Jane Frankel’s new book is The Intentional Mindset. As the title would suggest, the book is something of mind over matter. In many ways, what Frankel advocates for feels like the thinking person’s version of the Law of Attraction. How to essentially condition one’s self into a mindset ensuring methodologies adherent to success percentile principles.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-frankel-5967027
Frankel terms each step of this process with different categorical monikers, including ‘Knowledge Maker’, and from this she advocates one can essentially write the plan for their titular acquired ‘Data’, ‘Decisions’, and ultimately – demonstrably so – ‘Destiny.’ “The information age of late, providing volumes of data and information, has evolved into the knowledge economy of the 21st century. The evolution happens when data and information are converted to the knowledge that guides all of your work. Knowledge workers, those who make this conversion, are continuous decision makers. Your mindset provides the frame for making those decisions, as it determines what data and information you consider when building knowledge.”
In less competent hands, Frankel’s book could come across as something that is more talk, than a statistically-backed action manual. However, she manages to marry multiple threads into one – resulting in something that is packed to the brim with appropriately left-brain semantics, but an overriding house style complimentary for a wide audience.
There’s never the sense Frankel is unsure of the material in terms of bandwidth related to presentational milieu. Nor is she hesitant regarding how to provide ideological shorthands to uninitiated reading bases. She extends numerous examples and featured analogies to bolster each of the arguments, in the process confirming her expertise and making the reader continually swayed in the direction of her professional opinions. Even in other, experienced hands, this can be a trait falling short in the business and leadership advice nonfiction subgenres. But Frankel makes it work from cover to cover, proving to be a welcoming elixir to such flaws.
“If you value money and your goal is to be a millionaire before age 25, you may not be interested in data about the value of building a strong community or aligning to stakeholders and their needs. You instead would be researching financial models that double and triple investment in a short period of time. You would miss out on considering data regarding community programs to enhance the quality of life for its members, which, in turn, could create a market of another type to generate revenue,” Frankel states. “…Decision makers must work autonomously as they consider data and information to create knowledge, which allows solid decisions. This autonomy includes both independent and dependent work.
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Mindset-Data-Decisions-Destiny/dp/1637424892
The independence of autonomy gives you control of your work and the dependence seeks other’s expertise to complement your own expertise. Knowledge workers make decisions but only after inquiry and learning have brought insight to the decision. Building autonomous mindsets that enable inquiry and learning for decision making, for yourself and with your stakeholders, is essential in the knowledge economy. It is essential that knowledge workers have mindsets that value inquiry and learning, allowing them to continuously evaluate their own thinking and that of their stakeholders to ensure clarity and overarching alignment for successful decisions.”
Garth Thomas