Arts and Management

Interview of Ariane Berthoin Antal by the artist Armin Chodzinski 2011

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

Armin Chodzinski interviewed me about my research program on artistic interventions in organizations, methods and some... more Armin Chodzinski interviewed me about my research program on artistic interventions in organizations, methods and some findings--in German.

When arts enter organizational spaces: Implications for organizational learning

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

forthcoming in P. Meusburger, A. Berthoin Antal, M. Ries (Eds.), Learning Orga¬nizations: The Importance of Place for Organizational Learning. Dordrecht, Springer

This chapter addresses a new approach to organizational learning, namely artistic interventions, which encompass a... more This chapter addresses a new approach to organizational learning, namely artistic interventions, which encompass a variety of ways that people, products, and practices from the world of the arts enter the world of organizations. Although the field has grown rapidly, little empirical research has been conducted on what actually happens inside organizations during and after artistic interventions. The chapter argues that to close gaps and correct for biases in existing work, future research will need to engage multiple stakeholders (employees, artists, managers, intermediaries, policy-makers), address multiple ways of knowing, especially the neglected bodily senses, and draw on concepts and methods from diverse disciplines.

Managing artistic interventions in organisations. A comparative study of programmes in Europe, 2nd edition, updated and expanded.

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

Research report, 168 pages
in collaboration with R. Gómez de la Iglesia and M. Vives Almandoz,
TILLT, Gothenburg 2011

This report documents how organizations and artists are learning to learn together in new ways. It draws on... more This report documents how organizations and artists are learning to learn together in new ways. It draws on experiences in France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Traditionally interactions between the world of the arts and other worlds, especially business, have been arm's length relationships, taking the form of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. Over the past few decades more instrumental relationships have emerged in the form of sponsoring and corporate identity activities. In addition, there has recently been a growth of short-term artistic interventions embedded in corporate training or organisational change programmes, often organised by consultants. Only recently has a qualitatively new possibility been conceived: medium-term projects lasting several months, in which people from the world of the arts and the world of organisations seek to learn from each other and create new knowledge together. This report describes and compares six such artistic intervention programmes in five European countries. On the basis of interviews with the multiple stakeholders involved as well as site visits, the report shows that bridging between the two worlds requires numerous functions and processes that are often complex and time-consuming. They require persistence, flexibility and vision in order to create new kinds of "values-added" in organisations and for the arts. The need for bridge-building has engendered the emergence of intermediary organisations. The review documents that these new actors come in various organisational forms, and they have each developed their own approaches to initiating and enabling potential learning relationships between artists and organisations in other spheres. This comparative study therefore offers diverse models that can instruct and inspire other actors seeking to engage in artistic interventions.

The impact of arts-based initiatives on people and organizations: research findings, challenges for evaluation and research, and caveats

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

co-authored with Brigitte Biehl-Missal
published in
Creative Partnerships – Culture in Business and Business in Culture,
Documentation & Brochure, ed. Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Warsaw, Poland 2011.

Review of Leadership Insight (Adler 2011)

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

in European J. International Management, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2012
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=45011&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or

“Manifeste, corporel et imprévisible: l’apprentissage organisationnel de la Résidence d’artistes”,

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

in: La Résidence d’artistes Eurogroup Consulting, Catalogue  rétrospectif
2011

Research Framework for Evaluating the Effects of Artistic Interventions in Organizations

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

research report, 81 pages
TILLT, Gothenburg 2009

The past decades have witnessed the emergence of a multitude of ways to stimulate innovation and organizational... more The past decades have witnessed the emergence of a multitude of ways to stimulate innovation and organizational learning in response to changes in society and economic pressures. Among these are “artistic interventions” - when some form of art is brought into an organization for several hours, days, or months, to trigger or support a learning and change process at the individual, group, or organizational level. The underlying assumption of practitioners is that bringing people, processes, and products from the “foreign culture” of the arts into the workplace helps to stimulate new ways of thinking and acting by irritating routines, challenging established mindsets, and developing new skills. Artistic interventions in organizations are
conducted with high expectations of a multitude of positive outcomes. Research has not kept pace with these developments in practice. Very few empirical studies have been conducted to establish whether the high hopes placed on these interventions are justified. This report presents a research framework designed to start closing the gap between research and practice by enabling an analysis of the values that artistic interventions add in organizations. It is based on our past
research, on existing literature, and on a series of three “Artful Research” workshops conducted in Berlin in September 2009, at which thirty three artists, people from companies and from intermediary organizations, consultants, and researchers shared their knowledge about the effects they have observed in connection with artistic interventions in organizations. The report answers two questions: 1) Where should attention be
directed to find the kinds of value that artistic interventions add in organizations? 2) And how should the research be conducted?