Next stop on our trip through Dan Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind, is empathy. Dan writes, “Empathy allows us to see the other side of an argument, comfort someone in distress, and bite our lip instead of muttering something snide. Empathy builds self-awareness [and]… allows us to work together”. There is an appropriate… Read More
Historically, work has been considered drudgery. It didn’t need to be fun. In fact, if it appeared as though you were having fun, it was generally assumed that you weren’t being very productive! Many of us have found, and Dan Pink has validated, that the opposite is true. People work harder and are more creative… Read More
I recently read an article in the New York Times about MySpace. One passage at the end really grabbed my attention: “In some ways, MySpace has assumed the role America Online held a decade ago when it introduced e-mail services and Internet chat to the masses … AOL lost its place in the social lives… Read More
Shouldn’t Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft practice neutrality if they’re going to demand it from others? There has been a lot of coverage in the news lately about “net neutrality”. Basically, net neutrality would guarantee equal internet access by law. For example, it would make it illegal for a provider of DSL to block your access… Read More
In our continuing look at the six senses of the Concept Age, it’s story time! Dan Pink references Mark Turner, cognitive scientist and author of The Literary Mind, who says “Most of our experience, our knowledge and our thinking is organized as stories”. Stories are fundamental to human learning and recall. In a world… Read More
Design is the first of the six Concept Age senses that we’re going to explore. Dan Pink quotes John Heskett when describing design as “a combination of utility and significance”. Utility is something that is prevalent in the market today. Unless you’re on the bleeding edge, most products do what they say they’re supposed to… Read More
Here’s what Adam had to say about working with me today (HE wrote this!): Hi, I am Adam. I am in 6th grade, and go to Springfield Middle School. Today was take your child to work day, so I stayed home with my mom since she works at home. I had a fun experience at… Read More
In my last entry I said that we’d be talking about the skills needed to be successful in the Concept Age. Actually, in A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink refers to senses. This is an important distinction. Normally, we can all see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. Some of us have more heightened sensitivities… Read More