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Nurturing Innovation at Intel through Mindfulness
Intel's mindfulness program aims to enhance employee engagement and creativity while reducing stress, with research indicating that mindfulness practices can significantly improve workplace performance. An 8-week pilot program demonstrated positive outcomes, leading to increased clarity, focus, and better interpersonal relationships among participants. The initiative has gained traction within the company, prompting more business groups to adopt mindfulness programs.
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- 1. Nurturing Innovation atIntel through Mindfulness Qua Veda, Intel IT February 2013
- 2. Legal Notices This presentationis for informational purposes only. INTEL MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. 2 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 3. What do BusinessLeaders and Employees Want? Leaders want to realize business goals • Bold new ideas • Fully engaged employees Employees want trust, and a balanced life. According to recent research, 71% of American workers are not fully Intel is discovering that mindfulness practices engaged in their work. address all of these aspirations. Businesses are operating at one third of their capacity. Mindfulness is one of the best kept secrets in business today 3 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 4. What is Mindfulness? Simplepractices that integrate mind and body • Full awareness of the present moment • Cultivation of healthy heart/mind habits • Can be experienced anywhere, in a few moments • Promotes holistic wellness • Improves executive functions of the brain Science shows that mindfulness improves brain functioning 4 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 5. Business is LearningWhat Science Knows • A healthy mind emerges from a process called “integration” • Essential activities are necessary for optimum mental health • Practice enables your brain to Billions of brain cells coordinate and balance its activities Trillions of connections • These essential mental activities Neuroimaging shows strengthen your brain's internal mindfulness-related techniques promote connections and your connections with significant changes in other people and the world around you critical cognitive areas. 5 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 6. Intel Employees EmbraceMindfulness Grass-roots sharing/learning about mindfulness • Began with a few employee experienced in mindfulness practice • Shared weekly with other employees during the noon hour • Connected with like-minded employees, word of mouth, blogging Employees co-created an 8-week mindfulness pilot program • Intel’s mindfulness program gained management support • Benefits noticed immediately by attendees • Helped participants focus, reduce stress, innovate Soon, business groups across Intel requested pilot programs. 6 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 7. Intel’s Mindfulness Program- Course Arc Cultivating Relational Presence Intelligence Stilling Emotional Theory of The Ripple the Mind Intelligence Emergence Effect Setting Risk Taking & Intentions Vulnerability The course begins with a focus on self-awareness and moves to interpersonal relationships & collective intelligence and innovation. 7 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 8. Mindfulness Gets Results Participantsin 8-week mindful engineering pilot reported Higher levels of: • Clarity and focused attention • Improved work effectiveness and creativity • Improved relationships with co-workers Reduced levels of: • Mental and emotional stress • Sense of overwhelm “Without mindful engineering … the same breakthroughs would have taken much, much longer.” - pilot participant . 8 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 9. Participants Sum ItUp I am very excited about this work (mindfulness). In my 12 years at Intel I've never seen anything like this. Small steps like this that change our culture are vital to our business success and our personal success. This is significant! - 8-week pilot participant I was a bit uncomfortable jumping into this space, but some on my team had tried it and the results were too incredible to ignore. - 8-week pilot participant “A program such as this should be considered a foundational building block program for all employees”- 8-week participant. 9 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 10. Business is takingnotice We are demonstrating the power of employees to lead from inside. We are gaining engagement, empowerment, focus, and new ways of solving problems. More business groups at Intel are requesting and funding mindfulness programs. Recent articles from the press are reporting successful application of mindfulness in corporations, in the military, and in education. 10 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 11. Sharing Intel ITBest Practices with the World Learn more about Intel IT’s initiatives at www.intel.com/IT 11 Copyright © 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Editor's Notes
- #5 From John C. Thomas, Intel, NIB : Mindfulness is one of the best kept secrets in business today. It is a human potential movement that has quietly emerged over the past decade, transforming individuals and organizations. It does this through simple principles and practices that make us more aware of our minds, emotions, and bodies, our intentions, and our interactions with colleagues, friends, and family. Mindfulness draws from many fields, both modern and ancient. It embodies research in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive therapies, and quantum physics, as readily as it draws on time-proven traditions of meditation, yoga, and reflective philosophies. Mindfulness is agnostic in that it respects individual’s personal beliefs, religion, or ideologies; yet it also embodies the growing universal recognition that all life is connected in a fundamental way. Mindfulness is helping a growing number of people fulfill their potential at work while achieve a greater fulfillment and harmony in their personal life. This may explain why organizations as diverse as Google, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Intel, the US Military, and universities such as Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford now offering mindfulness programs in one form or another
- #9 After having attended only 5-6 sessions (avg), survey results showparticipants moving (self assessed) from moderate to high (vs baseline survey) engagement , clarity, focus, wellbeing, and quality of relationships,
- #10 “A program such as this should be considered a foundational building block program for all employees”- 8-week participant