EPISODE · Oct 14, 2014 · 59 MIN
Creative Business Leaders
from This Little Parent Stayed Home · host Ally Loprete
"GOOD BUSINESS IS THE BEST ART"~Andy WarholArt is an integral part of business — from operations to customer service. Thought leaders and small business cultivators who embrace the arts and their creative tendencies are typically the ones emerging as trend-setters and trailblazers.Business Leaders are CREATIVE CULTIVATORSLike artists and actors, start-up founders are the movers and shakers of the entrepreneurial world and the forerunners of new business ventures.With sophisticated analytical tools available to ALL OF US as small business owners... our processes are more efficient. Therefore, we need something... ORIGINAL and DYNAMIC ...to set us apart.Our intuition and creativity are the factors that differentiate us from our competitors. Your unique and distinctive qualities should not be exploited-- only EXPLORED.Be a Better Business Leader......study the Arts!Artists have an insatiable appetite for making new connections, inventing, reinventing, and finding new meaning in the mundane. That’s exactly what innovation is all about.The BEST Business leaders are HumanistsIf artists are experts of the human condition, then as entrepreneurs, we need to observe human desires, needs, emotions, and behavior with a sharp, discerning eye and a high degree of empathy.Identifying with our clients and consumers is an innovator’s distinct strength.“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” ~Pablo PicassoArtists retain a child’s unique sense of possibility and wonder, and who better to learn from today's children than Mom and Dad innovators? Seeing the world through your children's eyes reconnects us with a basic human quest for exploration.... which ultimately cultivates the best million dollar ideas.Innovations are very often based on intuitionNothing brings out our intuitions faster than being a parent entrepreneur. The way we've learned to anticipate the unexpected is a DYNAMIC SKILL, and similar to being able to predict new industry trends and make decisions swiftly (not to mention our knack for being able to thrive under financial or time constraints!) In fact, these constraints might even STIMULATE our creativity.On Today's show...I'll be introducing you to a FANTASTIC leader in Buisness Education, Melinda F. Emerson. Her bestselling book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months is widely regarded as one of the best start-up books ever written. Melinda is incredibly engaging and encourages personal and professional growth of women entrepreneurs.Joining me as a guest co-host will be my long-time friend and collaborator, Tom Fiscella, who is currently touring the country as an actor in the critically acclaimed show Jersey Boys and who also once directed me in a one-woman show... many lifetimes ago.
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"GOOD BUSINESS IS THE BEST ART"~Andy WarholArt is an integral part of business — from operations to customer service. Thought leaders and small business cultivators who embrace the arts and their creative tendencies are typically the ones emerging as trend-setters and trailblazers.Business Leaders are CREATIVE CULTIVATORSLike artists and actors, start-up founders are the movers and shakers of the entrepreneurial world and the forerunners of new business ventures.With sophisticated analytical tools available to ALL OF US as small business owners... our processes are more efficient. Therefore, we need something... ORIGINAL and DYNAMIC ...to set us apart.Our intuition and creativity are the factors that differentiate us from our competitors. Your unique and distinctive qualities should not be exploited-- only EXPLORED.Be a Better Business Leader......study the Arts!Artists have an insatiable appetite for making new connections, inventing, reinventing, and finding new meaning in the mundane. That’s exactly what innovation is all about.The BEST Business leaders are HumanistsIf artists are experts of the human condition, then as entrepreneurs, we need to observe human desires, needs, emotions, and behavior with a sharp, discerning eye and a high degree of empathy.Identifying with our clients and consumers is an innovator’s distinct strength.“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” ~Pablo PicassoArtists retain a child’s unique sense of possibility and wonder, and who better to learn from today's children than Mom and Dad innovators? Seeing the world through your children's eyes reconnects us with a basic human quest for exploration.... which ultimately cultivates the best million dollar ideas.Innovations are very often based on intuitionNothing brings out our intuitions faster than being a parent entrepreneur. The way we've learned to anticipate the unexpected is a DYNAMIC SKILL, and similar to being able to predict new industry trends and make decisions swiftly (not to mention our knack for being able to thrive under financial or time constraints!) In fact, these constraints might even STIMULATE our creativity.On Today's show...I'll be introducing you to a FANTASTIC leader in Buisness Education, Melinda F. Emerson. Her bestselling book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months is widely regarded as one of the best start-up books ever written. Melinda is incredibly engaging and encourages personal and professional growth of women entrepreneurs.Joining me as a guest co-host will be my long-time friend and collaborator, Tom Fiscella, who is currently touring the country as an actor in the critically acclaimed show Jersey Boys and who also once directed me in a one-woman show... many lifetimes ago.
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