Developing Cultural Agility Through Mindfulness & Meditation Discussion
Description
To improve your cultural agility you will need to slow down your brain’s limbic system and its ability to make split-second subjective judgments. Your limbic processing might serve you well and be correct in a domestic context but is oftentimes wrong when leading those from different cultures. Mindful global leaders suspend judgement longer, giving them time to process the cross-cultural situation more effectively.
- You should exercise tomorrow but it is a semester-long project. It is not due until April 18th
- For this assignment, practice mindfulness for 10-15 minutes between 3-4 times each week for the duration of the semester. A how to guide for mindfulness is found at: https://www.mindful.org/how-to-practice-mindfulness/ (Links to an external site.)
- If you would like more structure, I strongly recommend Calm.com on the topic of Stress. (There is a week-long track on the topic of Stress and another one on the topic of Anxiety which are both excellent). You can access free trial versions of these apps:
- If you already have an active mindfulness meditation practice, try to increase the duration of your meditation by another 10 minutes.
- For tips on how to enhance your mindfulness meditation practice: https://positivepsychology.com/mindfulness-exercises-techniques-activities/ (Links to an external site.)
Submit a 750-1000 word essay which answers the following:
- What was your reaction starting this assignment?
- What was the most difficult part about the mindfulness meditation practice?
- How can you use this skill to enhance your global leadership skills?
