Synopsis Daniel H. Pink, former speechwriter for Al Gore and bestselling author of FREE AGENT NATION, returns with a thought-provoking book arguing that we are entering a new age, the "conceptual age," where right-brain thinking will dominate the cultural and business world. He compares this paradigm-shift as similar to the one between the "industrial age" and the "information age," a time when new skill sets became necessary, and new models for economic success appeared. In particular, Pink proposes six "senses" that people must develop to thrive in the conceptual age: design, story, sympathy, empathy, play, and meaning.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-03-24 |
| Size | | Length: | 260 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Uses the two sides of the human brain as a metaphor for understanding how the information age came about throughout the course of the past generation, counseling readers on how to survive and find a place in a society that is marked by rising affluence, job outsourcing, and computer technology at the expense of inventiveness, empathy, and meaning.
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