Building mindfulness into the Asana culture

The term “co-creator” (at the end of the article) jumped out to me as an ideal way to treat all employees of a company. If everyone’s ideas about company processes are valued and integrated, that creates an atmosphere of respect and allows everyone to invest in the success of the processes. Sounds like a great work environment.

For those interested in mindfulness, I recommend the book Search Inside Yourself. It's based on the course at Google by the same name, as mentioned in the article. It's an easy read and I found it actionable in everyday life.

Really great read. Agree with almost everything written. The only part I'd find hard to implement would be the pre-meeting meditation... I've tried once to have a colleague, a certified Yoga instructor, to have short Yoga sessions in the morning with everyone, but it quickly became a joke, not a real thing.

All the techniques in this article could have been discussed just as effectively without introducing an ambiguous and frankly suspicious term such as "mindfulness". Being open and honest about conflicts, facing uncomfortable facts, and allowing people to have a say in things could all be described simply as "good business" or "common sense". Relying on a buzzword such as "mindfulness" betrays a religious agenda.

This probably explains why Asana has such a complex and convoluted (read: horrible) user experience. It sounds like it breeds a culture that is too afraid to upset other people, so bad ideas never get shot down.<p>I can&#x27;t believe that a company that dog foods its own product to develop the product isn&#x27;t easier to use. I know everyone has different styles of working and organizing data, but for me, Asana is so bad...