What is whole brain thinking?

Whole Brain Thinking is a concept grounded in a scientific understanding of how the brain functions. It is an exciting and practical concept that offers huge potential. It offers insightful solutions to better relationships, better teamwork, more creativity, better decisions and much, much more! The best way to boost your creativity is to boost the communication flow between your two brain hemispheres: your left and right brains. During the creative process, our left and right brains are focused on the problem, exchanging information to and fro in a form of a "partnership." Most of what we know about the brain has been discovered in the last 20 years. Science has a way of breaking things into parts (reductionism) and this complex organ is differentiated into many different and powerful parts. At times we can get lost in the parts. Whole Brain Thinking brings all the parts together showing us the power of using the whole brain. Highly successful and creative people are known to have an easy and unobstructed flow of information between their left and right brains. They know how to increase the stimulation to their brain and expose it to lots of experiential stimulation. Who are some of history's great whole brain thinkers?		Doing the whole brain communication walk around
Picasso Whilst he was an artist, an activity primarily associated with the right brain, Picasso made many margin notes about the specific compilation of colours - showing left brain thinker too. What's more, his Cubist paintings introduced a mathematical concept to his work (left brain)		Whole Brain Intruments: NBI Eating Habits NBI Creativity Style NBI Cricket NBI General Adult NBI General Adult A NBI Golf Skills NBI Job NBI Leadership Style NBI Learning Style NBI Netball NBI Parenting Style NBI Personal Negativity NBI Relationship Style NBI Rugby NBI Rugby Referee NBI Skills NBI Snr Student NBI Soccer NBI Student NBI Teacher NBI Tennis Skills NBI Young Child Indicator
Einstein A scientist. Usually associated with the left brain. Einstein was nearly thrown out of school for daydreaming. His theory of relativity was born out of daydreaming about riding sunbeams through space.
Lewis Carol As well as writing Alice in Wonderland and nonsense poems such as The Jabberwocky, Lewis Carol was an expert Mathematician as well as being a deacon in holy orders and a university lecturer.
Leonardo da Vinci Possibly the greatest example of a Whole Brain Thinker. He was an artist, both painter and sculptor. He was a scientist, inventor, architect and mechanic. He designed a flying machine that resembled the modern helicopter more than four hundred years before it became a reality.
To be truly creative, we need to use our whole brain. What prevents us from being whole brain thinkers? Kobus Neethling has been involved for many years in the identification and development of creative thinking. According to Dr Neethling, the following factors prevent us from becoming whole brain thinkers: Historical & cultural factors shape the norms and patterns - reinvestigate these Ignorance and half truth - children under age of 7 should be aware of whole brain thinking Fear - afraid of what you may discover Laziness Disbelief of your capabilities Here are some interesting articles: What "Whole Brain" Means: Why Wholeness Matters by Geoffrey Caine and Renate Nummela Caine http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/caine_whole.htm#author Whole brain thinking - why bother? By John Adams http://www.nzpf.ac.nz/resources/magazine/2003/aug/Whole_Brain_Thinking_Article.htm Dr Kobus Neethling: Discovering Your Whole Brain - PDF document. Will need Acrobat Reader to view