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Michael J. Gelb, founder of the High Performance
Learning Center, shows you how to rethink the way you think
by helping you discover your natural ability to create,
communicate, and lead in every area of your life -- from
designing a dinner party to mapping out your life goals,
from running a more effective business meeting to improving
memory and increasing your creative power.
Thinking for a Change unveils fresh
strategies for thriving on change and increasing productivity
through synvergent thinking, the art of balancing logic
and imagination, reason and intuition. It is a way of seeing
the whole picture by integrating the larger elements and
the details. It is the ability to entertain multiple paisr
of seemingly opposite ideas simultaneously.
Thinking for a Change also teaches
readers how to facilitate the mind's ability to link disparate
ideas. This process of association is the basis for the
skill of mind mapping, a method of linking words, feelings,
and sense impressions that improves the organization of
ideas and encourages synvergent thinking. Based on a practical
understanding of the structure and design of the human brain,
and research into the thinking patterns of history's great
achievers such as Darwin, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da
Vinci, mind mapping unleashes your ability to generate new
ideas quickly and organize them effectively.
In today's global marketplace everyone from
retailers and restauranteurs to computer consultants and
communications companies are restructuring, reeingineering,
and reinventing the corporation. In a world of accelerating
change, individuals and organizations can no longer afford
to approach information-age problems and opportunities with
industrial-age thinking skills. A more fulfilling life,
a stronger organization, a saner society -- they all start
with your thinking, your actions, and your courage. So pick
up this book and begin Thinking for a Change.
Michael J. Gelb is the originator of
the concept of synvergent thinking and a pioneer in the
development and teaching of mind mapping. Internationally
acclaimed as an innovator in creativity, communication,
and leadership training, Gelb has developed a unique, highly
effective approach to his work as an organizational consultant
and "Life Coach" for senior executives His clients
include AT&T, Du Pont, Amoco, Merck, Xerox, NPR, and
the Liechtenstein Global Trust.
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