Why right brain people will take over the world

Sunday

I used to consider myself as a 'leftie'. A logical and analytical person with not much (need for) creativity. Most of the educational institutions have either exact sciences or creative curricula and the content is quite seperated.
You seldom see any courses about creativity or creative thinking when following exact sciences, which is a pity. Even if you are not a natural talent in either discipline, with some 'training' you could master the basics. They are not (or shouldn't) mutually exclusive. Even in IT or Engineering, some creativity can help you to think 'outside of the box' and come to solutions which you wouldn't be able to find using only logic. I consider creativity also an essential skill for good presentations. This was my epiphany of the last year.

You could also consider 'hacking' as a creative process, thinking about how to use technology in another way that everyone is using. So start using that other half of your brain !!!

My friend Karim started an interesting discussion about "The Beginner's mind".

Most of us have lost these abilities when gowning up. We’ve put the creative aspect away for only artists to use. Yet everyone should be the artist in it’s own line of work.
You may say that there is nothing creative about working in a regular business. But do you think that if there was no creativity within a business, that it could become innovative or differentiate itself within a given sector?

Within the zen teaching one often speaks of the “beginner’s mind” (or child’s mind). One who approaches life with a beginner’s mind is fresh, enthusiastic and open to a wide range of ideas. When one does not know what’s possible, one will be open to exploration/discovery. Unburdened by your fixed views/habits/…, one will see things more clearly.

Read his full post.

If you are interested in this topic, I can recommend the following book: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment-and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here.

Updated with a part from Seth Godin: Really bad powerpoint Design:

Communication is the transfer of emotion.

Communication is about getting others to adopt your point of view, to help them understand why you’re excited (or sad, or optimistic or whatever else you are.)If all you want to do is create a file of facts and figures, then cancel the meeting and send in a report.

Our brains have two sides. The right side is emotional, musical and moody. The left side is focused on dexterity, facts and hard data. When you show up to give a presentation, people want to use both parts of their brain. So they use the right side to judge the way you talk, the way you dress and your body language. Often, people come to a conclusion about your presentation by the time you’re on the second slide. After that, it’s often too late for your bullet points to do you much good.

You can wreck a communication process with lousy logic or unsupported facts, but you can’t complete it without emotion. Logic is not enough.