The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education Leaders

Maria Brito is an award-winning New York City-based contemporary art advisor, entrepreneur, author, and curator who was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Harper’s BAZAAR, Vogue, Forbes, and many more. 

 

Maria’s book, How Creativity Rules the World: The Art and Business of Turning Your Ideas Into Gold, is available from HarperCollins and was the recipient of the Axiom Book Award in the Entrepreneurship category.

 

In this episode, Maria and Ross discuss:

 

●      Daniel Pink called the book “a first-rate guide to creativity that explodes the many myths about the topic.”

●      Anyone can learn creativity. So how do we teach it?

●      “Nearly everything you’ve been told about creativity is a lie.”

●      LinkedIn study and World Economic Forum listed creativity as #1 in-demand skill: Do companies even know what they’re looking for when they say they demand creativity?

●      How to manage a team focused on creativity

●      From corporate lawyer to entrepreneur and innovator in the art world.

●      What is the right environment for creativity? 

●      Creativity is about fostering specific habits, making associations, and standing behind the ideas that come out of them.

●      Inventing the future — micro and macro

 

How Creativity Rules the World is available from HarperCollins Leadership. Visit www.mariabrito.com to find it. 

 

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Maria Brito is an award-winning New York City-based contemporary art advisor, entrepreneur, author and curator. Her bestselling book How Creativity Rules The World was published by HarperCollins Leadership in March 2022 and it was the recipient of the Axiom Book Award in the Entrepreneurship category.

 

Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World and was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world.

 

A Harvard graduate, Maria has been profiled and her projects have been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times Style Section, T: The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Financial Times, W Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The Daily Beast, The Economist, Interview Magazine, VOGUE Italia, VOGUE Mexico, VOGUE Brazil, VOGUE China, VOGUE.com, Departures, Forbes, Hamptons Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, goop, Billboard, Modern Magazine, and more.

 

Connect with Maria:

●      www.mariabrito.com

●      Twitter and LinkedIn: @mariabrito_ny 

 

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano and LinkedIn

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