Innovating Through Artistry
How can we improve the chances that productivity will flow from our imagination or our creativity? For starters we need to think of imagination and creativity as distinctively different. These two words should not be used interchangeably. Think of it like this. If you can visualize something in your mind- the famous person you hope … [Read more...]
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We have lost our imagination. That's what's wrong with America. The leaders (or want to be's) of our great country have no vision or language to help us reimagine our world. Our founding fathers envisioned what America could be and devised a language- our constitution- for it. It was a brave imaginative act. It was through new shared … [Read more...]
Appeared in Forbes, Written by Dan Schawbel, contributor I recently caught up with Ryan Blair, who is a serial entrepreneur and author of the new book "Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain." Ryan established his first company, 24-7 Tech when he was only twenty-one years old. Since then, he has created and actively invested in multiple … [Read more...]
What kinds of new jobs in the arts can we create? What combination of skills do we need to unlock new economic opportunities for us and to change society's perceptions of what value the arts deliver? How can we add more to GDP by building hybrid careers that transmit and translate all of our skills across all sectors and … [Read more...]
Long ago, so it seems, I met Barry Moltz for lunch at Wishbone in Chicago. I was on my own hunt and seek mission to figure out who I wanted to be when I grew up. Having sold my businesses and trying to figure out which dragon I wanted to slay next, I asked to buy serial entrepreneur Barry Moltz lunch and found a new hero. Barry is an … [Read more...]
There is an unspoken social contract the world has made with artists. It goes something like this: "We love what you do, you inspire us. But you don't live in the "real" world so you couldn't possibly economically revive us." If your an artist reading this post, and you truly wish to enter into other sectors of society in meaningful ways … [Read more...]
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