Nir Hindi melds the world of art and the world of business to help organizations become more creative and forward-looking, and also and perhaps surprisingly, more empathetic.
Nir Hindi has two great passions from a young age: art and entrepreneurship. For years, he has believed in the power of art to drive originality and novelty in business but was searching for the how. Until he discovered the way artists think, work, and create. More importantly, why it is relevant to business.
Nir has been evangelizing since then the concept of Art Mindset in business, a mindset that is necessary for the future of organizations. As part, he is devoted to fostering Renaissance Thinking ‒ combining art with engineering, science, and technology. He especially advocates the connection between artistic talent and business entrepreneurship, two areas that fuel each other and provide endless opportunities for mutual learning. He does it through The Artian, a transdisciplinary training company that he founded which apply methods and practices from the art world and combine them with knowledge from the business and entrepreneurship worlds.
Nir is part of the training professionals of Headsprings a Financial Times|IE Corporate Learning Alliance; a visiting professor in IE Business School, one of Europe’s leading business schools, Executive Programs; a core faculty at the Master for Design and Innovation in IED (Istituto Europeo Di Design); both in Madrid, Spain. Nir was chosen as one of the 100 experts, specializing in art and tech, of Cotec, the organization for promoting innovation in Spain, chaired by Felipe VI, the Spanish King.
Nir holds an MBA from IE Business School, Fulbright Alumni from Entrepreneurship & Innovation program at Hamline School of Business, Minnesota, USA, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Web Technologies and Economics from Bar-Ilan, Israel.
Nir is the author of the Japanese book “Renaissance of Renaissance Thinking ‒ a New Paradigm in Management” and the host of the podcast “Shaping Business Minds Through Art.
In This Episode:
- Art is not an object; it’s a mindset that enhances innovation and creativity.
- Creativity and the artist’s perspective increases empathy, which is so valuable in the pandemic and in society and business in general.
The artist’s mindset is more than the creation of an object: it is a focus on reinvention, innovation, and creativity. Those attributes are easily applicable to and even needed in the business environment, particularly during the pandemic. Listen as Nir Hindi shares how the listening and open-mindedness that goes along with the artist’s perspective plays an important role in understanding customers of both startups and established companies.
Resources:
Nir’s website: theartian.com
Connect with Nir on LinkedIn
Ursula Jorch, Host of The Impact Interviews
Ursula Jorch is a business coach, speaker, and podcaster who shows women leaders how to turn their businesses into profitable agents for lasting change, global impact, and a force for good in the world.
