Working with Mindfulness Rasmus Hougaard, March 2015

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1 Working with Mindfulness Rasmus Hougaard, March 2015

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3 WORKING WITH MINDFULNESS SUSTAINABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE IN A 24/7 REALITY RASMUS HOUGAARD MD, THE POTENTIAL PROJECT INTERNATIONAL grattan.donnelly@potentialproject.com

4 WHY DO THEY USE MINDFULNESS?

5 THE PAID REALITY Pressured Always on Information overloaded Distracted

6 THE PAID REALITY IN IRELAND The overwhelmed employee is the most significant human capital challenge for Irish organisations. Information overload and the 24/7 work environment are contributing to reduced productivity, reduced decision making and lower levels of engagement. Deloitte s Human Capital Trends 2014: Engaging the 21st Century Workforce

7 ATTENTION & RESULTS Attention Choices Actions Results

8 THE ATTENTION ECONOMY Calm, clear and focused attention Productivity Prioritization, effort, time management & skills

9 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

10 THE PAID REALITY LEADS TO ADT Attention Harvard Business Review: Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform, Edward M. Hallowell / Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering

11 ATTENTION DEFICIT TRAIT Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science 12 November 2010: Vol no. 6006, p. 932 DOI: /science

12 ADT AT WORK 53.1% mind on task 46.9% mind off task A wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science 12 November 2010: Vol no. 6006, p. 932 DOI: /science

13 2014 Scott Adams, Inc, Dilbert.com CORPORATE ADT

14 HOW ATTENTIVE ARE YOU?

15 THE GOOD NEWS

16 NEURAL NETWORKS

17 NEUROPLASTICITY

18 MINDFULNESS TRAINING IS Learning to manage your attention

19 TRAINING THE ATTENTION MUSCLE

20 BASIC MINDFULNESS TRAINING A B C ANATOMY BREATH COUNT D DISTRACTIONS

21 RESULTS OF MINDFULNESS Job performance Work-life balance Quality of life Focused attention Job satisfaction Christian Gaden Jensen Jensen 2013, University of Copenhagen / Jochen Reb, 2012, Cambridge University Business School

22 MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS IN THE PAID REALITY Working harder is not smarter. Work smart and you can work less hard.

23 THE INDUSTRY BRAIN IN THE PAID REALITY 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.

24 TEST YOUR MULTITASKING SKILLS I am a great multitasker I am 1 2 3

25 THE DOWNSIDES OF MULTITASKING REDUCES EFFICIENCY Due to switch time KILLS PRIORITIZATION Due to loss of overview DECREASES QUALITY Due to more mistakes SHRINKS YOUR BRAIN Less grey matter HAMPERS CREATIVITY Due to a full mind DRAINS ENERGY Due to switching REDUCES WELL-BEING Due to increased stress REWIRES YOUR BRAIN 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

26 2 RULES OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS Rule 1: Focus on what you choose Rule 2: Choose your distractions mindfully

27 MATRIX OF MENTAL EFFECTIVENESS Sharp Focus FLOW MINDFUL 1 2 Autopilot MINDLESS CREATIVE 3 4 Openly Aware Distracted

28 HOW CAN YOU BE MORE IN Q2 What can you do individually? What can you do technically? What can you do culturally/socially?

29 MINDFUL HIGH PERFORMANCE The training helped me realize how I constantly get distracted during the working day and how these distractions affect me, my effectiveness and my personal well-being. With this at hand, I am more in charge of my time, more clear on how I spend it, and more present in the activities I do. Pawel Walas, Senior Consultant Accenture Mobilization

30 MINDFUL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE Through mindfulness implementations 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

31 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 on myself and my employees that we are becoming better human beings. Thomas Berg, Sales Director IF Insurance.

32 WORKING WITH MINDFULNESS SUSTAINABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE IN A 24/7 REALITY Thank you!! grattan.donnelly@potentialproject.com

33 Programmes of Interest IMI Diploma in Executive Coaching Starting April 22 nd Work Starting April 14 th

34 Dates for your Diary IMI Masterclass: Strategy YOU Prof. Jamie Anderson May 20 th, pm CPD Workshop: Creating a Winning Customer Value Proposition Prof. John Fahy June 18 th, am

35 Coffee & Networking