Today I delivered a 25-minute presentation, entitled The Library of 2019, to the quarterly meeting of the association of public libraries in South Australia, PLSA. The presentation took place at the Hetzel Lecture Theatre at the State Library of South Australia. You can access the Prezi slide deck that accompanied the presentation right here… The full…
Month: February 2016
Is mindfulness supposed to cause discomfort?
Tonight I moved on to the next stage of my mindfulness journey – I attempted a 25 minute ‘body scan’ meditation. Now, those people who know me well understand that I have great difficulty sitting still for more than several minutes at a time. Indeed, I have been flat out sitting still for the introductory 10-minute…
Me and Mindfulness – An Unlikely Pairing?
The practice of ‘mindfulness’ seems to be all the rage in contemporary business and management circles (and in wider society too). Before commencing my MBA degree, I hadn’t had any exposure to it whatsoever, but at least two of the study units that I have undertaken in the past year have included mindfulness exercises as part of…