Revolutions of the Mind by Tony Buzan

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Since the dawn of Civilisation, the world has gone through a number of ‘Revolutions of the Mind’, each one increasingly short, and each one accelerating the change in the way we work, do business, think, and live.

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The Manager of the Future
What does all this mean for the Manager of the Future?
It means that the Manager of the Future will no longer be managing product. The Manager of the Future would be managing minds. The Manager of the Future will be living in a society where ‘labour’ no longer means physical work, but where ‘labour’ means intelligence work. In other words the Manager of the Future will be managing Intelligence Workers. This was emphasised by Bill Gates, who stated in a NewsWeek article that the road ahead will be forged by Agents of Intelligence and Mind Mappers.
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The Manager of the Future will therefore need to develop his or her own Multiple Intelligences, and the Multiple Intelligences of all their co-workers. These Intelligences will need to include the traditional ‘IQ’ intelligences of verbal and mathematical, as well as the following equally important intelligences:
Creative Intelligence, the ability to think rapidly and fluidly, to think with originality, and to be able to see all problems from multiple perspectives.
Social Intelligence, this is your ‘communication’ IQ, and is thought by Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University to be the most important of all IQs. This embraces your ability to communicate one-on-one, to communicate one to a small group, to communicate one to large group, and to communicate with all different types and levels of group.
Physical Intelligence, your Physical Intelligence is your ‘Body Talk’, as well as your overall health. In the new hyper-competitive world, physical health is going to be vital. Why? Because the old adage ‘Mens sana in corpore sano – a healthy body gives a healthy mind; a healthy mind a healthy body’ is now medically proven. Your million million bio computer chips – your Brain Cells – are fed oxygen (their fuel) by your blood. If your blood is healthy your brain will receive ‘Formula One’ fuel.
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