{"id":5448,"date":"2013-01-11T11:59:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T11:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrianswinscoe.com\/blog\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2013-01-11T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T11:59:26","slug":"is-the-search-for-art-in-business-about-making-better-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianswinscoe.com\/2013\/01\/is-the-search-for-art-in-business-about-making-better-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the search for art in business about making better connections?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t know about you but I seem to be bumping into the idea of art in business a lot recently.<\/p>\n

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First, it was with Seth Godin last month when talking about his new book: You can\u2019t make \u2018Art\u2019 if you are not willing to fail \u2013 Interview with Seth Godin on The Icarus Deception<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next, there was this quote from Andy Warhol that I used in a workshop that I gave to a bunch of creative folks the other month:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaking money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The quote comes from Andy Warhol’s book: THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Then, I saw this from Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Finally, I came across these videos from Ritz Carlton<\/a>, where ‘The Art of the Craft<\/a>‘ puts some of their employees and their ‘art’ on show. There were two videos, in particular, that I liked:<\/p>\n

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1. The Shoe Shine Valet<\/p>\n

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