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21st Century Workforce Success: Collaboration and Creativity in the Conceptual Age

Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. Thats what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But Mom and Dad were wrong. "If Daniel Pink is correct about the 21stcentury workforce, then all those college major that cause parents to grimace (art history? philosophy?) will gain newfound acceptance." U.S. News and World Report . The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind. The era of "left brain" dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which right brain qualities inventiveness, empathy, meaningpredominate. Value shifts from Information to Conceptualization, and the way in which people work shifts with it. Join us to engage in a collaborative session with Dan Pink on the value of collaboration and creativity in the workplace. Find out what key skills teams will need to thrive in a conceptual age design, story, symphony, empathy, play & meaning. About the speaker : Daniel H. Pink is the author of " A Whole New Mind ", the groundbreaking guide to surviving, thriving, and finding meaning in an outsourced, automated, upside down world. Now in its eighth North American printing, A Whole New Mind is being translated into 12 languages and will appear across Europe and Asia in 2006. Dan is a Contributing Editor at Wired . His articles on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and other publications. He also writes "The Trend Desk" column for Yahoo! Finance. Cosponsored by WebEx and Mindjet All you need to attend is : A 56Kbps Internet connection or better A separate telephone line for the audio or a sound card and speakers Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 4.x (AOL users: AOL 5.0 and above only) Linux Users Please Note: To use the current Java client you will need to update to the latest version of Mozilla 1.7.3. Firefox/Mozilla. Using FireFox. Click Here To Set Up The WebEx Event Manager installed before the event Click Here To Set Up . NOTE: This plugin will not install if your browser has high security settings or you do not have administrative rights on your PC.

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