Comments on: Review: A Whole New Mind http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/ Thinking beyond productivity Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: scott http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-2385 scott Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:46:50 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-2385 would be in seeing your point-by-point objections to Pink’s theses. would be in seeing your point-by-point objections to Pink’s theses.

]]> By: Andre http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-776 Andre Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:17:43 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-776 Pink did make a specific reference to in-person service when it came to nursing in the chapter on empathy. As for other products and service, labor costs have always been the driver for offshoring, not a concern for cultural nuance. Right now, the only industrial sectors that are being repatriated are in manufacturing, where shipping costs are skyrocketing due to oil prices. Personally, I think design is the one area where other countries have an advantage over the US, precisely because of our cultural hegemony. The rest of the world is familiar with American culture from television and exports, but the reverse is rarely the case. Sony and Mitsubishi make minor modifications to their product lines to sell to the US market, but that can have as much to do with exploiting our looser regulations as any cultural differences. Pink did make a specific reference to in-person service when it came to nursing in the chapter on empathy. As for other products and service, labor costs have always been the driver for offshoring, not a concern for cultural nuance. Right now, the only industrial sectors that are being repatriated are in manufacturing, where shipping costs are skyrocketing due to oil prices.

Personally, I think design is the one area where other countries have an advantage over the US, precisely because of our cultural hegemony. The rest of the world is familiar with American culture from television and exports, but the reverse is rarely the case. Sony and Mitsubishi make minor modifications to their product lines to sell to the US market, but that can have as much to do with exploiting our looser regulations as any cultural differences.

]]> By: Karl Boggs http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-769 Karl Boggs Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:43:31 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-769 It has been about a year since I read the book. I didn't think he was trying to say that only certain regions are good at the R-side talents. It is that those talents support products and services that work better locally. Certain services require being in person. And even though design could be done anywhere on the planet it is often aided by considerations of local culture and environment. Mistakes in appreciating the cultural differences often prevent entrance to a foreign market. At least I thought he made a point along those lines. It has been about a year since I read the book. I didn’t think he was trying to say that only certain regions are good at the R-side talents. It is that those talents support products and services that work better locally. Certain services require being in person. And even though design could be done anywhere on the planet it is often aided by considerations of local culture and environment. Mistakes in appreciating the cultural differences often prevent entrance to a foreign market.

At least I thought he made a point along those lines.

]]> By: Jay http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-755 Jay Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:21:28 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/07/14/review-a-whole-new-mind/#comment-755 I'm definitely putting this book in my Amazon's Wishlist. I’m definitely putting this book in my Amazon’s Wishlist.

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