p. 75 and p. 86

Design is my favorite R-Directed aptitude.

"Design in its simplest form is the activity of creating solutions. Design is something that everyone does every day."

"To be a designer is to be an agent of change."

page 22

When I read that "the left hemisphere participates in the analysis of information..." and "the right hemisphere is specialized for synthesis" I immediately thought of Bloom's Taxonomy. I always had trouble believing that synthesis was always "higher" than analysis because to me they are so similar and intertwined. When Pink put them on the same plane, I re-envisioned the traditional pyramid that shows Bloom's Taxonomy with Knowledge holding up the foundation on the bottom of the pyramid and Evaluation being the smallest piece on the top. In my mind now, the layers are still stacked the same and it's still a pyramid shape, but above application is a thick layer that's split down the middle and has analysis on the left and synthesis on the right. Now those two are on the same plane and I feel so much better. ;-)

This is pretty crude, but here's a visual of what I'm talking about:

pages 58-59

The Rainbow Project developed by Professor Robert Sternberg, an alternative SAT, is an example of the creative thinking and design by an individual who is using his right brain to make a difference. At an early stage the results have shown that the Rainbow Project has a higher rate than the SAT's of predicting a student success in college.

What really hit home for me was that it narrowed the performance gap between white and racial minorities. There are so many individuals who have talents and have been left behind because of standardized tests that are biased. Think about all the individuals who could have made a difference in this world, if they were given the opportunity. We might even have a cure for cancer.

It's time to supplement the SAT so college admission offices have data that shows the human side of students which is a critical component to being successful in the 21st century. I hope we don't wait another half a century to make a difference.

page 2

What jumped out at me on this page was Pink's use of the terminology "high touch". I immediately thought of Neaisbitt's book Megatrends from 1982. In that book, he talks about High Touch being a reaction to High Tech (high usage of technology or high infiltration of technology into a particular aspect of human life). High Touch for Nesbitt encompasses both the high touch and the high concept that Pink describes.

It was a fun trip down memory lane to pull out my aging copy of the book and remember the 10 trends that Nesbitt saw. It was also a little eerie to see how on-target he was in 1982 predicting what we saw in the 90's and now.