Our way of managing and leading, rewarding and judging people is totally out of tune with the fact that we are all individuals.

What is usually called 'intelligence' refers to the linguistic and logical capacities that are valued in certain kinds of school and for certain school-like tasks. It leaves little if any room for spatial intelligence, personal intelligences, musical intelligence, etc.

While I’ve worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.

An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a new situation.

We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to change our minds

In the United States these days, 'diversity' is a big word and a buzzword.

No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But by seizing the opportunity to leverage and frame these experiences, we gain agency over them. And this heightened agency, in turn, places us in a stronger position to deal with future experiences, even as it may alter our own sense of strengths and possibilities.