In praise of friction

Or on pearls, bows, strings, and the beginnings of good ideas

Jun 16 • Art in a Place of Work

Beyond the stable company

Donald Schön and the need to learn while doing

Jun 8 • Art in a Place of Work

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May 2026

The serious opportunity hiding in medium-sized cities

Why artists belong in economic development, not at the edge of civic life

May 28 • Art in a Place of Work

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Building up a head of STEAM

Every few years, someone discovers that the arts might have something to do with the economy.

May 25 • Art in a Place of Work

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March 2026

Supercomplexity

Why artists matter when certainty disappears, and business needs new ways of seeing, not just solving

Mar 19 • Art in a Place of Work

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February 2026

Art in a Place of Work and "smart power"

An Italian perspective

Feb 25 • Art in a Place of Work

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January 2026

What kills creativity?

A neuroscience perspective on keeping the spark alive when times are tough

Jan 21 • Art in a Place of Work

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December 2025

From Soft Power to Smart Power:

The strategic value of art and artists to an entire continent

Dec 2, 2025 • Art in a Place of Work

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October 2025

There’s a box, and you’re in it.

Why - and how - art thinking can help broaden horizons

Oct 29, 2025 • Ralph Talmont

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Keeping the studio lights on:

Seeing long-term artist engagement in companies as civilisational work

Oct 4, 2025 • Ralph Talmont

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September 2025

Art thinking, AI augmentation, and wading into the river of transformation

Few technologies have ever swept through the world's boardrooms with as much breathless urgency as generative AI.

Sep 23, 2025 • Art in a Place of Work

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How artists bring strategic value to business:

Crossing the innovation ravine

Sep 17, 2025 • Art in a Place of Work

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