Reflection, Daniel Pink's Theory

Reflection on Daniel Pink’s Theory

Daniel H. Pink is an American writer; he is the author of four books focused on the changing world of work. He was the chief speech writer for Vice President Al Gore 1995-1997 and earlier as on aide to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. Daniel Pink is best known for his book, “A whole New Mind”. Moving from the information Age to the Conceptual Age, or Why Right Brainers Will rule the future, is a New York Times and Business Weak bestseller. Daniel Pink claims, the work place environment is changing one more time power will definitely shift to those who process strong right brain specialties. His advocacy of “R-directed thinking” begins with a bit of neuroscience trip to a brain lab that will be extremely familiar to those who have read Steven Johnson’s “Mind Wide Open”, but while Johnson was fascinated by the brains’ internal process Daniel Pink is concerned with how certain skills sets can be harnessed effectively in the dawning “Conceptual Age”. He argues that today’s work place has shifted from an “Information Age”, that valued knowledge workers to he called the “Conceptual Age” that values credibility and right-brain-directed (R-directed) amplitudes.
The second half of the book details what Pink considers to be the six R-Directed aptitudes that are needed for one to be successfully in the new economy. They are design, story, symphony, empathy, play and meaning, Daniel Pink claims, that by developing and cultivating these six “senses”, workers can increase their values on today’s workplace, there by getting competitive advantage over those who are solely (L- Directed) in today’s economy.
It is therefore to our advantage for those of us who have read this book and agree with Pink’s argument to develop and cultivate the R-Directed aptitudes which we are fortunate as Fine Art Teacher possess and used it to our advantage to survive in today’s economy. I therefore believe that the Arts APS Cohort 1 and 2 programs came at the right to the right people.
Source … Wikipedia, and Ebook30.com