How Our Mind Works

Thinking

Genius

 

Right and Left Brain Functions

How to get the most of them

Vadim Kotelnikov

Vadim Kotelnikov, founder of 1000ventures - personal logo Vadim Kotelnikov

I-Creator

   

 

Left Brain is responsible for:

Right Brain is responsible for:

Logic

Emotions, creativity, imagination

Words

Pictures, color

Numbers

Dimension

Lists

Daydreaming

Linearity

Spatial awareness

Sequence

Rhythm

Parts and specifics

The big picture: wholes and relationships among the parts

Analysis (breaking apart)

Synthesis (putting together)

Sequential thinking

Simultaneous and holistic thinking

Is time-bound, has a sense of time and goals and your position in relation to those goals

Is time free, might lose a sense of time altogether

Governs the right side of your body

Governs the left side of your body

 

 

 

 

Research on brain theory helps you understand why some people are excellent inventors but poor producers or good managers but weak leaders.

Research indicates that the brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left and the right, and that each hemisphere specializes in different functions, processes different kinds of information, and deals with different kinds of problems. The left brain works more with logic and analysis, the right works more with emotions and imagination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"As we apply brain dominance theory to the three essential roles of organizations, we see that the manager's role primarily would be left brain and the leader's role right brain. The producer's role would depend upon the nature of the work. If it's verbal, logical, analytical work, that would be essentially left brain; if it's more intuitive, emotional, or creative work, it would be right brain. People who are excellent managers but poor leaders may be extremely well organized and run a tight ship with superior systems and procedures and detailed job descriptions. But unless they are internally motivated, little gets done because there is no feeling, no heart; everything is too mechanical, too formal, too tight, too protective. A looser organization may work much better even though it may appear to an outsider observer to be disorganized and confused. Truly significant accomplishments may result simply because people share a common vision, purpose, or sense of mission,"  ~ Stephen Covey.

 

Thinking

Systems

Systemic

Systematic

Paradigms

Lateral

Outside the Box

Inventive

Positive

Extraordinary

Milestone-based

 

 

 

 

Divide Your Time
Between the Left-Brain and Right-Brain Activity

If you keep bouncing back and forth between creative and analytical activities, you'll get a headache and won't produce your best results. Analysis, evaluation and judgment get in the way of creativity. That's why in brainstorming sessions we suspend judgment while we generate ideas. Similarly, radical innovation project managers apply the loose-tight leadership technique to divide time between divergent and convergent thinking by their team members at different project stages. 

 

Two Creativity Catalysis

Mental Maps

Perceptions

Intuition

Subconscious Mind

Conscious vs. Subconscious Mind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Mediation

Meditation is a powerful mind tool improves creativity, intelligence, memory, and alertness.  In addition, meditation integrates left and right brain functioning and improves physical, mental, and emotional health... More


Ancient Taoist Meditation

 

Quick Meditation

1-minute Meditation

Wise Listening

Listen to the Universe