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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (1594481717)
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| The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment-and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
First let me state that the terms "technotrash pseudo-fiction" are not intended to be negative in the sense that this book is trash to be ignored or thrown away. What is significant here is the genre of technotrash pseudo-fiction. See the other reviews to get a feel for what I am talking about. The book reads like a story, which it is. It offers up that comfort food satisfaction for the mind that many crave--just like pulp fiction! So, if you are looking for any sort of depth or a cut-to-the-chase analysis, this book is a waste of time--in fact, just browse the book here at Amazon and read the reviews. I use the descriptor pseudo-fiction because the book is not fiction, it is just layman science served up that way.
Two stars for being well-written, two stars for lack of depth and far too much fluff.
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Author: Guest
I keep this book right next to the Experience Economy by Pine and Gilmore on my desk next to the computer. Pink does a super job of outlining some valuable business trends. The right-brain phenomenon value to business is real. It is worth the read for anyone seeking business training but not sure where to turn next. There are some real-world exercises in the book. The paper-back version has even more of these.
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Author: Guest
I toally aggree that pattern recognizers and somebody who can see the big picture will lead the world. Right-brain activity adds color and mystry to our lives while left-brain activity let us understand why things they are. But fundamentally one has to have strong L-Directed skills to excel on anything at all. The L-Directed skills can be aquired later at life but R-Directed skills are more of natural. The book make us feel like if we all go persuit those R-Directed skills, we will all better off. To me, in the real world, it is only for thos ones who already master R-brain skills and happend to have some L-Brain potentials which has not been exploired.
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Author: Guest
A Whole New Mind is the kind of book that many life coaches will love. Pink presents ideas that will reassure us we can have fun while reaching success. Creativity wins. Meaning matters more than money. Your job (and even your industry) could be automated or exported out of existence.
This book reminds me of newspaper articles about "new jobs for aging boomers," where the fine print describes a few boomers in exceptional circumstances who continued their jobs, rather than moved to new ones. Or we get warned about "shortage of management talent," but thousands of managers can't find jobs.
Similarly Pink optimistically reports evidence that we're moving to a more creative, right-brained society. Executives attend seminars on humor and story-telling. Design is used to differentiate me-too products.
But for the most part, corporate jobs and rewards continue to accrue to the left-brained. Maybe a few top execs at a few companies go to seminars on story-telling. The rest of the employees get measured on hard numbers and are lucky if they find time to tell bedtime stories to their kids.
Another example: Pink identifies medical training aimed to create kindlier, more empathic doctors. But in reality, once physicians are forced into managed care systems with mandated 7-minute consultations, they're lucky to find time for a civil "Good morning."
Pink's book seems targeted to a comfortable segment of the population -- those who have done well but are just now feeling restless and ready for more meaningful lives. They want to believe the world is moving in the direction Pink describes.
But they're a minority and they don't seem to have a lot of power. Most of our institutions remain stuck in 19th century hierarchical left-brained systems: education, government, health care, justice and more. The Wall Street Journal just reported (October 14, 2006) a trend in philanthropy favoring disease and hunger, not the arts.
I really liked Pink's book Free Agent Nation so I was optimistic for A Whole New Mind. I suspect many who are forced into the Free Agent Nation yearn for a world that rewards the Whole New Mind. Alas...we might do better to practice creativity in what's left of our free time rather than try to imagine a right-brain dominated world at work.
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Author: Guest
In this book, the author says that just like how we moved from the industrial age to the information age (computerization), now we are moving from the information age to a new era called "conceptual age". With the effects of globalization and abundant wealth in the western world (especially in US), there will be an increased demand for the right brain skills like creativity and empathy. Though it "feels" to be little exaggerated, it is quite interesting and worth reading.
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