Truth, beauty and the financial crisis : evaluating what works / Robert Richardson and Matt Statler -- Aesthetics and the economic meltdown / Ralph Bathurst and Margot Edwards -- Smashing moneytheist mirrors : how artists help us live with financial schizophrenia / Pierre Guillet de Monthoux --...

This book is motivated by the simple hope that the cloud of the global financial crisis may yet have a silver lining-that political leaders, economists, and management scholars might seize this opportunity to reflect critically on the assumptions, practices, and infrastructures that have...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Paul Shrivastava and Matt Statler -- Creatively -- 1. Truth, Beauty, and the Financial Crisis: Evaluating What Works - Robert Richardson and Matt Statler -- 2. Aesthetic Leadership: Walking Toward Economic Recovery - Ralph Bathurst and...

The first volume of this ground-breaking book critically examines how and why arts-based methods such as choir conducting workshops and dialogue improvisation can make a difference in improving professional practice. Taking a ‘human-centred’ approach, it delivers an insightful account of...