We live in a time of vast changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology, and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of learning and thinking in school, business and the professions. In Five Minds for the Future, noted psychologist Howard Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the years ahead:

• the disciplinary mind-mastery of major schools of thought (including science, mathematics, and history)and of at least one professional craft
  
• the synthesizing mind-ability to integrate ideas from different disciplines or spheres into a coherent whole and to communicate that integration to others
  
• the creating mind-capacity to uncover and clarify new problems, questions, and phenomena
  
• the respectful mind-awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings
  
• the ethical mind-fulfillment of one''s responsibilities as a worker and a citizen

Armed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future-as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these "minds", individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can''t understand-overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional manners.

Renowned worldwide for his theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner takes that thinking to the next level in this book. Concise and engaging, Five Minds for the Futurewill inspire lifelong learning in any reader and provide valuable insights for those charged with training and developing organizational leaders-today andtomorrow.