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Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future
1. A Whole New Mind:
Why Right-Brainers
Will Rule The Future
by Daniel H. Pink
Discussion Leaders:
Kirsten Baesler
Konnie Wightman
Kathy Berg
2. Do You Agree?
Why or Why Not?
We are moving from an economy and a
society built on the logical, linear,
computer-like capabilities of the
Information Age to an economy and a
society build on the inventive, empathic,
big-picture capabilities of the
Conceptual Age (pg 1-2).
3. Chapter 1: Right Brain Rising
Two Half Brains...
Designed to Work Together
LEFT RIGHT
Understands the Words Sees the Picture
Hears what is said (text) Hears how it is said (context)
Comprehends literal meaning Comprehends metaphors
See details Constructs big picture
Analyzes Synthesizes
Converges Diverges
Sees categories Sees relationships
4. Are You a Right-Brainer
OR
a Left-Brainer?
Take this quiz and find out!
http://mindmedia.com/brainworks/profiler
5. For instance: "Junella has
a heart as big as Montana."
Left hemisphere Right hemisphere
assesses: gets the metaphor!
• who Junella is
• what a heart is
• how big montana is
6. A Slam on How We Educate
Knowledge workers and their L-directed thinking
have shaped our society:
"most developed nations have devoted
considerable time and treasure to produce left
brain knowledge workers"
PSAT, SAT, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT
"These tests have become important gate-
keepers for entry into meritocratic, middle-class
society"
We have created a SAT-ocracy.
(pg 29)
7. Chapter 2:
Abundance, Asia, and Automation
Our society is shifting from a focus on L-
directed thinking to one of R-directed
thinking.
Reasons:
Abundance
Asia
Automation
8. Abundance
Designer Toilet Brushes?
Powered by knowledge workers, the information
economy has produced a standard of living
unlike anything in the past (32).
Even though people have their basic needs met,
their life satisfaction have remained the same…
People are craving transcendence (35).
Businesses must now produce not only a
product that is reasonably priced and functional,
but also beautiful, unique, and meaningful (33).
9. Asia
Technology Jobs $$$
Many L-directed American jobs are being shipped
overseas to Asia where workers earn much less
for the same job.
We are not all going to lose our jobs
tomorrow. Outsourcing is overhyped in the short
term. But it's underhyped in the long term.
The US workers need to do what workers abroad
cannot do equally well for much less money -
using R-Directed abilities.
11. Automation
TurboTax & EZ Divorce
Computer technology is able to duplicate
(quicker and cheaper) the process of many
L-directed jobs.
Any job that depends of routines - that can
be reduced to a set of rules, or broken
down into a set of repeatable steps –
is at risk.
12. INTRODUCING THE
SIX SENSES
In the Conceptual Age, we will need to complement
our L-Directed reasoning by mastering 6 essential
R-Directed aptitudes(65-67).
1. Not just function but also DESIGN
2. Not just argument but also STORY
3. Not just focus but also SYMPHONY
4. Not just logic but also EMPATHY
5. Not just seriousness but also PLAY
6. Not just accumulation but also MEANING
13. DESIGN
"The wealth of nations and the well-being of
individuals now depend on having artists in
the room. In a world enriched by
abundance but disrupted by the automation
and outsourcing of white-collar work,
everyone, regardless of profession must
cultivate an artistic sensibility" (69).
WE MUST ALL BE DESIGNERS!
14. Design has become Democratized
Match the font on the left
with the font name of the right (75).
15. Improving a school's physical
environment could increase test scores
by as much as 11 percent (82).
16. With Design in Mind…
• Keep a Design Notebook
• Channel Your Annoyance
• Read Design Magazines
• Be Like Karim
• Become a Design Detective
• Participate in the "Third Industrial
Revolution"
• Visit a Design Museum
• C-R-A-P-ify Your Graphic Design
• Put It on a Table
• Be Choosy
17. Story
We are our stories!
Personal narrative has become more
prevalent, and perhaps more urgent, in a
time of abundance, when many of us are
freer to seek a deeper understanding of
ourselves and our purpose.
Context enriched by emotion, a deeper
understanding of how we fit in and why that
matters. (pg. 115)
18. Stories Versus Statistics
Going to our School Board,
Administrators, etc., with facts &
figures is not nearly as effective as
sharing real stories that show how
your library program has transformed
your students’ lives.
Kevin A. R. King
“Give ‘Em What They Want…”
Sept. 24, 2008, NDLA Conference
19. Create a Story Portfolio
Write a Mini-Saga
Enlist in StoryCorps
Get One Story
Visit a Storytelling Festival
Riff on Opening Lines
Experiment with Digital Storytelling
23. Symphony Portfolio
• Listen to Great Symphonies
• Keep a Metaphor Log
• Look for Solutions in Search of Problems
o Where else would it work?
o Would flipping it work? www.whynot.net
• Create an Inspiration Board
• Read “Symphonic” Books
o Encourage Wild Ideas
o Be Visual
• Celebrate Your Amateurness
24. Empathy
The ability to imagine yourself in someone else's position
and to intuit what that person is feeling (159).
Allows us to see the other side of an argument, comfort
someone in distress, and bit our lip instead of muttering
something under our breath (160).
Builds self-awareness, bonds parent to child, allows us to
work together, and provides the scaffolding for our morality
(160).
The one aptitude that's proven impossible for
computers to reproduce*, and very difficult for faraway
workers connected by electron to match (161).
25. Customer Service
Which sign would YOU respond to?
1) Please clean up after your dog.
2) Our children play here. Please clean up after
your dog.
"Empathy is neither a deviation from intellegence nor
the single route to it. Sometimes we need detachment;
many other times we need attunement. And the people
who will thrive will be those who can toggle between
the two" (174).
26. Play
Small groups of people who come together early
each morning at parks, village greens, and
shopping centers to spend a half hour laughing.
Today about 2,500 laugh clubs exist.
Acceptance of laugh clubs reveals an important
dimension of the Conceptual Age - a move away
from sober seriousness (Ford Motor Company)
as a measure of ability.
27. Meaning
Our fundamental drive, the
motivational engine that powers
human existence, is the pursuit of
meaning.
"man's main concern is not to gain
pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to
see a meaning in his life." Victor Frankl
28. The "Fourth Great Awakening"
"Spiritual (or immaterial) inequity is
now as great a problem as material
inequity, perhaps even greater.“
Robert William Fogel
58 percent of Americans say they think
often about the meaning and purpose of
life.
29. Mental and physical health
better when attending to the
spiritual life.(222)
..awhole minded approach--L-Directed
reason combined with R-Directed spirit-
-can be effective.
30. Contribute to Happiness
• Engaging in satisfying work
• Avoiding negative events and
emotions
• Being married
• Having a rich social network
• Gratitude
• Forgiveness
• Optimism
31. Meaning Portfolio
• Say Thanks
• Take the 20-10 Test
• Measure Your Spirit
• Read These Books
• Visit a Labyrinth
• Picture Yourself at Ninety
32. AFTERWORD
1. Can someone overseas do it cheaper?
2. Can a computer do it faster?
3. Am I offering something that satisfies the nonmaterial,
transcendent desires of an abundant age?
These three questions will mark the fault
line between who gets ahead and who gets
left behind.