Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Trade, New York, 2006.

Whether you’re stronger as a right or left-brained person, I think you’ll find the skills Daniel Pink highlights both insightful and helpful.

He introduces six “senses” associated with right-brain activity that he believes are key to leadership success in the future. Design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning.

Whether these skills come to you naturally or not is not the main value of this piece. The more important question is whether or not you are open to learning new ways and means of interacting with others, recognizing and confronting problems, seeing and moving toward the future.

If so, then Pink’s categories will be a helpful starting point for setting some strategic personal development goals. If not, then be aware that he believes that right-brainers will rule the future!

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What are three recurring problems for which your current “solutions”—for all that they are doing—are not resulting in change?

The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one’s personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives.