“Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the longer neural pathways have been running one way the harder it is to rewire them.” PeopleWayMindHas BeensRunningAdultsHarderOne WayPathwaysCan't Change Author:Howard Gardner
“Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously.” PeopleFirstsMayMeanIdeasHandsCreativeReasonableUnusualBe Creative Author:Howard Gardner
“Our way of managing and leading, rewarding and judging people is totally out of tune with the fact that we are all individuals.” PeopleWayFactsIndividualJudgingTunesJudging People Author:Howard Gardner
“In every part of the world with which I am familiar, young people are completely immersed in the digital world - so much so, that it is inconceivable to them that they can, for long, be separated from their devices. Indeed, many of us who are not young, who are 'digital immigrants' rather than 'digital natives,' are also wedded to, if not dependent on, our digital devices.” PeopleIfsWorldLongYoungFamiliarDependentDigitalImmigrantsDevicesDigital World Author:Howard Gardner
“Distinguish between the work and the job title. When I was leaving school in the early 1970s, many people wanted to be journalists, carrying out investigative reporting for print newspapers. Print newspapers may not exist in twenty years. But good thinking and good writing about issues that need to be reported and investigated will always be needed; but where this happens, what it is called, and who pays for it may be quite different than could have been envisioned by the great journalists of the past.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWritingYearsMayHas BeensDifferentHappensWantedSchoolJobsPastPayIssuesNeededTwentiesLeavingNewspapersJournalistTitlesPrintCould Have BeenGood WritingGood ThinkingJob TitlesLeaving School Author:Howard Gardner
“But once we realize that people have very different kinds of minds, different kinds of strengths -- some people are good in thinking spatially, some in thinking language, others are very logical, other people need to be hands on and explore actively and try things out -- then education, which treats everybody the same way, is actually the most unfair education.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsTryingMindKindDifferentHandsLanguageRealizingTreatsLogicalDifferent KindsUnfair Author:Howard Gardner
“No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.” PeopleInspirationalWritingThreeTakenFieldsAcademic Author:Howard Gardner
“The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better” PeopleMindHelpingUseGoal Author:Howard Gardner
“A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.” PeopleKnowsKindMayLongHas BeensImportantCultureKnow HowLong TimeTasksOrganization Author:Howard Gardner
“The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities.” PeopleYoungCommunityOnline Author:Howard Gardner
