Art at Meta | Meta Open Arts' Josephine Kelliher on art at work for innovation, community and wellness.

The Art and Happiness Project

Art and creativity are not what one usually thinks of as core needs in a technology business or larger corporate environments. Well, think again. In a post-pandemic world where employees are less connected and engaged, where competition is fierce, creativity might just become the key differentiator in workplace culture, wellness but also in innovation and efficiency.

💡 Meta was one of the first companies to realize the value of fostering creativity in the workplace. Through the 12 years running Meta Open Arts organization, they've built community and innovation through artistic experiences. They commission, curate and create art and design programming for Meta spaces, products and people.

✨ Josephine Kelliher✨, Meta Open Art's lead for experience programs, talks about the impact of art in the workplace, from building community and wellness to driving innovation and performance.

Think what you want about Meta, the fact is it is a laboratory for innovation, creativity and forward thinking. And it's interesting to understand what it takes, that other companies don't necessarily do, to fosters that in people.

Josephine and I spoke about:

• 1st half of the conversation : how workplace art programing builds empathy and resiliency which promote employee connection, wellness, diversity, and ultimately loyalty.
• 2d half of the interview : we addressed the "harder" business outcomes or increased innovation and efficiency, which are direct byproducts of creativity, of providing a safe space to make mistakes and play around

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👉 Find Josephine here and Meta Open Arts on Instagram and Facebook.

📝 Amy Whitaker, Art Thinking

📝 Alain de Botton, Art as Therapy

🎙 TED Talk : Sir Ken Robinson "Do Schools Kill Creativity ?"

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