Please welcome my uber talented and super patient business coach Ormand Rankin. As he explains the importance of using your WHOLE brain.
Use Your
Brain
In many of
my workshops I talk about our brains how we as humans may not be using them to
the full potential.
Here is a
little bit about how our brain and how learning works.
The “left
brain” organizes what already exists and thinks linearly. There is a
sequential, analytical process toward a specific outcome.
The “right
brain” imagines what can be and thinks in nonlinear interconnections. It has
immediate access to insights and novel connections.
Cultivating
the use of both sides leads to breakthroughs and the ability to think on your
feet under pressure.
In today’s
rapidly changing business environment, we are required to be innovative to stay
on top. Generating new ideas, visions or solutions is nearly impossible to do
if we continue to use our habitual way of thinking. Our thought patterns will
travel down the same neural pathways in your our brain the way they always do
and come up with the same ideas you typically have. To think in an
innovative way requires new connections with the brain, breaking patters.
Research shows that by activity engaging the brain’s capacity from both
hemispheres, you have a larger “playing field” from which to create – there is more
cross-fertilization between neural synapses which leads to original ideas and
those “A-Ha” moments.
Here is a look at a whole brain
dimensions chart
After
looking through the dimensions chart, decide what side of the brain you work
with most. What are your dominant thinking patterns? Where is there room for
skill development for more whole brain thinking?
In meetings
or brainstorming sessions, do not be afraid to get out blocks, LEGO’s and
Crayons to tap into your creative side.
Also, throw out the lined paper. Lines have a subconscious effect on us
which keep the brain locked in its habitual thought patterns. When you remove
the lines, the brain is free to think visually instead of just in words and the
Crayons will have a stimulating effect on the brain, because the right brain
thinks in color.
Have fun
with your new innovative way of thinking!
Ormond
Rankin
