Entrepreneurially Thinking: Innovation | Experimentation | Creativity | Business

Joining us today is Steve Knight, Director of COCAbiz. He designs and facilitates experiential workshops to foster collaborative creativity, design-thinking and business storytelling using the power of the arts. Also with us is Rob Morgan, a production designer, teacher at Washington University and serves as a Teaching Artist for COCAbiz. COCAbiz is the business training division of St. Louis' renowned Center of Creative Arts (COCA), the fourth largest multi-disciplinary community arts institution in the nation. The mission COCAbiz is to build a more creative, engaged and effective work-force by delivering innovative workshops and events that employ authentic arts teaching to deliver business results. In this episode: - Where the idea to integrate art into the workplace as a tool for training originated - Steve's artistic background - An exercise for business professionals that helps to shift their mindset and approach - Tapping into your creative energy - What are the main challenges for business leaders?