The Art of Business

We are inspired by the performing arts, and opera in particular, as a model for achieving breakthroughs, experiencing and processing emotion, uniting community, and refactoring humanity. 

Opera means “a collection of works,” and we treat it as a serious object of focus and also as an important metaphor for The Great Work and work in general.

Opera is existentially challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent economic and geopolitical shocks, but opera can also lead us through it. It’s a laboratory where we can see ourselves, rehearse how to be, make meaning together, and understand what we don’t yet have language for.

We use the performing arts as a prism for imagining the future of human collaboration, and we use the real-time business of the arts as a practical example of how visionary organizations are taking risks in today’s fragmented, chaotic environments, against incredible odds.