Afternoon Shift: Mexican drug cartels, Thai Town and corporate mindfulness

Afternoon Shift: Mexican drug cartels, Thai Town and corporate mindfulness
Photo: Flickr/Dwonderwall
Afternoon Shift: Mexican drug cartels, Thai Town and corporate mindfulness
Photo: Flickr/Dwonderwall

Afternoon Shift: Mexican drug cartels, Thai Town and corporate mindfulness

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How do you cultivate mindfulness and meditation at work? Marc Lesser has been doing it for years. Chef Arun Sampathavivat started an ethnic neighborhood called Thai Town on the border of Mayfair and Albany Park. A Mexican drug cartel leader reportedly said he aims to make Chicago his “home port.”