The Cartesian model permeates modern ways of thinking and the institutions that have grown from them, from the private house to the museum, the library, the factory and the big city plan.
"What happened at Penn State indicates that, at a certain point, folks start thinking about systems and institutions and don't think about individuals," President Obama said the other day, giving voice to what I would call the national conversation.
While continuing to train postdocs in the area of critical thinking and problem solving, institutions should react to the changing needs of postdocs by developing provisions for alternate career options, how and where to look for a job, writing and presentation skills, and interviewing and negotiating skills.
Pink's basic premise is absolutely correct: that there are multiple ways of thinking and that social institutions (schools, businesses, etc) have tended to overemphasize verbal skills and linear thought in the past.
I would love if more curators of contemporary art followed Mr. Buergel's example, and tried to apply new thinking to old collections and institutions, rather than chasing the next plane to the next biennial.
The Duke School of Law is an ambitious, forward-thinking, and innovative institution whose mission is to prepare students for responsible and productive lives in the legal profession.
Kaplan (2012) and Mazzucato (2015, p. 61) have both pointed out that management needs to upgrade its way of creative thinking and operating because "bureaucratic institutions actively inhibit [innovation]".
However, there is a lurking discrepancy between this progressive thinking and many signature U.S. institutions.
The Recycle Challenge is a great way for students and institutions to start thinking about waste and what we, as a society, should do about it.
