Many folks are hired for strong skills in one intelligence. For instance, some folks daily demonstrate amazing technological skills, a logical-mathematical intelligence. Have you ever considered that developing other intelligences such as the arts or writing could give you an edge in technological work? --an edge that others recognize beyond your workplace?
Erikso has a fun blog to visit. He’s a technological genius, but I also love the artistic flair he often brings to his work. What fun to explore his latest posts! Today as I ventured over, I found an amazing video demonstrating, “hands as cymbals,” a great mix of arts and technology! Human Drums is a project by Mr. Tetsuaki Baba.
Erikso explains this arts/technology phenomenon, “I am of the opinion that the way we separate art from technology today is bad for creativity. And bad for engineering. And bad for problem solving. Here at Siggraph one of the great attractions each year is the art exhibition. Where art meets technology. Just like back in the good old days of guys like Leonardo da Vinci.”
Of the many pieces Erikso created, he says that "My own best attempt to combine technology and something that quite a lot of people interpreted as art has to be The Video of the Seasons in Norway."
A second blogger I stop by to learn from is Marshall Sponder, who frequently approaches technology as an artist. His webmetricsguru blog sometimes steps you through cave art, a walk through a museum and sometimes his own paintings. I enjoy nipping by Marshall’s site now and then to see what’s up with both art and technology. He recently began a blog, focusing on arts in New York City which is even more intriguing. You would enjoy his recent posts on technology to shape photography into new art forms.
A third blogger, Dr. Ellen Weber, has strong verbal-linguistic skills and she decided to develop technological skills to enable her to be a proficient blogger. Though this was challenging, she sees daily progress. Now she uses technological skills added to her strong creative writing abilities to attract more readers to her blog. In fact she has been recognized at Business Pundit, BlogBurst, QN QnA, I Can’t Say That!, ConverStations, Manage to Change, Brain Injury News and Information Blog, Leading Questions, Keeping Your Brain Healthy: Brain/FX, What Would Dad Say, SpotBack science section, Invention Marketing and Del.icio.us amongst others.
When you use more than one intelligence related to your work, you can achieve higher results, recognized by leaders, than when you rely on just your strongest. Perhaps you are strong in technology, but you have not developed yourself as a writer or you have not dipped into the arts. Have you ever considered that developing more of your intelligences gives you an edge at your current work or prepares you for that “dream job” you’d really like to have?How about setting up an action plan to develop skills in another intelligence in ways that could benefit you?
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