About
About Minds Aloft
Minds Aloft helps people strengthen big-picture thinking, perspective, and judgment in a world of too much information. Its books, guides, and learning resources are designed to help readers step back, see what matters, and make better sense of complexity in the AI era.
Survive Information Overload
Survive Information Overload is the book that launched this work. The original edition earned national recognition, including Library Journal Best Information Management Book and Soundview Top 30 Business Book. A new Minds Aloft edition brings its big-picture approach into the AI era.
Why Leonardo?
Minds Aloft also draws inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci, whose habits of mind helped him notice patterns, connect ideas, and move between detail and the larger whole. His example helps guide a science-based approach to learning, creativity, and better thinking.
From Research to Practice
Learn by Playing in MindGym
Learn by Playing in MindGym
Minds Aloft is grounded in research on how people think, learn, and build understanding.
The goal is practical: turn what we know about thinking and learning into strategies people can use in everyday work and life. The emphasis is on practical tools that can be put to use right away.
Learn by Playing in MindGym
Learn by Playing in MindGym
Learn by Playing in MindGym
MindGym turns the science of thinking and learning into short, engaging ways to exercise the mind. Visual challenges stretch the mind to look at something from different angles. Each activity is designed to be useful and just playful enough to make better thinking feel less like work.
Meet the Founder
Learn by Playing in MindGym
Meet the Founder
Kathryn Alesandrini, Ph.D.
Kathryn, or 'Dr. A.' as her students call her, is an author, researcher, and former university professor whose work has focused on how people think, learn, and understand.
Through Minds Aloft, she brings that background to the challenges of information overload and AI.