A Whole New Mind: How to Thrive in
the New Conceptual Age by Daniel H.
Pink
Kathy's Review
Lawyers. Accountants. Software engineers. That’s what Mom and Dad
encouraged us to become. They were wrong. Gone is the age of “left-
brain” dominance. The future belongs to a different kind of person with a
different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers—creative
and empathic “right-brain” thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line
between who gets ahead and who doesn’t. Drawing on research from
around the advanced world, Daniel Pink outlines the six fundamentally
human abilities that are essential for professional success and personal
fulfillment—and reveals how to master them. From a laughter club in
Bombay, to an inner-city high school devoted to design, to a lesson on how
to detect an insincere smile, A Whole New Mind takes listeners to a daring
new place, and offers a provocative and urgent new way of thinking about
a future that has already arrived.
“This book is a miracle. Completely original and profound.” — Tom Peters,
author of In Search of Excellence

“A very important, convincingly argued and mind-altering book.” — Po
Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?
Personal Review: A Whole New Mind: How to Thrive in the New
Conceptual Age by Daniel H. Pink
This is hardly a book of right-brain/left-brain pseudo-psychology. Rather,
this is surprisingly tantalizing with its ideas about skill needed by the
workforce of the future.
Not interested in employment skills? Retired? Still in school not looking for
a job? This is also a good book for learning new ways to expand your life,
increase your enjoyment of life, and augment your knowledge. Whatever
your purpose for reading this book, you are in for a treat.
This is a very short read (I read it in about 4 hours or so), and it is true
there are few details or solutions or step by step guides as to improving
your right brain thinking, as other reviewers have mentioned. However,
part of the point of the book is that training yourself and expanding the way
you think needs to be your journey -- any more input from the author would
have just been fluff.
As it is, I received some good things to think about, and "A Whole New
Mind" points me in a new direction. The author also graciously
recommended additional books on specific topics, and I'll happily check
some of those out.
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