Whole Brain Thinking - Smarter Work

I am going through a whole lot of leadership training programs at my work at this time and I thought I should share some of the interesting thinking styles that are proven to make you smarter at work if applied.
Whole Brian Thinking is a balanced approach to developing Creativity and Innovation at work. The tool Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) developed by Hermann International 25 years ago has been  used by more than a million people worldwide.
What is whole brain thinking? 

Researchers have found that creativity requires whole brain thinking; right brain imagination and intuition, plus left brain login and planning. Businesses led by creative leaders have a higher success rate in innovation, employee growth and strategic execution. Whole brain thinking divides into four quadrants as shown in the picture.

• A quadrant style is logical, analytical and often bottom line focused. People whose dominant thinking preference is A quadrant never makes any decision without facts and reality checks. A quad style manager would strongly prefer his employee to be well versed with the facts and figures and use logic to make decisions.
• B quadrant style people are detailed, structured and procedural. They stick to time and budget and values following the plan with a well organized work style.
• C quadrant people considers people as most important asset. For them human values and feelings are paramount and always need to be considered before any decision is made. C style manager's door is always open and he prefers open style communication. 
• D quadrant style is intuitive, holistic, adventurous and risk taking. They do not accept status quo and always try new things and approaches. This style is visually oriented, preferring little structure, imagining possibilities in the future and avoiding short sightedness. 

How do you use the whole brain thinking model?

The tool creates a customized model for you based on 120 HBDI assessment questions. The model evaluates and describes your degree of thinking preferences in each of four quadrant as described in the model above. You will have a dominant thinking preference plus you may have less dominant preferences in all four quadrants. The idea is to teach you how to communicate with others who also think same as you and also with those who think different than you. Once you know your own thinking style then you can improve teamwork, leadership, customer relationship and interpersonal skills.

Those of you who know me, can you guess, what is my dominant quadrant of thinking preferences?

Have a relaxing Sunday afternoon !