I am just starting a new book called 'The Mindful Manifesto' which attracted my attention through the connection I drew between how 360 degree feedback raises self-awareness and can create a state of mindfulness as described in this book.

It seeks to blend a wisdom thousands of years old with new scientific research that shows how mindfulness (often associated through the practice of meditation) can help reduce stress, improve health and manage our behaviour through observation of oneself at work, at home and in relationships.

It is the latter point which brings into focus the nature of 360 degree feedback, which is to provide a means of bringing together ones own perception of how one behaves, coupled with the views of other people, and in doing so results in a new level of awareness.

I am intrigued at this merging between Buddhist philisophies and studies within neuroscience; it offers a means of taking what may have been construed as beliefs into simply a good way to live, work and play.

John