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How Practicing Mindfulness in the Workplace Can Ease Stress and Improve Productivity

KnowledgeCity

But employees don’t need a quiet room or a lotus position to do it – practical mindfulness programs have been used in businesses since the 1970s. . Practicing paying close attention to things that are happening. Key parts of mindfulness include: . Letting go of worries that stem from past or future events.

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Is Attention Important in Learning?

The Learning Circuits

IBM also is looking at solutions to manage scheduling for the next version of Lotus Workplace, part of IBM's collection of software that rivals Office. Attention Management I have written a lot about what I call "attention management" and what everyone else calls "Continuous Partial Attention (term coined by Linda Stone)."

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Other options were universities who went online, via Lotus Notes. Heck, I was in a doctorate program, whereas the majority of the ‘courses’ was via Lotus Notes, the other was ILT. Nor could we tell whether someone was truly paying attention or not. You could take courses in various educational subjects.