When we consider what a HUMAN RESOURCE actually is, we open ourselves the the FULL potential of multiple intelligences in us.

1. HUMAN RESOURCES
“A resource is a thing. I am a human being. I am not a human resource. And I think that
kind of vocabulary is demeaning. Calling them human capital or human assets is almost
worse. ” MINTZBERG

2. HUMAN RESOURCES: DEFINITION
resource [rɪˈzɔːs -ˈsɔːs]
n
1. capability, ingenuity, and initiative; quick-wittedness a man of resource
2. (often plural) a source of economic wealth, esp of a country (mineral, land, labour, etc.) or bus
enterprise (capital, equipment, personnel, etc.)
3. a supply or source of aid or support; something resorted to in time of need
4. a means of doing something; expedient

3. RIGHT AND LEFT BRAINS
uses feeling
"big picture" uses logicdetail
oriented
Text uses logic
orientedfacts
rule/reality
imagination detail oriented basedwords and
rulespresent and
facts rule languagepresent and
words and language
futurephilosophy & present and past pastmath and
religionspatial
math and science scienceorder/pattern
can comprehend
perceptionfantasy knowing perceptionpracticalsa
basedpresents
acknowledges fe
order/pattern perception
possibilitiesrisk knows object name
reality based
taking forms strategies
practical
safe
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/right-brain-v-left-brain

4. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
www.literacyworks.org/mi/home.
Nature
People/Interpersonal
Number/Logic
Picture/Spatial
Self/Intrapersonal
Body/Kinaesthetic
Music
Word/Language
Other? Spiritual/Business/Military

5. MI: CHARACTERISTICS
www.literacyworks.org/mi/home.

6. NATURE SMART
Camping Composting
Recycling
Kayaking
Veggie

7. PICTURE SMART
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8. SELF SMART www.amelo14.wordpress.com
Philosophy: Aristotle Literature: Thomas Mann
Teaching
Blogging

9. MY MAP: WHAT IS YOURS?

10. MI: online assessment
www.literacyworks.org/mi/home.

11. QUESTIONING
HUMAN RESOURCES
What HUMAN RESOURCES issues do you see in your company? Internal? External?
What IS a human resource? What are HR’s departments usual OBJECTIVES? Do you agree
with that role? Why? Why not? Have you had a good/bad/indifferent relationship with HR
in your company?
Can you give examples of the MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES? Self? Natural? Musical? Which
are crucial to BUSINESS? How do you learn/develop them? Can you? How’s your CV?
Do you agree with PSYCHOMETRIC tests? Do they actually get the best CANDIDATES?
What are the best ways of HIRING? Do you agree with MINTZBERG’S quote?
How do you MARKET for the different intelligences? Can you think of an AD CAMPAIGN
that deals with some? Would this increase SALES? Any examples? (Apple, Natura, Canon ..)
What OTHER forms of human resources can you think of? What makes an
EXCELLENT/INNOVATIVE/TRANSFORMATIVE/RESOURCEFUL candidate for your
company?
BUT MOST IMPORTANT: What are YOUR human resources?

12. Do schools kill creativity?
“The Universities design the system in their own image ... and the consequence is that
many highly-talented, brilliant, creative people, think they are not”
Sir Ken Robinson
www.ted.com