Chad M. Barrett

The world is moving from left-brained thinking to right-brained thinking. The United States and some other countries are relying less on logical sequential thinkers and relying more on creative and empathetic thinkers. This is the premise of Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind. I started reading this book over the past week and, as I read, I began to wonder whether this transformation is taking place. I soon began to realize that the answer is yes.

I see in my life and work the transition Pink described. I am being asked to explore tough questions and to find creative answers. I am being challenged to think about more than function, but to also embed the function in a beautiful form. And, once in a while, I am taking a moment to create by writing for this blog. These activities are challenging my creativity and my ability to get others on my team to express that creativity for themselves.

So, I believe that Daniel Pink is on to something. I think that we are being challenged to creatively answer serious questions in our lives and in our work. I wonder whether you see what Daniel Pink and I are seeing.

REFERENCE

Pink, D. (2006). A whole new mind: moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. New York, NY: The Penguin Group.