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Learning from creative disciplines for better outcomes in business and society

Dirk Dobiéy

TC World Conference, Stuttgart November 13, 2014

Henryk Szeryng 22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988, Violinist Miha Pogacnik Violinist and Visionary

Business & Economy Social Sciences Philosophy Art & Design Engineering & Technology USA Germany France Self-employed Small organization Large Organization

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Dirk Dobiéy

Manager Furniture Designer Student Visiting Lecturer Strategy Consultant Garden Designer Photographer Painter IT Program Manager Winemaker Author Husband and Father Business & Economy Social Sciences Philosophy Art & Design Engineering & Technology USA Germany France Self-employed Small organization Large Organization

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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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*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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• 1. Art for Reputation,

Branding & Marketing Art in and outside of buildings, exhibitions, collections, sponsorship, product design, …

• 2. Artistic Education and

Participation in Art activities Art as a hobby or additional profession for many Organized art forms in

• rganizations (orchestra,

theatre group)

• 3. Artistic Intervention

Artists in residence Artists in organizations, either by performing their art work or by engaging in economic actions or business processes

• 4. 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

• f 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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• 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

Perpetual Beta like 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.

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

Ursula Bertram

CONSIDERATIONS 2/6 “Art is seen as a nice to have but it really is a need to have”

John Maeda Photo: Huffington Post

CONSIDERATIONS 3/6 Art is not for Everything

Photo: Ingrid Friedl Lufthansa

CONSIDERATIONS 4/6 Art is reliable

Vancouver Opera: Pirates of Penzance Vancouverscape

CONSIDERATIONS 5/6 “I was bad in drawing. Really Bad.”

Aris Kalaizis Interview with Age of Artists 2014

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

CONSIDERATIONS 5/6 “I had a ‘d’ in drawing”

Anthony Lowe Interview with age of artists 2014

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, Painter

“entrepreneurs and artist are growing from the same source. The source is called the meaning of life.”

Miha Pogacnik, Musician

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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 and their desire to change something. Empathy: An 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 and delightful 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

• f an orchestra

doesn't make a sound...He depends

• n his power the

ability to make

• ther people

powerful.“

Benjamin Zander Quote: Ted Talk Benjamin Zander: The transformative power

• f classical music

Picture Bostonglobe.com

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

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Dirk Dobiéy

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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