The entrepreneur and mindfulness Imagination creativity innovation risk taking Analysis the bottom line
ENTREPRENEURS Imagination creativity innovation risk taking Analysis the bottom line П (t) = R(t) – C(t) C(t) = W&S(t) + M(t) + I(t) – D(t) +[rd(t) +re(t)] Payoffs inner and outer dynamics and grammar
ENTREPRENEURS Imagination creativity innovation risk taking
Mindfulness: related concepts REFLECTION, MEDITATION, CONTEMPLATION, IMAGINATION, INTUITION, MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALITY, DECONSTRUCTION, MARTIAL ARTS, ALTERNATIVE GRAMMARS, CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, LATERAL THINKING, OUT OF THE BOX THINKING, RISK TAKING, DARE TO THINK IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AUTHENTICITY. Necessity of analysis too
MINDFULNESS Two main constructs 1. AWARENESS; acknowledging thoughts and feelings 2. ACCEPTANCE; accepting thoughts an feelings non judgementally Actively noticing new things Focus on the present Avoiding negative evaluations Avoiding turbulent inner narratives
Mindfulness: neural correlates “Neurons that fire together wire together” Is it all downhill afterwards? Possibility of neurogenesis
Mindfulness and business performance (correlates) Emma Dolman and Dave Bond The Ashridge Journal Mindful leadership: Exploring the value of a meditation practice Spring 2011