In A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink discusses the rapidly changing world that we as people must adapt to in order to become successful, arguing that the left-brained structure of the world is becoming more obsolete and there is a increasing demand for right-brained professionals.

According to Pink, the focus of the world went from agriculture to mass production to information and now concept. Indeed the shift has changed from information and fact to application of these foundings. Information is easily accessible due to the technological boom that our civilization produced, and even though these previous demands are needed to make our civilization productive and functional, concept and imagination are necessary to make our world prosper.

We have the information to support our world, and we have the technology to gather new information, but, the key component that will have our society thrive is innovation.

I was reading these articles for Visual Seminar I that made some compelling arguments. Amit Gupta’s “Are Artists Entrepreneur?” defends artists as business minded people, due to their investing in their own talents and developing their networks in order to display their work effectively and properly. When concerning this issue, Tim Leberecht’s “What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Artists” strongly supports that artists and right-minded thinkers are the demand for the world’s prosperity. Entrepreneurs need to appeal to an audience, predict trends, have grit, and be holistic with are all qualities that a great artist has (Leberecht).