Four Principles of Effective Brands
Do you know the difference between a logo and a brand? This is similar to knowing the difference between a strategy and a tactic. While a tactic is an actionable resource, a tiny step in a direction, a strategy represents the whole journey an enterprise wishes to unfold. In this way, the logo is a […]
Three Business Rules for the Arts
1. Focus on the customer. The customer is key to any business. They decide what products or services to use and can easily switch to alternatives. Successful companies understand this and strive to provide lasting value by solving their customers’ problems. Effective arts leaders adopt this approach by making clients, audiences, and beneficiaries the center […]
How business Case Studies help arts leaders?
What does leadership look like in rapidly evolving sectors? How do the right decisions get made when the context of every enterprise is unique? Where is perspective found for rising leaders in real-world endeavors beyond textbooks? For over 100 years, the Business Case Study method has helped answer these questions as the backbone of […]
Advisory Board for the Arts: A lens on innovation
The Global Leaders Institute is launching a new project with the Advisory Board for the Arts (ABA), a research and arts consultancy platform that connects over one hundred arts organizations worldwide. A team of five GLI Fellows is applying tools and frameworks from the Arts MBA classroom to this dynamic organization through an interactive Case […]
Island talents: All-Caribbean Youth Orchestra
Envision a youth orchestra of vibrant talents spanning the Caribbean archipelago. Envision young people across far-reaching islands all learning to play an instrument, gaining access to music education from home from professional musicians around the globe. This groundbreaking vision inspired the creation of the All-Caribbean Youth Orchestra (ACYO), which connects young Caribbean musicians from different […]
Angel Band Project: Music therapy for impact
The Global Leaders Institute announces a new partnership with The Angel Band Project, a non-profit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri, which sponsors music therapy programming for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence as part of their healing process. This initiative is co-founded and directed by 2023 GLI MBA in Arts Innovation graduate […]
Tonebase sets the on-demand standard
The Global Leaders Institute announces a new partnership with tonebase, a digital platform that allows music enthusiasts to learn from the convenience of home through pre-recorded and live instruction by world-class musicians. Music learners worldwide connect with classical music stars and other educators by accessing cinema-quality video tutorials, live events, and learning groups in tonebase’s […]
NYC invests in The Perelman Performing Arts Center
The Global Leaders Institute (GLI) is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), a new multi-space performing arts center located at the northeast corner of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. As the cornerstone of this relationship for 2024, a team of GLI Fellows is […]
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic who led with Grace
What can today’s leaders learn from a Roman emperor and stoic philosopher who lived more than two millennia ago? Meditations, the personal journal of Marcus Aurelius, reveals his reflections on coping with life’s challenges and opportunities. A growing list of contemporary icons, from presidents like Bill Clinton to actors and athletes like Elizabeth Holmes and […]
Five leadership lessons from Antanas Mockus
Antanas Mockus is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician who served in important positions of leadership in Bogotá as vice-chancellor (1988-1990) and chancellor of the National University of Bogotá (1990-1993) and as mayor of the city of Bogotá for two separate terms between 1995 and 2003. A son of Lithuanian immigrants, Mockus became a charismatic […]