“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” — George Bernard Shaw There’s a fundamental contradiction when organizations ask employees to maintain a fast pace of work and be creative. What often happens in hectic workplaces is that employees resort to autopilot or habitual ways of working. When they don’t have the time or space to incubate novel and clever ideas, they may miss out on opportunities to reframe a problem and see new possibilities for potential solutions. So how can we develop a truly innovative and agile culture in the workplace? A great start would be to think with the right mindset and be open to new ways of thinking. This can be achieved by training the most creative parts of our brain, learning how to refocus and be present in the moment. With mindfulness techniques we have an opp...