Revenge of the Right Brainers
Daniel Pink & Darlyne Bailey
June 3
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Daniel Pink is a best-selling author and expert on innovation, competition, and the changing nature of work. His influential book, A Whole New Mind, charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and challenges the conventional wisdom that left-brain analytical abilities are more critical to success in today’s world. Named the Best Business Book of 2005, it was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 16 languages.
Pink’s first book, Free Agent Nation (2001), was a worldwide best -seller that identified emerging social trends transforming the business world.
A “free agent” himself, Pink’s last “real” job was in the White House, where he served as chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore from 1995-97 and as an aide to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. Pink received a J.D. from Yale Law School but has never practiced law.
Darlyne Bailey was named dean of the U of M’s new College of Education and Human Development in 2007. Also a full professor in social work and work and human resources, Dean Bailey is the first holder of the Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development.
Prior to joining the U of M faculty, she served as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the prestigious Teachers College at Columbia University from 2002-06, and dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University for eight years.
Dr. Bailey was the first African-American woman to serve as a dean at Case Western, at Teachers College, and now at the U of M. She earned an M.S. in psychiatric social work from Columbia and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Case Western. She is the author of numerous articles and books on human resource management and human service organizations.
