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Monday, February 11, 2013

Not just focus but also SYMPHONY

Hey girls, I hope it has been a good 'make it a great Monday'? I am in Houston where we have meetings tomorrow with a company called Bill Young Productions. They make music videos and promotional pieces for the music industry.

This week, we will take a look at the third of the six essential R-directed aptitudes from Daniel Pinks, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. The third aptitude is SYMPHONY.
Much of the Industrial and Information Ages required focus and specialization. But as white-collar work gets routed to Asia and reduced to software, there's a new premium on the opposite aptitude: putting pieces together, or what I call Symphony. What's in greatest demand today isn't analysis but synthesis - seeing the big picture, crossing boundaries, and being able to combine disparate pieces into an arresting new whole.