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A Whole New Mind – Play

I promised to share some of the collection of tools, exercises and further reading materials which Dan Pink provided in his book A Whole New Mind to send us on our way to developing each of the six essential aptitudes – what he calls the six senses on which professional and personal satisfaction increasingly will depend. One of the six senses is Play and Pink outlined a number of tools, exercises and reading materials which one might pursue to develop this sense. The following selection resonated with me.   Get Your Game On   Pink says: “You must understand video games. Seriously. You must. So if you don’t know a joystick from a jelly roll, spend some time getting up to speed on games ...

A Whole New Mind – Empathy

I promised to share some of the collection of tools, exercises and further reading materials which Dan Pink provided in his book A Whole New Mind to send us on our way to developing each of the six essential aptitudes – what he calls the six senses on which professional and personal satisfaction increasingly will depend. One of the six senses is Empathy.   Pink offers the following definition of Empathy: “Empathy is the ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s position and to intuit what that person is feeling. It is the ability to stand in others’ shoes, to see with their eyes, and to feel with their hearts. It is something we do pretty much spontaneously, an act of instinct rather than ...