Design, story, symphony, empathy, play and meaning.

"The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind... computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind - creators and empathisers, pattern recognisers and meaning makers. These people - artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers - will now reap society's richest rewards and share it's greatest joys."

If you haven't read 'A Whole New Mind' by Dan Pink you have missed an extraordinary book that looks at how we have moved from an agriculture age through an industrial age to an information age and are now entering a conceptual age. The challenge we all face is to understand that abundance, automation and the impact of globalisation means that knowledge workers need to develop skills and abilities to make them unique and different.

Dan Pink's brilliant book offers a fresh look at what it takes to excel in this new conceptual age. 'A Whole New Mind' identifies the six skills on which, Dan argues, our professional success and our personal fulfillment now critically depend, and includes a series of hands-on exercises to help us develop the necessary abilities. These six skills are design, story, symphony, empathy, play and meaning.

This book not only changes how we see the world but how we experience it as well. Read this book and visit Dan's website at http://www.danpink.com
Chris