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A Whole New Mind : Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (平装)
by Daniel H. Pink
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Creativity, Innovation, Social trends, Non-fiction |
| Market price: ¥ 168.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Claiming that the future belongs to those right-brain- directed people, this book is a perfect handbook for tech sector innovation. |
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P. Pollack (MSL quote) , USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Schools emphasis what we call left-brain thinking - linear, logical and hierarchical, but it also de-emphasizes right-brain skills - recognizing relationships, seeing the big picture and synthesizing data into a coherent story. Daniel Pink argues that right-brain skill sets will be more and more in demand in the work place in the 21st century as left-brain skills are performed by computers or low-cost workers in Asia and elsewhere. Pink has taken his own medicine. He develops his thesis through a series of stories and even presents exercises for people to increase their right-brain skills. This book is a quick, easy read, but it will give both sides of your brain lots to think about for years to come. |
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R. Shaw (MSL quote), New Zealand
<2006-12-28 00:00>
In a sense, Pink is the Malcolm Gladwell of the brain. He has synthesized a lot of stuff into one place. Fortunately Whole New Mind, unlike Blink, only misses the point in some areas while getting most of it right. His treatment of design is a little 'breathless' and I would recommend reading Virginia Postrel's Substance of Style for a more hard edged treatment. Stephen Denning's work on leadership story telling contradicts the value of the rich narrative that Pink espouses. The rest of the book is first rate and I would recommend this book to anyone serious about increasing their economic value - I've given it to my 16 year old daughter to read as she embarks on a path towards the holy grail of an MFA. |
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Lin Min (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
I totally agree that pattern recognizers and somebody who can see the big picture will lead the world. Right-brain activity adds color and mystery 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 acquired later at life but R-Directed skills are more of natural. The book make us feel like if we all go pursuit those R-Directed skills, we will all better off. To me, in the real world, it is only for those ones who already master R-brain skills and happened to have some L-Brain potentials which have not been exploited. |
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