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Zusatztext "Albrecht's practical intelligence builds on the ideas of multiple intelligence! outlining a series of guidelines and exercises." (Financial Times! Thursday 19th July 2007) Informationen zum Autor The Author KARL ALBRECHT is a management consultant, executive advisor, futurist, speaker, and author. As Chairman of Karl Albrecht International, he oversees the practical application of his ideas through consulting, seminars, and publishing. He is a prolific writer and the author of the bestselling Service America! , The Northbound Train, Brain Power, The Power of Minds At Work, and Social Intelligence . Klappentext Praise for Practical Intelligence"Karl Albrecht has done an excellent job of integrating the many dimensions of practical intelligence into a coherent, sensible framework. This is an eminently practical book."-Daniel Pink, author, A Whole New Mind"What could be more important than helping people, at every age and stage of life, learn to use their minds more successfully? Karl Albrecht has given us a terrific resource for doing just that. His four 'software upgrades' and four 'mega-skills' provide a wonderfully comprehensive framework for practical intelligence."-Dr. Sidney J. Parnes, co-developer with Alex Osborn of the Creative Education Foundation"This brilliant, ebullient, and brainy book brings us new means to gray matter. At turns high-minded and hilarious, Practical Intelligence will remain the source book for many years of the best thinking about thinking well."-Jean Houston, author, The Possible Human Zusammenfassung Praise for Practical Intelligence"Karl Albrecht has done an excellent job of integrating the many dimensions of practical intelligence into a coherent, sensible framework. This is an eminently practical book."-Daniel Pink, author, A Whole New Mind"What could be more important than helping people, at every age and stage of life, learn to use their minds more successfully? Karl Albrecht has given us a terrific resource for doing just that. His four 'software upgrades' and four 'mega-skills' provide a wonderfully comprehensive framework for practical intelligence."-Dr. Sidney J. Parnes, co-developer with Alex Osborn of the Creative Education Foundation"This brilliant, ebullient, and brainy book brings us new means to gray matter. At turns high-minded and hilarious, Practical Intelligence will remain the source book for many years of the best thinking about thinking well."-Jean Houston, author, The Possible Human Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. 1. A Problem and an Opportunity. Accidental Intelligence: The Terminal Assumption. The Widening "Smart Gap". The Dumbing of America and the Culture of Amusement. Knows and Know-Nots: The New Social Divide. Who Cares? Who Needs to Care? 2. Multiple Intelligences: The Possible Human. IQ Doesn't Tell the Whole Story. There Are at Least Six Kinds of "Smart". Building Out: Applying Theory to Everyday Life. Build-Out 1: Emotional Intelligence. Build-Out 2: Social Intelligence. The Next Build-Out: Practical Intelligence. 3. What Is Practical Intelligence? Thinking Is a Bodily Function. Meet Your Biocomputer. Brain Cycles, Brainwaves, Brain States, and the Daily Trance. Mind-Modules: You Have Many "Minds". Mind-Models: Your Portable Reality. Four Habits That Unlock Your Mental Capacity. Four Dimensions of PI: Your Mega-Skills. Getting Started: Upgrading Your Mental "Software". 4. Mental Software Upgrade 1: Developing Mental Flexibility. Are You a Finished Product? Dynamic Thinking and Archaic Thinking. You Might Be a Mental Redneck . . . The Creative Paradox. The "Beginner's Mind&": Innocence and Humility. The "Plexity" Sc...
