Mindfulness is now seen as a crucial skill in business. Meditation practices have the capacity to calm the mind, relax the body, boost resilience, and even increase situational awareness. The study of mindfulness — often defined as paying attention, nonjudgmentally and on purpose — is a regular part of the creativity and wellness culture at firms around the world.
Mindfulness as a Management Technique Goes Back to at Least the 1970s
Strategic planners were among the first to adopt it in their work.
May 02, 2018, Updated May 08, 2018
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Summary.
Mindfulness is now a crucial soft skill in business. Meditation practices have the capacity to calm the mind, relax the body, boost resilience, and even increase situational awareness. The study of mindfulness — often defined as paying attention, nonjudgmentally and on purpose — is now a regular part of the creativity and wellness culture at firms around the world. But although mindfulness may seem to be a fairly new phenomenon, it’s not. It first impacted business decades ago through the development of an unmistakably hard skill that senior managers must master: strategic planning. Leaders today would be wise to learn from the past and consider strategic planning and mindfulness together.