Symphony
“Symphony is the ability to put together the pieces. It is the capacity to synthesize rather than to analyze; to see relationships between seemingly unrelated fields; to detect broad patterns rather than to deliver specific answers; and to invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair.”
Pink distinguishes three kinds of people: The boundary Crosser, the Inventor, and the Metaphor Maker.
He advises us to listen to great symphonies, to go to the newsstand and get magazines in areas you wouldn’t normally buy, and to draw.
He also lets us know how to brainstorm, according to Tom Kelley:
1. Go for Quantity
2. Encourage Wild Ideas
3. Be Visual
4. Defer Judgment
5. One Conversation at a time
This is part of a series of posts I’m doing while reading Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind.