Artful Work: Awakening Joy Meaning and Commitment

Artful Work: Awakening Joy, Meaning and Commitment in the Workplace

by Dick Richards

Paperback - 144 pages (July 1997) Berkley Publishing Group; ISBN: 0425159140; Hardcover, $12.00

Understanding the connection between work and art is a sure way to infuse passion into any job, writes graphic artist-turned-business-consultant Dick Richards. In Artful Work: Awakening Joy, Meaning, and Commitment in the Workplace, he ties both together in a way that shows each in a refreshing new light. Ideas and suggestions will prove inspirational to those seeking an alternative to traditional workplace thinking.

Midwest Book Review

Work and art are typically seen as mutually exclusive pursuits: Richards provides a new concept in viewing work and art, revealing how to honor creativity and artistic endeavors in organizations and workplaces. What is artful work, and how does it relate to the work process itself? This is anything but a dry discussion: chapters are lively reflections on how to derive joy and meaning from the workplace.

Explaining that work and art are not mutually exclusive, a corporate consultant shows that we should not limit our appreciation of the arts to leisure time, and in fact must incorporate it into the workplace for maximum joy and productivity. "

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