we would become more focused and productive. That has happened and I am grateful. However, I realize another much bigger change:
I experience myself and my employees becoming better human beings.” Thomas Berg, Sales Director IF Insurance.
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
[email protected]
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
6
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”
STIMULUS
Viktor E. Frankl
AUTOPILOT REACTION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
ONE SECOND AHEAD
CONSCIOUS RESPONSE
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
OUTLINE OF WORKSHOP Why mindfulness? Mindfulness practice tutorial Multi-tasking, Matrix of Mental Effectiveness & Two Rules Practical applications: Performance Breaks & Mindful Communication Core Leadership Skill: Presence Close
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
CORPORATE MINDFULNESS
THE PAID REALITY Pressured Always on Information overloaded Distracted
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
1
06/04/2017
THE PAID REALITY LEADS TO ADT
HOW ATTENTIVE ARE YOU?
46.9% Attention Harvard Business Review: “Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform”, Edward M. Hallowell / Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind… © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
ADT AT WORK Prioritised Focused Engaged Creative Growth driven Team oriented Resilient
53.1% 46.9% mind on mind off task task
Distracted Inefficient Change resistance Cognitively rigid Overwhelmed Stressed Disengaged
Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science 12 November 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6006, p. 932 DOI: 10.1126/science.1192439 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
THE GOOD NEWS
”Understanding and managing attention is now the single most important determinant of business success” Accenture Institute of Strategic Change, Thomas Davenport: ”The Attention Economy” - Harvard Business School Press, 2001 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFULNESS: MANAGING ATTENTION
TASK AT HAND
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
2
06/04/2017
BASIC MINDFULNESS TRAINING
THE NEUROLOGY OF ATTENTION MIND WANDERING
A
C
B
BREATH
ANATOMY
Posterior cingulate cortex (deep) Posterior inferior parietal region Medial prefrontal cortex Lateral temporal cortex Precuneus
AWARENESS OF WANDERING
ATTENTION
COUNT
D
Anterior insula (deep) Anterior cingulate cortex (deep)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
DISTRACTIONS Inferio parietal lobe Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Scientific American, The Mind of the Meditator, November 2014
REDIRECTING ATTENTION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
THE INDUSTRIAL BRAIN IN THE PAID REALITY
Overcoming the multi-tasking trap The two rules of mindful mental effectiveness
Hunter, J.P. and J.S. Scherer, “Knowledge Worker Productivity and The Practice of Self-Management” in The Drucker Difference: What the World’s Greatest Management Thinker Means to Today’s Business Leaders, Craig L. Pearce, Joseph A. Maciariello and Hideki Yamawaki, Editors 2009. © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
TEST YOUR MULTI-TASKING SKILLS
THE NATURE OF YOUR ATTENTION
I am a great multitasker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
I am 1 2 3
Stanford University: “The attention revolution – unlocking the power of the focused mind”, Alan Wallace, PhD. © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
3
06/04/2017
THE MIND IS A ONE-LANE ROAD
THE DOWNSIDES OF MULTI-TASKING REDUCES EFFICIENCY
HAMPERS CREATIVITY
Due to switch time
MULTI-TASKING IS A MYTH
Due to a full mind
KILLS PRIORITIZATION
DRAINS ENERGY
Due to loss of overview
Due to switching
DECREASES QUALITY
REDUCES WELL-BEING
Due to more mistakes
Due to increased stress
SHRINKS YOUR BRAIN
REWIRES YOUR BRAIN
Less grey matter
Becomes default working mode
Stanford University; “Cognitive control in media multitaskers”, Eyal Ophir Et. Al. – Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Kep Kee Loh Et. Al. Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MULTI-TASKING IN SHORT
2 RULES OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
“Multitasking is a terrible coping mechanism. Scientific evidence demonstrates that multitasking makes us less productive, less creative, and less able to make good decisions. If we want to be effective, we need to stop.”
Rule 1: Focus on what you choose Rule 2: Choose your distractions mindfully
McKinsey Quarterly, January 2011 © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MATRIX OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS
BREAKS AND MENTAL PERFORMANCE FOCUSED
RULE#1
Sharp Focus MINDFUL
“FLOW”
1
2
MINDLESS
“CREATIVE”
3
4
RULE#2
Autopilot
Distracted © 2015/16 – Potential Project
Openly Aware
OPENLY AWARE
AUTOPILOT
DISTRACTED © 2015/16 – Potential Project
4
06/04/2017
A MINDFUL BREAK
SPEAKING VS. LISTENING
Giving the brain a break from concepts
To improve energy, focus and effectiveness © 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MENTAL STRATEGY: PRESENCE
THE NEUROLOGY OF PRESENCE MIND WANDERING
Posterior cingulate cortex (deep) Posterior inferior parietal region Medial prefrontal cortex Lateral temporal cortex Precuneus
AWARENESS OF WANDERING
PRESENCE
What does being present mean to you?
Anterior insula (deep) Anterior cingulate cortex (deep)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Inferior parietal lobe Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Scientific American, The Mind of the Meditator, November 2014
PRESENCE
TASK Task or AT Person HAND
REDIRECTING FOCUS
DEVELOPING PRESENCE • Be here now • Fully present with each inbreath • Fully present with each outbreath
5
06/04/2017
THE MINDFUL PERFORMING INDIVIDUAL
THE MINDFUL PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFUL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
“Through significant focus on mindfulness we are gradually becoming a mindful organization. A mindful organization is an organization where our leaders and employees do the right things not just things.” Kenneth Egelund Schmidt, CIO Carlsberg Group
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
MINDFUL HUMAN PERFORMANCE “I initiated the program expecting that we would become more focused and productive. That has happened and I am grateful. However, I realize another much bigger change:
I experience myself and my employees becoming better human beings.” Thomas Berg, Sales Director IF Insurance.
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
[email protected]
© 2015/16 – Potential Project
6
