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jeudi, 30 août 2007
Hémisphère droit

Je lirais bien:
A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future (Daniel Pink)
He begins by explaining how the brain works. In essence the left hemisphere and right hemisphere control different areas of the body. You probably already knew that. But when it comes to thought processes, not just body control, the two sides are very different. The left side produces what Pink refers to as "L-Directed Thinking". L-Directed Thinking is sequential, literal, functional, textual and analytical; not bad qualities for a traditional librarian - we certainly are text-oriented. The other approach is the "R-Directed Thinking" controlled by the right side of the brain. R-Directed Thinking is simultaneous, metaphorical, aesthetic, contextual and synthetic. While L-Directed Thinking worked well for the knowledge age (think accountants, stockbrokers, computer programmers - and traditional librarians), Pink gives evidence that we are moving away from the knowledge age and into what he calls the "Conceptual Age". Think of it like this. The coin of the realm in the knowledge age was an MBA. The new coin of the realm in the Conceptual Age is the MFA. To excel in the Conceptual Age, one must "become proficient in R-Directed Thinking and master aptitudes that are high concept and high touch". After laying out this basic thesis Pink devotes a chapter to each of the specific aptitudes he says are necessary to be a success in the Conceptual Age - what he calls the "six senses". They are: Design; Story; Symphony; Empathy; Play; and Meaning.
C'est pas mon anniversaire, mais si quelqu'un(e) veut me l'offrir, je ne vois pas d'inconvénient... ;-)
Via DBL
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