Are you left, right or whole brained?
One of my favourite ‘business’ books in the past couple of years was “The Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink. (@Amazon, 2005). What I enjoyed about this book was a revaluing of the right side of the brain in business and management in particular. We have for so long been focusing on the more Cartesian, logical qualities of the brain; and, yet, as we can see in the shifting of the consumer mindset, there is a growing appreciation of luxury, of adventurous holidays, a new found importance in imagery & symbols: all qualities bestowed on the right side of the brain.
If you are not sure which side of your brain is dominant, there is a fun new on-line test you can take, which I have was sent on this Perth Now
site (as in Western Australia). It is a very rapid and visual Right Side versus Left Side of the Brain Test. (Note that this Perth Now article was published Sept 26 2007 – so it took 14 days to be circulated my way. Also it’s also available in Daily Telegraph Australia as of Oct 5) .
And for those of who prefer the good old fashioned word questionnaires, here’s a decent and fast one: similar minds. And again from BlogThings.
Some blogging on Whole New Mind
- Growing Ideas – Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. This site gives a very comprehensive review of the main arguments of WNM. I picked up this image below from G Reynolds — adapted from Dan Pink’s book WNM.
- Fiction Addict positive endorsement
- American Assoc of School Librarians – the relevance for people in the teaching and learning fields
- Again from AASL, a nice review of WNM’s main points by Doug Johnson
And while perusing Dan Pink’s blog, found this story about the Hair Pod, a tidy cabin for haircuts on the go. And I also found this interesting fact courtesy of Dan Pink:
–Only three countries in the world haven’t adopted the metric system: Liberia, Mynamar, and the United States. (Source: Good magazine)