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Introduce mindfulness to your team to unleash their full potential

Introduce mindfulness to your team to unleash their full potential

Patrick Thompson

May 10, 2018
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  1. PATRICK THOMPSON | @PATRICKT010
    Introduce mindfulness to
    your team and unleash their
    full potential

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  2. Equal breath
    Start each meeting with 1 minute of
    breathing together.

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  3. Agenda
    What is mindfulness?
    Why mindfulness for teams?
    A few techniques
    Mindfulness at Atlassian
    Final thoughts

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  4. We believe behind every great human achievement, there is a team.
    Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team.
    ATLASSIAN MISSION

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  9. harvardneuroblog.com/blog/2016/01/06/the-neuroscience-behind-mindfulness

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  10. 8 sec
    attention span
    time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/
    "#$%

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  11. 9 sec
    attention span
    time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/

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  12. Mindfulness is awareness that arises
    through paying attention, on
    purpose, in the present moment,
    non-judgementally. It’s about
    knowing what is on your mind.
    JON KABAT-ZINN

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  13. Mindfulness is awareness that arises
    through paying attention, on
    purpose, in the present moment,
    non-judgementally. It’s about
    knowing what is on your mind.
    JON KABAT-ZINN

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  14. Mindfulness is awareness that arises
    through paying attention, on
    purpose, in the present moment,
    non-judgementally. It’s about
    knowing what is on your mind.
    JON KABAT-ZINN

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  15. Mindfulness is awareness that arises
    through paying attention, on
    purpose, in the present moment,
    non-judgementally. It’s about
    knowing what is on your mind.
    JON KABAT-ZINN

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  16. Mindfulness is awareness that arises
    through paying attention, on
    purpose, in the present moment,
    non-judgementally. It’s about
    knowing what is on your mind.
    JON KABAT-ZINN

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  17. Why mindfulness for teams?
    Agenda
    What is mindfulness?
    A few techniques
    Mindfulness at Atlassian
    Final thoughts

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  18. In most organizations today, people are
    faced with increasing expectations and
    a high degree of uncertainty, leading to
    stress , anxiety and burnout .
    THE PROBLEM

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  19. 10 bil
    a year to Australian companies
    medibank.com.au/content/dam/medibank/About-Us/pdfs/The-Cost-of-Workplace-Stress.pdf

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  20. 20%
    of highly engaged employees experience burnout
    osf.io/h6qnf

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  21. Focus
    Improves our focus so that
    we can create better work.
    Mindfulness
    Empathy
    Improves our compassion so
    that we can be kinder.
    Resilience
    Improves our resilience to
    uncertainty and change.

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  22. The Slow Mo Guys

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  23. Mindfulness

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  24. Why mindfulness for teams?
    Agenda
    What is mindfulness?
    A few techniques
    Mindfulness at Atlassian
    Final thoughts

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  25. Hopes and fears
    As a team, open up and share your
    hopes and fears before starting a
    project or design sprint

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  26. Fear
    What is the thing that you fear the most
    in your role as a leader?
    Hope
    What do you hope to get out of your
    time at this conference.

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  27. Mindful listening
    Listen as each person uninterrupted
    speaks for two minutes.

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  28. Mindful listening
    Listen to each person
    uninterrupted for 2 minutes.
    Mindfulness techniques
    Hopes and fears
    Share your hopes and fears
    before starting each session.
    Equal breath
    Start each meeting with 1
    minute of breathing together.

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  29. Why mindfulness for teams?
    Agenda
    What is mindfulness?
    A few techniques
    Mindfulness at Atlassian
    Final thoughts

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  31. 22%
    of companies have mindfulness training
    workplace.fidelity.com/sites/default/files/NBGH%20Fidelity_2017_WellbeingWebinar_Presentation05022017.pdf

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  32. Why mindfulness for teams?
    Agenda
    What is mindfulness?
    A few techniques
    Mindfulness at Atlassian
    Final thoughts

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  33. Everyone thinks of changing
    the world, but no one thinks
    of changing themselves.
    LEO TOLSTOY

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  34. Thanks
    [email protected]
    PATRICK THOMPSON | @PATRICKT010

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