Business Artistry - The Artian Podcast
In this show, we expose the way artists think and how they influence business innovation. You can expect unique speakers who will share their tips, ideas, and methods to develop an artistic mindset in business. We often think about art as an object – a painting, a song, a movie, a sculpture, or a play. But what if we learned that art is actually a mindset, a way of thinking and operating in the world? A mindset, that more than ever could, and should, be applied to the world of business, technology, and innovation.In this podcast, Nir Hindi, founder of The Artian, fascinated by entrepreneurship and art, is searching to learn how artists think, why art can influence business, what innovators and business leaders can learn from artists, and much more.This is a series of interviews with a wide range of people from artists, entrepreneurs, or business professionals that all have one thing in common: relationship to art. We invite you to join us as we explore this path for developing an artistic mindset.
Business Artistry - The Artian Podcast
006 - Shimon Adaf. Speculative Thinking.
In this episode, we speak with Shimon Adaf, an author, poet, and writer. Shimon Adaf was born in Sderot, Israel, in 1972 to parents of Moroccan origin. He published three collections of poetry and ten novels. In 2014 Adaf appeared on The Guardian’s list of best science fiction for 2013, alongside Stephen King and Margaret Atwood. And in 2013, at the launch of the British edition of Sunburnt Faces, he joined the British writer Neil Gaiman on a panel at a World Fantasy Convention. In this conversation we spoke with Adaf about the practice of speculative thinking, what we can learn from Science Fiction, how can one practice futuristic thinking, and much more.
This episode was recorded in Google For Startups Creator Studios Tel-Aviv.
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