Mindfulness and its potential to drive security performance: what are the opportunities and drawbacks

Mindfulness and meditation have become centre stage in strategies used by organisations as diverse as the military, business, sports and prisons to help people better understand themselves – by better managing their inner self – as a route to enabling people to live more satisfactorily. The benefit to business is obvious; it has the potential to drive up performance. Some argue this is to misunderstand its purpose others see it as a much-needed skillset with the potential to make a real posit...