About this title: Uses the two sides of the human brain as a metaphor for understanding how the information age came about throughout the course of the past generation, counseling readers on how to survive and find a place in a society that is marked by rising affluence, job outsourcing, and computer technology at the expense of inventiveness, empathy, and meaning.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2006-03-07
ISBN-13:9781594481710ISBN:1594481717
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781594481710ISBN:1594481717
Description: Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 1594481717. GOOD CONDITION. 2006. TEXT has few pages with brackets around paragraphs-some pencil and some ink. also has several dogears. pages look new and fresh. BINDING is tight and square COVER has very little edge-wear, a tiny corner bend, and a larger soft corner bend (folded but not creased). read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573223089ISBN:1573223085
Description: Good in Good jacket. Top and bottom of spine have some creases. Shelf wear along edges. Guidence. Hard Cover. Shelf B-6. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date Published: 2005-03-24
ISBN-13:9781573223089ISBN:1573223085
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"Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind reasons that right-brained people will be successful in the next revolution in America. He takes current issues and applies logical reasoning to present his point. The current issues are indisputable and the logical reasoning could very possibly be correct. Therefore, it is hard to say with certainty that he is wrong. Pink presents his case in the first half of the book and gives insight on how to have successful future in the second half of the book. Right brained readers will love Pink's writing, he gives creative thinkers a positive outlook, saying they will be more significant in society than ever before. Left brained readers may be offended that Pink thinks they will not be of much use in the future revolution, or they can use the book to help them become successful by incorporating creative thinking into their current left brained lives.
Books about the future are normally depressing to read; to most people the future does not look bright. Pink takes a positive look at the future while still looking at the issues. As a reader, thinking about a positive future is extremely refreshing and insightful, for both right and left brained thinkers alike."
"If you are already the type to work through your ideas by sketching, dreaming, and creating, this book isn't likely to tell you anything you don't already know. You may, however, come away feeling a little smug towards the persistent chorus of voices that cast doubts on the aspirations of those drawn towards the arts and liberal arts studies. That is, until you realize that Pink's assertion that "right-brainers will rule the future" isn't really substantiated in this book. Pink begins the book with the assertion that the outsourcing of jobs to developing countries is an inevitable symptom of globalization that we simply need to get used to. Shrugging off all questions about the ethics of outsourcing, Pink suggests that the abundance of life in the U.S. (paradoxically coupled with waves of job losses in the technical sector,) will place a premium on jobs that require "empathy" and other forms of fundamentally human understanding. Yet while I hold both a BFA and an MA, I'm not popping the champagne yet, because Pink fails to provide adequate evidence, or even a convincing projection of what a new creative class of U.S. workers may look like. This is where the "right-brained" premise of the book collides with the more practical problems of implementing such jobs: for instance, Pink predicts the (wholly predictable) increase in need for nurses (purveyors of empathetic, "care work") as the Baby Boomers age, but is altogether unconcerned about how spiraling costs in health care could impede this progress. I would be interested to hear Pink review some of his arguments in lieu of the recent economic downturn-- how might his theories be affected by the new convictions held by many Americans, that we are not quite so affluent as we thought? Moreover, what of the fact that the queasy corporate ethics that Pink ignores are in large part responsible for this crisis? I confess that I cringed when I read Pink's praise of Ford's investment in "artistic-minded" administrators, and when he recited a list of financial service firms that had tasked out their accounting to India: Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase. Sound familiar?"
"My first 5 star read of the year! This book was great! It contrasts Left brain thinking which has been the key to leadership in the past with Right brain thinking which the author believes will be the leading mode of leadership in the future. Terms that describe left brain: sequential, text, details, categories. Terms that describe the right brain: simultaneous, context, big picture, relationships. Pink believes that the typical organization of the past has rewarded left brain thinking and miss-understands at best right brain thinking. With many left brain positions being outsourced to other countries and cultures, those who can think with a whole new mind (the right brain) will be the ones who thrive within the vacuum left in our market place. There is much more thought provoking content along with practical ways to develop the 6 senses of right brain thinking. My advice to you is pick it up and read!"
Daniel Pink lays out reasoning why adeptness at right-brained tasks will be tomorrow's competitive advantage. It isn't very fair to say it's just right-brained people that will rule the future, because that suggests an absolute shift from left brainers (accountants, finance people, techies) to right brainers. Instead, he advocates and theorizes an additional layer of right brained abilities ON TOP OF excelling at typical left brain activities to become a stand out in business.
He attributes the marginalization of left-brain activities due to three items 1) abundance: we have so much of everything, just being skillful and productive is not good enough 2) Asia: there is so much better, faster, and cheaper left-brain task labor elsewhere and 3) automation: computers are infinitely better and have more endurance than humans at left brain activities.
He suggests we have to set ourselves apart with 6 factors: 1) Design: create a product or service, but it's got to be more than just functional - it has to be utility WITH significance 2) Story: we have an overflow of data, must create a compelling story 3) Symphony: we need to see the big picture 4) empathy: not just logical thought, but the ability to understand fellow men and women, make relationships and care for others 5) play: laughter, lightheartedness, games and humor are essential for well-being 6) meaning: we have so much material, but where is the meaning?"
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