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TEST Five Minds For The Future
This short quiz will help you assess your strengths and weaknesses in five mindsets (thinking styles) for the future - based on Howard Gardner's work "Five Minds For The Future".
It will take less than 5 minutes to complete, and when it's complete you'll see a score out of 10 in each of the five mindsets.
This is completely anonymous, but if you give us your name and email address at the end, we'll send you a more detailed report.
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I have deep knowledge in my discipline or area of expertise
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I look for practical ways to put new ideas into practice
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I am dissatisfied with the way things are, and look for better ways of doing things
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I try to understand the motivation behind other people’s words and actions, even if I don’t agree with them
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I have strong principles and values that drive my behaviour at work
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I have opportunities to practise my discipline in my regular work
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I organise complex material so it makes sense to me and others
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I seek opportunities to amplify the unique strengths and talents of others
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I will only work in an organisation whose purpose aligns with mine
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The total score is out of 50, but that's less important than each of the individual scores.
You will see a score out of 10 for each of the five minds.
If you score 8 or more, that indicates this is one of your strengths, so find more opportunities to use that strength.
If you score less than 8 in any area, surround yourself with others who have strengths in that area. In a highly-connected, collaborative world, it makes sense to build teams with strengths in different areas.
The Five Minds
Disciplined Mind
Expertise is important, and people with this mindset recognise the importance of having deep expertise in a specific discipline related to their work. They apply their skills in that discipline, are always looking to stay up-to-date in it, and challenge and question themselves to be sure they remain sharp and current in it.
Connector Mind
Gardner calls this the “Synthesizing mind”, but “Connector mind” describes it better. People with this mindset excel at connecting things in practical, meaningful, and interesting ways. They express complex ideas in elegant ways, identify creative ways to apply tools and techniques in different ways, and see how innovations in one field could apply to other fields (especially their own).
Creative Mind
The Connector mindset is one aspect of creativity, and the Creative mind is another. People with this mindset generate new ideas seemingly out of nowhere. They are often unhappy with the status quo and are constantly looking for ways to change it. Their ideas aren’t always practical or useful, but when they are, they will fight passionately for them.
Respectful Mind
In a nutshell, these are the “people people” - that is, the people who always put people first and always consider the human impact of their work. They value inclusion and diversity, see difference as a strength, and look for ways to leverage the unique skills, talents, and lived experiences of other people.
Ethical Mind
People with an Ethical mindset always consider the “big picture”. They have a clear passion, personal values, and principles; support (and work for) organisations with a clear mission and purpose to change the world; and often champion global, long-term ideas like equality, human rights, and sustainability.
Video Tutorial
Watch this short segment about the Five Minds For The Future from Gihan's online presentation "Future Mind":
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