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  • Why is PROBLEM SOLVING losing relevance in the modern day?

    PROBLEM SOLVING vs PROBLEM FINDING

    Creative , heuristic skills possessed by an ARTIST are very much in demand in the modern day wherein users have access to information over the internet and social media.


    Left brain capabilities of TECHNICIANS was the need of the hour in the Industrial Age where PROBLEM SOLVING was the most needed skill in the absence of freely available information.


    The proliferation of the internet with freely available information has made RIGHT brain skills namely PROBLEM FINDING the need of the hour.

    Thus PROBLEM SOLVING driven by LEFT brain capabilities has started losing its relevance and is slowly giving away to PROBLEM FINDING in the modern age of the internet.

    Daniel Pink makes a mention of the same in his book Drive

    A similar insight has been shared in the following blog

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/2021/04/09/why-is-right-brain-thinking-more-relevant-than-ever/

  • Which is that MINDSET that can eliminate COMPETITION?

    “People can have two different mindsets, she says. Those with a “fixed mindset” believe that their talents and abilities are carved in stone. Those with a “growth mindset” believe that their talents and abilities can be developed. Fixed mindsets see every encounter as a test of their worthiness. Growth mindsets see the same encounters as opportunities to improve.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

  • Why does it make sense to improve your RIGHT BRAIN skills?

    “Today, the defining skills of the previous era—the “left brain” capabilities that powered the Information Age—are necessary but no longer sufficient. And the capabilities we once disdained or thought frivolous—the “right-brain” qualities of inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness, and meaning—increasingly will determine who flourishes and who flounders.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

  • What is ZEIGARNIK effect?

    The human tendency to remember UNFINISHED tasks better than FINISHED tasks is known as ZEIGARNIK effect.

    This thus means that when we take a break it would be easier to start if we finish with some unfinished task.

    Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When

  • Why are RIGHT BRAIN skills gaining in importance?

    “We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computerlike capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its place, the Conceptual Age.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

  • How EMPATHETIC are you as a LEADER?

    “Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate and to connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

  • What are the THREE essential aspects to perfect GROUP TIMING?

    The three most essential aspects are –

    1) SYNCHING to the BOSS of the group

    2) SYNCHING to the TRIBE

    3) SYNCHING to HEART

    Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When

  • Did you know these benefits of CHORAL SINGING?

    Research has proven that singing in CHORUS calms HEART RATES and boosts ENDORPHIN levels

    Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When