1. “ A Whole New Mind :Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future” Written by Daniel Pink ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Opelia Critical and Creative Thinking 2 -17 -09
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10. Our life is full of abundance of new products at our fingertips, Asia has cheaper labor which companies will use in areas of left brain thinking skills, and we have automation to s all we want. Businesses are needing the skills of the right brainers to compete more than ever. (Figure 5) (Figure 6) (Figure 7)
11. The current i n formation age i n which access to information (read: knowledge, education) is the most important economic engine i s changing into the c o nceptual age, characterized by a new concern with context, patterns and emotion. And that shift is taking place mainly in our brains. (Visscher, April 2005) The consumers mind is changing, so those providing the consumers must change their clients. (Figure 8)