Daniel H. Pinks book "A Whole New Mind" is literally a "MIND BLOWING" read. Even in the first three chapters my understanding of the human brain and how it works has grown exponentially after each chapter. Not only does the book mention about how our brain is divided into "two symmetrical yet unequal halves, but it talks about how our world is changing, even though our brains are not.

Pink talks about the transition of human expansion over the last 150 years and how the human mind has influences these changes. The first transition was the Industrial Age - when a person need to produce information through mass production and mechanics. The second was the Information Age - when our society relied heavily on "knowledge workers" (those who are able to contribute to to society through academic professions such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, etc). Today we are entering the Conceptual age were we are entering an era where the right-brain thinking  is necessary. Through our abundance, outsourcing and giving computers getting the attention of our work force we need to expand our ideal by becoming creators and empathizers. In short, today it is not just about creating an object to fix a problem, but creating a purpose or a unique way to view the problem and find solutions. We are past the time of simply "plug and chug" and we now need new visionaries in life.

When reading Pink, it is hard for me not to think of the late Steve Jobs. In his recent years, he was not successful for just making a computer and for making it accessible,  but it was taking the next step to think of the unthinkable. We are no longer looking for the left-brain model, we need a right-brain creator to continue our society into the world of technology and growth.


And thats what Ms. Davis' left AND right brain thought.... ;-P