Whole Brain Goodness
The human brain is a marvelous creation. Very complex. The most advanced scientists still have only one scintilla of an understanding of its workings.
One feature that has been long observed, and repeatedly supported, is that the two halves or lobes of the brain have different general functions. The left side governs speech, logic, linear thinking. It is analytic. The right side of the brain is creative, empathetic and playful. Clearly, every healthy person uses his whole brain. But undeniable evidence exists that some people rely on one lobe more than the other and that people think about problems and scenarios differently depending on which lobe dominates, so to speak.
Daniel Pink‘s book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
The challenge arises because we are entering a period when many left-brain oriented tasks and jobs can be done by computers and/or less expensive labor overseas. Daniel Pink posits that the future success of America depends on our ability to adapt and embrace the benefits that right-brain thinking offers, what he calls high concept or high touch. Right-brain thinking will never replace left-brain thinking. He is only making the point that the strengths of logical linear thinking are no longer sufficient to sustain us as an economy or a culture.
