Research
Arts-based learning in workplaces is not a new area of building skills and knowledge about creativity and innovation.
Following we have provided information and research into why at Magnolia Learning we believe the arts have a great deal to offer organisations.
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Why The Arts?
“The arts can change fixed ideas and help find new ways of seeing, hearing, thinking and feeling. The arts help us move into a different space where different rules apply: the rules of rhythm, colour, line, form, movement, melody and harmony. Through these new experiences, we learn about ourselves and others to develop different ways of interacting with our workplaces, communities, and society." Nolan, 1996
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What does the research say the arts do in corporate workplaces?
The arts can share with corporate workplaces a variety of skills. “They are intuitive and qualitative skills. The arts can teach communication and presentation; team building and problem solving; or product and systems innovation. Arts based training can be designed to teach corporate workplaces about undefined outcomes, the allowance of failure and risk-risking.”
Quote by Julie Muraco – Senior Managing Director of NASDAQ Stock Market Capital Markets Group and a Board Member for Americans for the Arts (Nissley, 2010)
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What could art-based learning programs do?
“Through arts-based learning programs, people can enhance essential skills needed in today’s economy: developing and implementing ideas, taking considered risks and collaborating with other organisations in the community. As businesses align themselves with arts and cultural organisations, they become more in tune with the creative process. And they take that knowledge back to the workplace.” “The celebration of creativity that is so fundamental to the arts is just as critical to business. Without an entrepreneurial spirit, without a continual flow of new and innovative ideas to address a changing economy and customer demands, business cannot survive.”
Quote by Tammy Mattson Senior Vice President, Towers Perrin (Nissley, 2010) Nissley, N. (2010). Arts-based learning at work: economic downturns, innovation upturns, and the eminent practicality of arts in business. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STRATEGY VOL 31, No. 4 – pp. 8-22. Emerald Publishing Group Limited.
We have developed a Corporate Workplace Artist-In-Residence Program with consulting support, where we support your staff in ways that allows them to take a more proactive and creative approach to their professional development.
By working with us on their annual staff performance reviews we help in the preparation for important regular meetings with their Development Leaders. The Annual Review Process consulting sessions work alongside the Artist-in-Residence program.
