The document discusses how to thrive in the new "Conceptual Age" by developing six essential skills: high concept, high touch, design, story, empathy, and play. It explains that the Conceptual Age is characterized by the diminished importance of left brain/sequential thinking and the rising importance of right brain/contextual thinking, brought about by trends like abundance, Asian economic influence, and automation. Readers are encouraged to strengthen skills like these that will help them navigate the emerging landscape through exercises and further resources provided at the end of each chapter.

1. How to Thrive in the New Conceptual Age

3. What’s New ?RightLeftSequentialTextDetailsSimultaneousContextBig pictureRightbrain rising!

6. The effect:the diminished relative importance of Left brain directed thinkingand the corresponding increased importance of Right brain directed thinking.The causes: Abundance, Asia, and Automation.

10. High conceptHigh touch

11. Design

13. StoryThe art of storytelling

15. These are essential abilities you’ll need to navigate the emerging landscape of the Conceptual Age.In the book, at the end of the chapter on each skill is a Portfolio -a collection of tools, exercises and further reading that can help you surface and sharpen that sense.

16. Symphony

19. Empathy

21. These are essential abilities you’ll need to navigate the emerging landscape of the Conceptual Age.In the book, at the end of the chapter on each skill is a Portfolio -a collection of tools, exercises and further reading that can help you surface and sharpen that sense.

22. Play

24. These are essential abilities you’ll need to navigate the emerging landscape of the Conceptual Age.In the book, at the end of the chapter on each skill is a Portfolio -a collection of tools, exercises and further reading that can help you surface and sharpen that sense.

25. Meaning

28. Of the 6 skills, choose one you don’t feel very strong in that you’d like to sharpen?