by admin | Feb 10, 2010 | Catalyst Ranch, Entrepreneurs, Interviews
Our friend Lisa Canning of Entrepreneur the Arts was interviewed recently in Crain’s Enterprise City Blog. Lisa has taken a different perspective on applied creativity by starting the Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship. The “starving artist” stereotype thrives even...
by admin | Feb 3, 2010 | Catalyst Ranch, Creativity
Gabriel Orozco, one of Mexico’s most famous contemporary artists, is a man after my own heart. He brings recycling to a new level of artistry, taking mundane objects and playing with how you now see them. Might be a good trick to apply to your daily tasks. Maybe do...
by admin | Jan 29, 2010 | Catalyst Ranch
If you’re looking for inspiration this weekend (or any weekend for that matter) and feel too intimated to walk into a gallery all on your lonesome, here’s a great opportunity to feel like an insider. The Chicago Art Dealers’ Association (http://chicagoartdealers.org)...
by sandy | Oct 14, 2009 | Catalyst Ranch
• Something fun • Something different • Something everyone will enjoy • Something that gives back • Something they’ll be talking about long after the Holidays are over What kind of an event could possibly fit all those criteria while still pleasing your boss and...
by sandy | Sep 21, 2009 | Catalyst Ranch
Imaginative Customer Service to “Take their Breath Away!” If you’re looking for a way to super charge your team on what real customer service means, we highly recommend “Take Their Breath Away(TM): How Imaginative Service Creates Devoted Customers” by Chip Bell...
by sandy | Sep 11, 2009 | Catalyst Ranch
Resetting Innovation –like Edison! As the economy begins to show glimmers of improvement, we would like to share a great article in a recent newsletter about “Resetting Innovation” by our friend, Sarah Miller Caldicott, Great-Grand niece of Thomas A....