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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. . As Dan Harris, author of the meditation guide 10 Percent Happier , told the New York Times , “Multitasking is a pernicious myth that is preventing us from getting our work done.”

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Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

You’ll also notice that these are mostly extensions of what personal computers and phones do today, functions that a tablet computer replicates and extends. Lotus or MS Exchange? Does it support multitasking? So while the iPad may be cool, the tablet’s functions are anything but revolutionary.

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