In this column, we provoke fresh thinking and round up some of the weird, wonderful, quirky, surprising – and shocking – stories out there

  Mindfulness lifts boring work In monotonous jobs, employees who are more mindful are more satisfied with their job, think their job is less boring than do their less mindful colleagues, and are less likely to leave their job, suggests a paper. Mindfulness, in addition, boosts the quality of work, although not the quantity – dubbed in the study as a “double-edged sword”...