Description

In this session, participants will discover practical strategies to enhance productivity while maintaining well-being. We’ll explore frameworks, technology, and collaborative practices specifically tailored to reduce friction and frustration and increase sustainability and creativity. Participants will leave with actionable insights, templates, and recommended tools to optimize their work processes and foster a balanced, mindful approach to productivity.

Introduction

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Mindful Productivity: Definition & Goals

What does "mindful productivity" even mean?

“Mindful productivity can be defined as being consciously present in what you’re doing, while you’re doing it, in conjunction with managing your mental and emotional states.”- Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness Labs

Dig Deeper

• Mindful productivity: a sustainable way to work and think

• The psychology of mindful productivity

• 8 Traits of Flow According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

• How To Make Skilling Up Easier with the Zone of Proximal Development

Goal 1: To Reduce: 

• Mental load
• Decision fatigue
• Stress, anxiety, & depression
• Information Overload
• Shallow Work
• Boredom & disengagement

Goal 2: To Increase:

• Contentment
• Healthy routines & boundaries
• Evidence-based practices
• Rest & reflection
• Deep Work
• Creativity & innovation

Principle 1: The system is the strength.

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Principle 2: People are the Power.

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Principle 3: Keep a rhythm to manage the time.

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Principle 4: Environment enables energy.

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Principle 5: Reflection, refinement, and repetition makes a rule.

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Templates!

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Resources!

Newsletters

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Podcasts

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Books

All book covers are hyperlinked to their corresponding records in WorldCat.org so that you can find a copy at a library near you! Don't see a copy at your local or campus library? Try using your library's InterLibrary Loan service to borrow the book from another library. 

Websites & Repositories

• Ness Labs "Ness Labs provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work. Apply evidence-based strategies to your daily life, discover the latest in neuroscience research, and connect with fellow mindful makers."
• Struggle Care "Struggle care is about learning how to accomplish care tasks—and being kind to yourself—when you have functional barriers."

Frameworks

• Inner Development Goals Framework: Transformational Skills for Sustainable Development (let me know if you are interested in co-hosting a hub!)

Presentations

• On relational cultural theory: the soft stuff is the real stuff by Veronica Arellano Douglas, Anastasia Chiu, Joanna Gadsby, Alana Kumbier, and Lalitha Nataraj

Games & Card Decks

Slides