Five Minds for the Future

By: Howard Gardner

Narrated by: Mark Lee Adam

We live in a time of vast changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology, and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of learning and thinking in school, business, and the professions. Listen as psychologist Howard Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the years ahead:

• The disciplinary mind: mastery of major schools of thought
• The synthesizing mind: ability to integrate ideas
• The creating mind: capacity to uncover and clarify problems, questions, and phenomena
• The respectful mind: awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings
• The ethical mind: fulfillment of one's responsibilities

Armed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future, as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these "minds", individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can't understand: overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional matters.

Renowned worldwide for his theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner takes that thinking to the next level. Concise and engaging, this audiobook will inspire lifelong learning and provide valuable insights for those charged with training and developing organizational leaders - today and tomorrow.©2007 Howard Gardner (P)2007 Gildan Media Corp

Critic reviews

"One of the most influential psychologists of his generation." ( The Economist)

hard to listen to

probably good content if you can stomach the narrator's delivery. not my cup of tea

Concise

In a very concise manner author presents his idea and overview of current state of affairs. He illustrates it quickly with a few current date examples without wasting time on unnecessary explanations.

Buy it on paper

Gardner has great ideas but it not a great writer and the narrator makes it worse, not better. The prose is hard to parse on paper and becomes even harder in this audio format. However, the book's ideas are worth the read.

Very good details on what to do everyday to add more value in your life.

There was a good combination of information and things to put into practice in your personal life.

Bad editing of a good book.

This was a good book from the content. The chapters were grouped in about 1 hours duration. This is contrary to the actual chapters by the original author. If you are planning to listen to this audiobook with planning it is very uncomfortable.

The contents are rather good. The concept although not totally revolutionary, is a new and interesting.