Business Artistry with Nir Hindie

What happens when an artist imagines the future decades before the rest of the world catches up? In this episode, Nir Hindie sits down with pioneering media artist and researcher Michael Naimark, whose work has shaped immersive and interactive media for more than forty years. If you’ve used Google Street View, you’ve seen the shadow of a project he helped create at MIT in the late 1970s: the Aspen Movie Map, a radically early experiment in “surrogate travel.” Michael’s career moved across som...

In this episode, Andrew Zolli, Chief Impact Officer at Planet, the imagery company, speaks about the initiative he leads, “Art as Planet.” We discuss what the role of art in communicating scientific vision is? How artists have been helping in shaping an innovative culture in a satellite company, and why should small startups launch their own artist in residence? Zolli is a technologist, strategic foresight expert, and author. In the past he was the primary creative and curatorial force behind...

In this episode, Dr. John Maeda, speaks about art and artists, the difference between art and design, why parents who sent their kids to RISD thought about innovation, and why, art and design are positioned to transform the economy of the 21st-century economy. Click here to see the show notes. Voices: John Maeda's Ted Talk David Bowie in an interview to BBC 1999

In this episode, Jeffrey Madoff, the founder of Madoff Productions, fashion designer, film director, and educator speaks about creativity, entrepreneurship, and how to lead creative teams. Madoff is on the faculty at Parsons School for Design, teaching a course he developed called “Creativity: Making a Living With Your Ideas”. Madoff published the book entitled based on his course. Click here for the show notes.

In this episode, Noah Weinstein, the previous creative director of Autodesk Pier 9 - The world's greatest creative workshop - speaks about how to build creative communities, what is the role of management in supporting creative initiatives, and how one space in San Francisco became the epitome for experimentation in digital fabrication, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D, and biotechnology, all led by artists. See the show notes for more information.

In this episode, Richelle Gribble, an expeditionary artist who explores planetary connectivity, both on and off Earth, speaks about her experience at biosphere 2, the north pole, and why she is practicing to become an astronaut. See show notes here.

In this episode, Dr. Giovanni Schiuma, a Knowledge and Innovation Management Professor at the Università LUM, speaks with us about why companies should integrate the arts, what aesthetic technologies are, and the power of having an arts architect. Dr. Giovanni Schiuma, as a high international academic and consultant, is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in organizational development and innovation, and for his work on business model innovation of arts and cultural organi...

In this episode, we speak to a Google staff research scientist, Dr. Erik Lucero. In his work, he leads the production quantum hardware team that supplies the world with quantum computers that can perform beyond classical computations. We talked about what quantum computing is, how it can change the world, what his interest in photography has to do with it, and much more. See show notes that include videos, links, images, and much more.

In this episode, we learn from Daniel Canogar about making data stimulate all the human senses, not just the visual. Canogar is a visual artist that focuses on hacking into obsolete technologies, finding the similarities between human and technological expiration dates, creating inner order within chaos, and much more. If you think that big data is just good for charts and grafts, after this conversation, you will think differently. Click here for show notes, recommendations, transcript, and...

In the second episode with Ben Grosser, an artist focused on the cultural, social, and political effects of software, he talks to us about taking the algorithms out of different digital platforms, teaching students how to analyze digital platforms' systems, and doom scrolling. How did he hack TikTok? Should Spotify and Netflix rethink their algorithms? Nir and Ben discuss this and more. Click here to see the show notes, videos, transcript, and more on our website.

In this episode, Danica Purg, the founding and current President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, speaks with us about her MBA program that incorporates art as much as business, how to prepare leaders for an increasingly complex world, and being a pioneer in education. Professor Danica Purg is also the President of CEEMAN, the International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies, which aims to accelerate the growth of relevant and excellent management education in t...

In this episode, we speak to the artist and computer programmer Lauren Lee McCarthy. In her work, she creates artworks that use a variety of media and techniques, including performance, artificial intelligence, and programmed computer-based interaction. We talked about the importance of presence, exploring intimacy through arts, and developing relationships in a surveillance culture. See show notes that include videos, links, images, and much more.