The arts are a powerful way to help demonstrate different world views.

The arts can

• change fixed ideas
• help find new ways of seeing and hearing
• help find new ways of thinking and feeling

The arts help us move into a different space where different rules apply:
the rules of rhythm, colour, line, form, movement, melody and harmony.

Through these new experiences we learn about ourselves and others to develop different ways of interacting with our workplaces, communities, colleagues, and society.

To grow and prosper businesses need to constantly review the way they develop their staff. The way people work is continually changing and workplaces need to ensure people develop and adapt to new environments. The arts provide a range of learning opportunities to build skills to enable ongoing success for both individuals and organisations. The business and the arts sectors are both focussed on deliverables.

International art-based learning in the workplace has provided successful businesses with the following work skill development opportunities:

• the performing arts provides companies with opportunities to develop communication, presentation, teamwork, leadership and organisational skills.
   
  
• visual artists inspire and offer organisations skill development in creative problem solving and interpersonal skill development.
   
• the incorporation of music is being used in business and arts learning relationships to build teamwork, improvisation and creativity skills. 
  
  
• improvement of writing skills and developing storytelling techniques involves arts-based learning with writers and poets

The arts sector traditionally works with small or closely scrutinised budgets and have therefore had to develop important strategic, cost-effective, resourcing and production skills as well as creativity, innovation and improvisation tools and techniques.

To find out more about arts-based learning research click summary of recent literature and other research.

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