Mindfulness

Mindfulness at work

Declining attention span

If you answered yes, you’re not alone. The latest research shows our attention is wandering for 47 per cent of our waking hours and our concentration span dropped from 13 seconds in 2009 to just eight seconds in 2013.

This is one of the consequences of working in a fast-paced business environment where we face multiple demands at the same time. We respond by trying to solve them all at once by multi-tasking.