{"product_id":"art-thinking-how-to-carve-out-creative-space-in-a-world-of-schedules-budgets-and-bosses-isbn-9780062358271","title":"Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow up, while under pressure to get things done. \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e offers practical principles, inspiration, and a healthy dose of pragmatism to help you navigate the difficulties of balancing creative thinking with driving toward results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an MBA and an MFA, Amy Whitaker, an entrepreneur-in-residence at the New Museum Incubator, draws on stories of athletes, managers, writers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and even artists to engage you in the process of “art thinking.” If you are making a work of art in any field, you aren’t going from point A to point B. You are inventing point B.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e combines the mind-sets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and manage risks on your way to success. \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e takes you from “Wouldn’t it be cool if . . . ?” to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. Warm, honest, and unexpected, \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e will help you reimagine your work and life—and even change the world—while enjoying the journey from point A.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e features 60 line drawings throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation and a manual, a manifesto and a love story, for how art—creativity writ large—and business go together. It is about how to construct a life of originality and meaning within the real constraints of the market economy.”—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you’re a CEO or a freelancer, you know how hard it is to think big, let alone follow up on big ideas, while under pressure to get things done. \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e offers practical principles to acquire skills, inspiration to rethink what’s possible, and a healthy dose of pragmatism to help you navigate the difficulties of balancing creative thinking with driving toward results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Whitaker, an entrepreneur-in-residence at the New Museum Incubator with an MBA and an MFA, draws on stories of athletes, managers, writers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and other artists to engage you in the process of “art thinking.” If you are making a work of art in any field, you aren’t going from point A to point B. You are inventing point B. \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e combines the mindsets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and to manage risk on your way to success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e takes you from the earliest inkling of an idea to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. It is about how to make space for vulnerability and the possibility of failure within the world of work, with its very real and structural pressures to get things done, and about how to successfully build a future of your own design. Warm, honest, and unexpected, \u003cem\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e will help you reimagine your work and life—and even change the world—while enjoying the journey from point A.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn an age of engineering, it also helps to think like an artist. In this fascinating book, Amy Whitaker explores how to apply art thinking to our businesses and our lives. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eloquent, inspiring book that will help creative people bring their ideas into the business world-and businesspeople become more creative. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Grant, author of Originals and Give and Take\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet Amy Whitaker introduce you to Art Thinking a way of looking at your career that marries commerce and creativity. Whether you’re in a large organization looking for a way to carve out time for innovation, or a lone artist who wants to work smarter, there’s something for you in this book. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell is Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a spiritual guide to practical endeavor. It embodies a deep belief in both art and the market and the capacity of each to draw out and support our individuality. It also embodies a belief in the power of collectives: of conversations, businesses, and networks. Wise, savvy, humane, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the act of bringing new things into the world, including yourself - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful and engaging, Amy Whitaker has important things to say about the business of art, the art of business, and the art and business of being human. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA singular book that can help starving artists be better fed, and empower business leaders with the agility and openness of an artist’s thinking process. Through thoughtful examples that span centuries and industries, Amy makes the case that innovation, empathy, mindfulness, and commercial success are inevitable outcomes of art thinking. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Maeda, Design Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield \u0026amp; Byers, and author of The Laws of Simplicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, shows us that a mindset of art and tools of business don’t need to be mutually exclusive-we can all dream big, embrace uncertainty, work passionately and live a sustainable life of creativity. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAyse Birsel, Designer and author of Design the Life You Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat color is your parachute? \u003ci\u003eArt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e brings right and left brain together to create a palette of possibilities. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach Professor, Yale School of Management, and coauthor of Why Not?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cheerful, encouraging, and practical guide to creativity… Whitaker proves herself a genial, informed companion for a journey toward ‘creative flexibility.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for anyone who wants to make art that is commercially viable as well as those who wish to strengthen business with the vision and energy of innovative integrity. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitaker’s approach could not be more timely. 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