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FUTURE READY FORUM
MINDFULNESS AT WORK: WHY IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER
Jochen Reb, PhD
Associate Professor or OBHR
Director Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU
Feb 2016
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PRESSURED
INFORMATION OVERLOADED
DISTRACTED 2
“A wealth of information creates
a poverty of attention”
- Herbert Simon
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47%
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Meditation
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“Paying attention
in a particular way,
on purpose,
in the present moment,
non-judgmentally”
What is Mindfulness?
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Tense Energy
Calm Energy
Tense Tiredness
Calm Tiredness
Attitudes of Mindfulness
• Patience
• Trust
• Beginner’s mind
• Non-judging
• Acceptance
• Non-striving
• Letting go
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The “Mindfulness Revolution”
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Growing Scientific Research Base
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US$300
billion
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Memory
Athletic Performance
Stress Tolerance
Immunity
Physical Well-Being
Brain Functioning
Emotional Intelligence
Happiness
Emotional Well-Being
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Decision Making
Employee Retention
Job Satisfaction
Work Engagement
Creativity
Negotiation Performance
Work Performance
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“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.” - Viktor E. Frankl
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Response Flexibility: “Creating Space”
Stimulus (Re)Action
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Reacting vs Responding
Reacting
Automatic
Habit
Being Triggered
Mindless
Knowing
Responding
Pausing
Beginner’s Mind
Impulse Control
Mindful
Observing
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BALANCED LEADERSHIP
Being Doing
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The “Doing” and “Being” of
Leadership
Doing
Making Things
Happen
Changing Things
and People
Task-Orientation
Control
Efficiency
Being
Letting Things
Emerge
Allowing Change to
Happen
People Orientation
Awareness
Patience
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Summary
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What Mindfulness Is Not
(Necessarily)…
• A religious or a spiritual practice
• Meditation or another form or formal
practice
• Therapy
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Mindfulness can…
1. Help you be more fully engaged and present
2. Approach work and life with the curiosity of a beginner’s mind
3. Allow you to respond, rather than react, to negative or difficult thoughts and experiences
4. Reduce stress and increase wellbeing and resilience
5. Transform your leadership
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Self Leadership
• “You cannot manage other people unless
you manage yourself first”
- Peter Drucker
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Mindfulness at SMU
• WALM (Working and Leading with Mindfulness): Skills Future Credits approved mindfulness-based course
• SMU Mindfulness Initiative website
https://business.smu.edu.sg/mindfulness
• Email address
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