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Learning from creative disciplines for better outcomes in business and society
S. Kirsten Gay & Dirk Dobiey, others
Art of Management Conference – Copenhagen
August 28, 2014

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Artistic backgrounds and affinity promoted abilities:
•analyze flaws and recognize patterns in processes and structures more easily, while making improvement suggestions
•address problems with curiosity, empathy and bias towards reducing complexity
•create sustainable concepts by balancing various, sometimes conflicting demands
•develop, drive and market innovation
•better cope with change, ambiguity, uncertainty and even frustration
•collaborate more effectively with a wide range of individuals
Acceleration / Speed
(Technology) Change
Experience Economy
Global Markets
Complexity (Networks)
Ambiguity, Uncertainty
Pressure / Frustration
The beginning
Major Disruptions in Business:
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Art for Reputation, Branding & Marketing
Art in and outside of buildings, exhibitions, collections, sponsorship, product design, …
Artistic Education and Participation in Art activities
Art as a hobby or additional profession for many
Organized art forms in organizations (orchestra, theatre group)
Artistic Intervention Artists in residence Artists in organizations, either by performing their art work or by engaging in economic actions or business processes
Artistic Attitude and Actions
Mind Set, methods and best practices derived from art that are exploited for use in other disciplines.
Once established immune to economic crisis
Does not sacrifice the independence or integrity of art and artists (not product!)
Our focus:
Art/Business Touch Points
Exhibition Catalogue „Art and Economy“, Hamburg 2001
CD Cover SAP Big Band „No more Blues“, 2009
„Object with no name“ Wolfgang Karl May, Artist in residence at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, 2011
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*Chus Martínez in: "Unexpress the Expressible ", 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts No075, Hatje Cantz 2012, quoted from ID Factory
“Art is the future of knowledge”*
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•constantly learning from creative disciplines for better outcomes in business and society.
•create as we go
•Interviews and conversations with artists
•Secondary Research with high touch
Words we don’t use (much): creativity and innovation
Berlin: Immerfort zu werden und niemals zu sein* English Translation: Berlin: Always becoming, never being
Our Artistic Approach
*Scheffler, Karl: Berlin – ein Stadtschicksal [1910], Berlin 1989, p 219.

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CONSIDERATIONS 1/6
“Creativity is not a prisoner of Art”
Ursula Bertram

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CONSIDERATIONS 2/6
“Art is seen as a nice to have but it really is a need to have”
John Maeda
Photo: Huffington Post

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CONSIDERATIONS 3/6
Art is not for Everything
Photo: Ingrid Friedl Lufthansa

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CONSIDERATIONS 4/6 Art is reliable Vancouver Opera: Pirates of Penzance Vancouverscape

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CONSIDERATIONS 5/6
“I was bad in drawing. Really Bad.”
Aris Kalaizis
Interview with Age of Artists 2014

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CONSIDERATIONS 5/6
Aris Kalaizis
Reocurrence of a Farewell | Oil on canvas | 59x71 inch | 2010
kalaizis.com

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CONSIDERATIONS 6/6
Art is not a method, It is experience that needs to be made
“We admire El Greco, Velázquez or Rivera not because they had great ideas, but because they’ve made great, convincing pictures.”
Aris Kalaizis
Photo: Kalaizis Workplace in Leipzig

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To surpass limitations in order to create something new
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A general readiness to perceive, receive and to learn
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Personal belief that is articulated with integrity
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Initiative, determination, courage and persistence in pursuing what matters
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Appreciative of chaos and ambiguity, flexible towards change, robust through conflict and crisis
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Attitude in Action
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„The most important thing for me is the quality of priming the pump in the first stage, of accessing and ingesting as much information as possible.“ Maureen Drdak
“entrepreneurs and artist are growing from the same source. The source is called the meaning of life.” Miha Pogacnik
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„Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.“
“A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”
“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”
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“Artwork is really just 'sublimated problem-solving”
Eleanor Blair, Painter
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“I do not seek, I find”
Pablo Picasso
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Motivation: Why artists do what they do, why desire to change something. Empathy: A interest in the human condition. Faith: Spiritual belief that the work is influenced from outside one’s self. Evocation: Intentional movement of the audience to a specific emotional state.
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Major Influence: The Environment
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The purpose and value driven organization
Music is written on five lines:
Organization
Bottom Line an organization must at least be able to sustain itself and its people
Sustainability
an organization must attempt to secure for further generations, not destroy
Social responsibility
an organization must contribute to a healthy society - locally and globally
Experience
an organization needs to target a seamless experience for all stakeholders
Innovation
an organization needs to constantly innovate
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"I was 45 years old when I suddenly had a realization that the conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound...He depends on his power the ability to make other people powerful.“ Benjamin Zander Quote: Ted Talk Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music Picture Bostonglobe.com

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Leadership The Design Studio
Food, Sleep, Sex
Security
Friendship, Family
Respect, Achievement
Creativity
Basic Needs
Safety
Love & Belonging
Esteem
Self-Actualization
Transcendence
No Ego
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Our Model Revised
Curriculum
Approach
Framework
Suggestions
Next:
Manifesto that
Targets all layers

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Interview or be interviewed!
We want to talk to you!
Help with the Manifesto!
Writers, reviewers greeted warmly!
Follow us!
www.ageofartists.org
contact@ageofartists.org
Come play with us!
S. Kirsten Gay
kirstengay@yahoo.com
Dirk Dobiey
dobiey@basswasser.com
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Thank you Contributors S. Kirsten Gay Dirk Dobiéy Johann Sarmiento Vincent Matyi Thomas Koeplin Hendrik Achenbach
Thank you Conversation Partners
Artists
Thought Leaders