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Innovation and the arts : the value of humanities studies for business / edited by Piero Formica and John Edmondson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- We live in the Age of Knowledge but we are heading towards the Age of Imagination. However, our current education systems still divide arts and business, juxtaposing them as different worlds, apparently ignoring the essential truth that imagination is the springboard of innovation. For business to continue to evolve, the barriers to creativity and innovation must be lowered. In Innovation and the Arts: The Value of Humanities Studies for Business, editors Piero Formica and John Edmondson bring together a cast of expert contributors to explore how arts education can transform future business and social endeavours by developing empathy and enhancing skills frequently identified as lacking in graduates entering the workplace. Looking at arts and humanities across the broad spectrum of business and social innovation, and in the context of business education, examples of entrepreneurial and innovative developments, and the nature of the innovative mind, the contributors show how underdeveloped empathy and creativity constrain innovation. Art is disruptive, and innovation requires disruption to thrive. By dwelling on the need for the convergence of business, innovation and the arts, Innovation and the Arts highlights the inestimable value of lowering the psychological, organizational and institutional barriers that keep them apart. For educators and practitioners, this is an in-depth discussion designed to stimulate awareness of the issues facing business education.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Innovation and the Arts
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Introduction
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Business, Innovation and the Arts: The Golden Encounter
- Overview
- Borderless Arts: A Holistic View
- The New 'Steam' of the 21st Century
- Recombining Hand and Head
- Experimentalists and Conceptualists
- Upstream Innovations and Path Creators for the Golden Encounter
- Business: Hedgehog or Fox?
- Ideation Calls for Trans-managerialism
- Goodbye to the Managerial Company, Welcome to the Entrepreneurial Enterprise
- Entrepreneurial Enterprise and the School of Imagination
- Path Creators, Crossers of Conceptual Borders
- The Call for Innovation and the Freedom to Innovate
- 'Swift Manner of Speech' and 'Rigorous Reasoning'
- The Freedom to Innovate
- The Family of Innovators
- Homo oeconomicus, Homo innovatus and Homo romanticus
- Incrementalists and Visionaries: Stepping into Two Time Worlds
- The Possibilist
- A Unique Event Appearing on the Horizon
- The Time of the Possibilist
- The Space-Time of Innovation
- Three Great Protagonists of Revolutionary Change
- Hold Every Hour in Your Grasp
- How Long Does It Take to Innovate? The Uncertainty of Timing
- Racing and Running, Velocity and Speed
- The Tale of the Ugly Duckling Revisited
- Achilles and the Tortoise
- Business, Innovation and Art: Experimenting with the Liaison
- To Conclude: The Golden Encounter's Imprint of Happiness
- Chapter 2: The Golden Path Towards the Arts In/With Business
- Is it Genuine Gold?
- The Arts for Business
- The Arts with Business
- The Arts' Disruptive Business
- Picasso's Cheap Turpentine
- Chapter 3: Teaching Intangibles: Uncertainty and Imperfection and the Institutional Challenge of the Unmeasurable
- Uncertainty and Imperfection.
- Making Connections
- The Creative Power of Empathy
- Lessons from Artistic Creativity
- Against 'Impact': Embracing the Intangible
- Chapter 4: On Regarding the Value of Aesthetics for Entrepreneurship
- Slip Sliding Away: The Market Logic of Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- The Creation of a New Industrial Space for the Arts
- Injecting Entrepreneurial Value into the Arts
- Intelligent Entrepreneurial Approaches for Collaborative Enhancement
- The Artist as Entrepreneur
- The Arts and Their Inherent Entrepreneurial Value
- Bauhaus and Connected Innovation
- Anticipating Social and Open Innovation - The Beuys Legacy
- Cardboard Entrepreneurship and the Human Habitat
- Imagination and Entrepreneurship
- Incommensurable Value
- Value Pluralism: Economic, Social and Cultural Value Creation and Entrepreneurship
- Chapter 5: The True Value of 'Doing Well' Economically
- Introduction: The Rise and Fall of GDP as the Measure of 'Doing Well' Economically
- Overcoming Human Exceptionalism in the Humanities and Beyond
- Economic and Other Kinds of Value
- Goods in Economics and Beyond
- Widening Our Understanding of Resources
- Universal versus Species-specific Resources
- Competition for Resources
- Widening Our Understanding of Stakeholders
- Conclusions: The True Value of 'Doing Well' Economically
- Chapter 6: Beyond the 'Great Derangement': Will the Humanities Lead Ecological Transition?
- Chapter 7: Move Slow and Nurture Things: Wise Creativity and Human-Centred Values in a World that Idolizes Disruption
- Background and Context for Change
- A Framing for Creativity and Ethics in Business Education
- Wise and Humanizing Creativity
- Wise Creativity in Business Education: Implications and Approaches
- Real-world Ethics Training in Business.
- Connections to the Liberal Arts Curriculum in Business
- Opportunities for Arts-based Learning in Business
- Infusing Mindfulness Training into Business
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: How Businesses Can Benefit from Collaborating with the Arts
- The Literature
- ABIs in Practice: Some Irish Examples
- When the Rubber Hits the Road
- Organizational Creativity
- Theatrical Improvisation
- Slow Looking
- Marketing and Advertising
- Initiatives to Bring Artists into Business to Stimulate Creativity
- Technology and the Visual Arts
- Arts Residencies
- Conclusions
- Chapter 9: The Arts as an Economic Driver in an Era of Exponential Technologies: A Silicon Valley Entrepreneur's Perspective
- Seeking Inspiration and Commerce Through the Arts
- The Value of the Arts for Business Growth
- Talent Recruiting
- Inspiration for Designers
- New Idea Generation
- New Methods and Tools
- Product Design for an Experience Economy
- Enhanced Customer Service
- Personal Self-esteem
- Diversity Management
- Global Marketing and Customer Service
- New Business Models
- The Value of the Arts for the Local Economy
- Lessons from the Creative Industries
- How Can the ROI of Art Investing be Measured?
- ROI Metrics and KPIs
- Leveraging Exponential Technologies for New Business Models
- Steam for the AI Era
- Chapter 10: Leadership in Business, Innovation and Art: Lessons Learnt from an Orchestra Conductor
- Innovation and Complexity Theory
- The Conductor as Leader of a Virtuoso Team
- Case Study by Maestro Roni Porat
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781789738858
- 1789738857
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