A Whole New Mind
by Daniel H. Pink · first published 2005
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The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment-and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here.
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…fair bit of research that suggests tying KPIs to compensation is a huge anti-pattern for certain types of work (chiefly those involving lots of novel problem solving). Highly recommend Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind” on this topic; it’s pretty fascinating stuff.
on “What Makes a Senior Software Developer?” ↗I found that a good exercise for me, was the idea of a “mini-saga,”[0] which I first heard about, in Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind. It helped me to be more concise (which I need —badly). I have no problem at all, writing a lot of words. The challenge, for me, is writing fewer words. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minisaga
on “Show HN: Write 500 Words a Day” ↗I think the ideas he was talking about were better conveyed by Daniel Pink's "A Whole New Mind".
on “Andrew Warner's latest interview with Seth Godin” ↗Highly recommend Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind” on this topic Correction, the Pink title I was referring to was "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" Pink does a great job unpacking research that demonstrates how this type of 'affect…
on “What Makes a Senior Software Developer?” ↗> It suggests morning people are usually better at analytical tasks in the morning and creative tasks at night. This describes me, exactly. I enjoyed his A Whole New Mind book.
on “Ask HN: How do I develop focus?” ↗Read Daniel Pink: "Whole new mind". Whatever you do, someone else will be able to do it faster and cheaper. Also, read up on the "Red ocean" vs "Blue ocean" theories about competition. Yes, you can compete in the cut-throat red ocean,…
on “Ask HN: Can a startup idea succeed solely based on execution?” ↗…books which helped me to understand people and to organise my own thoughts: Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: A Beginner's Guide http://www.amazon.co.uk/Applying-Psychology-Everyday-Life-Be... A Whole New Mind - Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whole-New-Mind-Right-brainers-Future...
on “Ask HN: Summer reading” ↗…calculus and can earn several times the salary of the best engineer who does not pursue business or get involved in a startup. The premise that Q-N is positive could be flawed from the start. See, e.g. "A Whole New Mind" http://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Information-Conceptual/...
on “Ask HN: Present Value of Knowing Math Well?” ↗…decisions, you could also look into books on selling, like Dan Pink's "To Sell is Human". From the blurb: "To Sell Is Human offers a fresh look at the art and science of selling. As he did in Drive and A Whole New Mind, Daniel H. Pink draws on a rich trove of social science for his counterintuitive insights. He reveals the new ABCs of moving others (it’s no longer “Always Be Closing”), explains why extraverts don’t…
on “Let’s avoid talk of ‘chemical imbalance’: it’s people in distress” ↗Spend 80% on developing a story is so true. Daniel Pink's Whole New Mind discusses how today's world is making more use of their right-brains; the creative/intuitive half.
on “Early Stage Hiring” ↗Somewhat related video from Paul Solman at PBS Newshour, on motivation and money: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGyhaZnPtC4 (An interview with Dan Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future)
on “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us” ↗Weh - all straight out of Daniel Pink's "Whole New Mind" - http://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future/d... What to me is a flaw in the thinking though is, that East Asians are supposedly more right-brained than we Westerners are. So it won't…
on “Don’t be outsourced – How the right-brain can make you invaluable” ↗…faces of innovation 89.the three signs of a miserable job 90.transparency 91.ultrametabolism 92.the wal-mart way 93.the warren buffet way 94.what make an effective executive 95.what would google do? 96.a whole new mind 97.the whuffie factor 98.winning 99.the wisdom of crowds 100.writing down the bones 101.zero 102.the 4 hour work week 103.the 80/20 individual 104.the 80/20 principal
on “Ask HN: Must Read Books” ↗I like one of the comments; that everything gets commodified in time, the only thing that will stand is ongoing creativity. - The same spirit as the message of 'The Whole New Mind' (I'm surprised similar books haven't come out, it's not like he can possibly have said all there is to be said on it). In that vein, John Gero (http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero) and Rob Saunders (http://wwwpeople.arch.usyd.edu.au/~rob/publications.html)…
on “For Wal-Mart, too, IT is a commodity” ↗…don't want to compete with a computer that's smarter than me. Haha. I'll stick with my "right brain" work and hack some open source software when I need it. Please forgive me, I'm currently reading "A Whole New Mind" http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind The author foretells that programming is becoming less important due to abundance, automation and outsourcing to Asia. India alone produces 350,000 Engineering…
on “Is Programming Getting Less Popular?” ↗