According to Sperry, each brain hemisphere is a "conscious system in its own right, perceiving, thinking, remembering, reasoning, willing, and emoting, all at a characteristically human level, and ... both the left and the right hemisphere may be conscious simultaneously in different, even in mutually conflicting, mental experiences that run along in parallel."
A general perception of the brain is that the thinking process can be lateralized into right-brain and left-brain processes ...
LEFT BRAIN characteristics ...
ANALYTICAL
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Objective
Looks at parts
Conventional
FOLLOWS THE RULES ...
RIGHT BRAIN characteristics ...
CREATIVE
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes
Transformational
BREAKS THE RULES ...
Jim's tip: when you're having a meeting, decide in advance whether the meeting is a right-brain meeting (brainstorming for ideas), a left-brain meeting (we need to make a decision), or a neutral meeting (information) ... make sure all the meeting participants understand what type of meeting it is, and be careful not to mix the types or the meeting will quickly degrade!
CREATIVE
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes
Transformational
BREAKS THE RULES ...
Jim's tip: when you're having a meeting, decide in advance whether the meeting is a right-brain meeting (brainstorming for ideas), a left-brain meeting (we need to make a decision), or a neutral meeting (information) ... make sure all the meeting participants understand what type of meeting it is, and be careful not to mix the types or the meeting will quickly degrade!