Changing Minds

Informationen zum Autor The author of fifteen books, eminent Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner revolutionized our understanding of intelligence, creativity, and leadership with such books as Frames of Mind, Creating Minds, and Leading Minds. Klappentext Whether one is attempting to change the mind of a spouse, a nation or a corporation, an eminent Harvard psychologist offers an original framework for understanding exactly how to do it. Zusammenfassung Examines one of the puzzling and examined questions of human psychology: why it's so difficult to change our own minds and each other's and what happens when we do actually change our minds. This title describes seven factors at work in various cases of mind change. It also examines changes of mind in six arenas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Contents of the Mind 2. The Forms of the Mind 3. The Power of Early Theories 4. Leading a Diverse Population 5. Leading an Institution: How to Deal with a Uniform Population 6. The Creative Geniuses Change Minds Indirectly-Through Science, Scholarly Breakthroughs, and Works of Art 7. Mind Changing in a Formal Setting 8. Mind Changing Up Close 9. Changing One's Own Mind 10 Epilogue: The Future of Mind Changing Notes Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Howard Gardner, Gardner Howard
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2006
• EAN: 9781422103296
• ISBN: 978-1-4221-0329-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 209 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Leadership for the Common Good; Leadership for the Common Good
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Management, Beeinflussung, Überzeugung