You've read about Jack Welch, Lou Gerstner and Steve Jobs - but what can you learn about business from van Gogh and Picasso?
The Fine Art of Success shows why you should look to pop-stars like Madonna or artists like Damian Hirst for guidance on innovation, competitive advantage, leadership, and a host of other business issues.
Managers, marketing professionals, and students will see how these creative artists can help their organizations. Chapters include Madonna - Strategy at the dance floor; Damian Hirst - The shark is dead/How to build yourself a new market; Beuys – Understanding creativity, is every manager an artist; Picasso – Art lessons for global managers; Koons – Made in Heaven produced on eart; and Paik – Global Groove, innovation through juxtaposition.
With controversial ideas, fascinating facts and memorable examples, The Fine Art of Success delivers business lessons that you'll be eager to apply.
Foreword (
Costas Markides).
Preface.
About the Authors.
1 Madonna
Strategy on the Dance Floor.
2 Titian
Master and Intruder: Historical Perspectives on Strategic Innovation in the Venetian Art Market of the 16th Century.
3 Hirst
The Shark is Dead – How to Build Yourself a New Market.
4 Beuys
Understanding Creativity – Is Every Manager an Artist?
5 Picasso, van Gogh & Gauguin
Art Lessons for Global Managers.
6 Koons
Made in Heaven, Produced on Earth: Creative Leadership – The Art of Projection.
7 Paik
Global Groove – Innovation l£g