2021. An Artisinal Avalanche?
Over the last couple of weeks I've been exploring on this blog the idea of the artisan in the changing world of business. Who are they? Where are they? What makes them tick? Can we choose to be one?
I have come to think of it as a spectrum. Artists at one end, people with a drive to create something unique that materialises their view of the world for others, and whose art takes priority over everything else, even money. Those whose careers are determined by their art.
At the other end are Buskers - skilled individuals with real capabilities who develop careers using their skills and go to the highest bidder they can find. Their careers are their art.
In the middle are the artisans, those whose work is to turn art into goods and services. They put art to work. I have also begun to understand that thare are far more artisans, and "latent" artisans out there than I realised. Our work cultures rarely recognise them because they don't fit a standard job specification…
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