In Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner ventures further than just studies how the mind develops, how it is organized, what it?? like in its fullest expanse; or studies how people learn, how they create, how they lead, how they change the minds of other persons or their own minds. In this book, he concerns himself with the kinds of minds that people will need if they are to thrive in the world during the eras to come. It is about the minds that we should develop in the future.rnrnWith these minds, a person will be well equipped to deal with what is expected, as well as what cannot be anticipated; without these minds, a person will be at the mercy of forces that he or she can?? understand, let alone control.rnrn The disciplined mind has mastered at least one way of thinking, a distinctive mode of cognition that characterizes a specific scholarly discipline, craft, or profession. The disciplined mind also knows how to work steadily over time to improve skill and understanding. Without at least one discipline under his belt, the individual is destined to march to someone else?? tune. Someone who is ultimately able to wed the two meaningd of discipline will have these both criteria: mastery of a skill (or knowledge) and the capacity to renew it through regular application over the years. Alas, a disciplined mind alone no longer suffices since more knowledge now lies in the spaces between or the connections across the several disciplines. In the future, individuals must learn how to synthesize knowledge and how to extend it in new and unfamiliar ways.rn The synthesizing mind takes information from disparate sources, understands and evaluates that information objectively, and puts it together in ways that make sense to the synthesizer and also to other persons. The capacity to synthesize becomes ever more crucial as information continues to mount at dizzting rates. When persons have had some experience in synthesizing, they should be able to step back and identify the major components: a specific goal or mission; the stance that the synthesizer is going to assume; the set of tools available for synthesizing; the ways in which to produce and get feedback on interim drafts; and the particular criteria on which success is likely to be judged.rn Building on discipline and synthesis, the creating mind breaks new ground. It puts forth new ideas, poses unfamiliar questions, conjures up fresh ways of thinking, arrives at unexpected answers. Ultimately, these creations must find acceptance among knowledgeable consumers.rn rn The first three kinds of minds deal primarily with cognitive forms, while the last two deal with our relations to other human beings. Find out those last two concepts of mind and more explanation of other minds in this book and you will see how they play out in your careers, notably in bussiness and in the professions.rn(Reviewer : Fenny ??Clinical Research Management.)