The Thriving Artist Podcast

How do you deal with changing industries? How do you make sure that your business remains viable for years to come? Amy Whitaker, author, business person, artist, and Assistant Professor at NYU Steinhardt, addresses these questions and more in her book Art Thinking. As she puts it, “even if you are succeeding at something, you have to force yourself to go back to the drawing board all the time.” Topics Include:Art Thinking:Design thinking vs. art thinking“Facing the blank canvas of having an idea or the direction you want to move but not knowing if you can really get there and having to explore.”The importance of “carving out this space of the market to support your own early exploration and forays.”“If you’re making a work of art in any field, it’s a process.”“This has to do a lot with the things that make a business continually remain viable over time.”The Suits vs. the Creatives:“I think people are still afraid of the market and people feel that business is a set of rules… People feel l