Dan Pink on How Half Your Brain Can Save Your Job

EconTalk

• Episode: Dan Pink on How Half Your Brain Can Save Your Job
• Website: EconTalk
• Feed URL: http://files.libertyfund.org/econtalk/EconTalk.xml
• Duration: 01:07:13
• Published: 2007-06-11 08:30

Author Dan Pink, talks about the ideas in his book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. He argues that the skills of the right side of the brain--skills such as creativity, empathy, contextual thinking and big picture thinking--are going to become increasingly important as a response to competition from low-wage workers overseas and our growing standard of living.