Solitude positions us to gain insights from our unconscious to make the connections necessary for creativity. In solitude we can adopt a spacious perspective aware of the interconnections, interdependencies, and interrelationships of the living networks that make up our lives. Through reflection, attentive people become wiser and healthier than their frenetic colleagues. Mindfulness is paying attention aware of our beliefs, our behavior, and our impact on others. Attentive people empty themselves of preconceptions to make room for new insights and awareness.
Alert people scan their environment continually for patterns, opportunities, and synchronicity.
Mindfulness is required if we are to anticipate the future. Some say we must manage the intelligence or the knowledge of the organization. I believe we need to manage the mindfulness of the organization. We must increase our consciousness, reflect, and take actions that benefit the larger systems that make up our world. We need to become aware of ourselves, our organization's culture, environment, assumptions, and underlying beliefs.