Daniel H. Pink

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Daniel H. Pink is an American writer. He is the author of three books focused on the changing world of work: New York Times best-seller A Whole New Mind, Free Agent Nation, and the first American business book in manga, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko. Pink's articles on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Wired. Pink also speaks to corporations, associations, universities and education conferences about such topics as the shift from the Information Age—with its premium on logical, linear, computer-like abilities—to what he calls "the Conceptual Age," where "right-brain" qualities like empathy, inventiveness and meaning predominate.

Pink worked previously as Vice President Al Gore’s chief speechwriter from 1995-97, and before that as an aide to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.[1]

Daniel Pink received a BA from Northwestern University and a JD from Yale Law School, although he has never practiced law.

Daniel Pink speaking at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's annual HRD Learning and Development Conference in London.

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Pink's best-known work is A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, a New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller that has been translated into 18 languages. In this book, he argues that today's workplace has shifted from an "Information Age" that valued knowledge workers to a "Conceptual Age" that values creativity and right-brain-directed (R-directed) aptitudes. Consequently creators and empathizers have the competitive advantage in today's economy, he argues. Pink considers six R-Directed aptitudes to be most critical to success: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. By developing and cultivating these six "senses," he writes, workers can increase their value in today's workplace.

Pink's most recent book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, is the first American business book in the Japanese comic format known as manga[2]. Illustrated by Wisconsin-based illustrator Rob Ten Pas, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is a career guide that tells the fictional story of a creative young man who is stuck in a dead-end job that he leaves him bored and uninspired. By accidentally conjuring a genie/career counselor one night when working late, Bunko learns six lessons that she considers essential for thriving in the world of work: (1) There is no plan; (2) Think strengths, not weaknesses; (3) It's not about you; (4) Persistence trumps talent; (5) Make excellent mistakes; and (6) Leave an imprint. Pink wrote The Adventures of Johnny Bunko after winning a Japan Society Media Fellowship in 2007 that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.

Pink's first book is Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself. In this book Pink summarizes the changing definition of employment and describes the economic and psychological forces that he argues have shifted the workplace in favor of the free agent. The original idea for this book came from a cover story Pink wrote in Fast Company about the growth of free agency.[3] The overwhelming response he received to this article inspired him to travel across America interviewing hundreds independent workers. Free Agent Nation is Pink's synthesis of these interviews with a review of literature on labor.

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  1. ^ "About Dan Pink". http://www.danpink.com/aboutdp.php. Retrieved 2007-10-31. 
  2. ^ Forbes: [1]
  3. ^ Fast Company: [2]
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