One thing the researchers noticed, Dean Plowman said, was that deans rated their schools' mindfulness more highly than did those working for them.

WSJ: Business Skills and Buddhist Mindfulness

There are plans to showcase Welsh composer Lynne Plowman's first ever opera ''Gwyneth and the Green Knight' in the spring, following a successful tour of Wales and England in 2002.

BBC: Opera House forges Welsh links

Critics have accused business schools of culpability in the many high-profile lapses of corporate ethics in recent years, and Dean Plowman said studying the schools' mindfulness could indicate whether they are capable of self-correction.

WSJ: Business Skills and Buddhist Mindfulness

Mindful organizations are those that pay close attention to what is happening within them, are ready to correct mistakes rather than punishing workers who report them and respond quickly to changes or problems, Ms. Plowman said.

WSJ: Business Skills and Buddhist Mindfulness

It has already commissioned four new works between now and 2008 - a second work by Lynne Plowman called 'House of Gods' as well as new musical offerings by Nigel Osborne, Aribert Reimann, Michael Berkeley - which means that lovers of new opera in both Wales and London should have plenty to enjoy.

BBC: Opera House forges Welsh links