“I wanted to start a network that showed the world, but especially corporate America, the value of studying the arts and the power of having an arts background.”
Making use of diversity within a team to generate new ideas and solve problems is called creative friction. Two companies in very different industries are turning that to their advantage.
Co-working has transformed the landscape of work. Will it do the same for art? A new model where artists exhibit and sell at co-working spaces is challenging the primacy of galleries in reaching art-lovers and buyers.
In an age of digital media saturation, make a statement and change someone's life with a gift they can hold in their hands and treasure for years to come.
Looking up and observing the world is a habit that the most successful innovators take very seriously. It should be at the top of our New Year's resolution lists.