# art thinking (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover art thinking. Page: Feed: --- ## [In praise of friction](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-friction) _2026-06-16 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Or on pearls, bows, strings, and the beginnings of good ideas ## [Beyond the stable company](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/beyond-the-stable-company) _2026-06-08 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Donald Schön and the need to learn while doing ## [The serious opportunity hiding in medium-sized cities](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/the-serious-opportunity-hiding-in) _2026-05-28 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Why artists belong in economic development, not at the edge of civic life ## [Building up a head of STEAM](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/building-up-a-head-of-steam) _2026-05-25 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Every few years, someone discovers that the arts might have something to do with the economy. ## [Supercomplexity](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/supercomplexity) _2026-03-19 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Why artists matter when certainty disappears, and business needs new ways of seeing, not just solving ## [River crossing (wk 9/2026)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw92026) _2026-02-26 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Here and there; navigation, many games; slop, possums, agency, immaturity. ## [Art in a Place of Work and "smart power"](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/art-in-a-place-of-work-and-smart) _2026-02-25 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ An Italian perspective ## [What kills creativity?](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/what-kills-creativity) _2026-01-21 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ A neuroscience perspective on keeping the spark alive when times are tough ## [Writing with machines (wk 3/2026)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw32026) _2026-01-14 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Tacit knowledge, motivation, and negotiation; writing with machines; Smart Bricks, being kinded, and specs. ## [Multiples (wk 1/2026)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw012026) _2026-01-05 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Judgment from the ground up; labour-intensive and industrial foods, prompting as teaching; maintenance and replacement; Boring Tiny Tools in India, Chinese peptides, shoveling snow. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WvnA8PUCfWDO) _2026-01-05 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Boring and uncomfortable (wk 52/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw522025) _2025-12-22 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Why Boring Tiny Tools are good; what to do when there's nothing to do; being uncomfortable; billionaire babies, moneymaking, choosing deviance. ## [From Soft Power to Smart Power:](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/from-soft-power-to-smart-power) _2025-12-02 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ The strategic value of art and artists to an entire continent ## [Going online (wk 48/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw482025) _2025-11-29 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Online workshops; finding books in space with situated memory; headlessness, 3D-printed boats, AI energy usage, climate models, mendacity. ## [Free range (wk 47/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw472025) _2025-11-18 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Public value and public strategy; what I've been up to; electric anxiety; Rupertness in polyhedra, rewritable pads, tape clips, zip ties; trees, cats, dogs. ## [There’s a box, and you’re in it.](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/theres-a-box-and-youre-in-it) _2025-10-29 · Ralph Talmont · Art in a Place of Work_ Why - and how - art thinking can help broaden horizons ## [Reasoning scaffolds (wk 43/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw432025) _2025-10-22 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Infrastructure for human subjective reasoning; walking in a forest; dynamic moulds, San Francisco malls, Kryptos, television; coloured water. ## [Prototyping logics (wk 41/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw412025) _2025-10-06 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ Prototypes and the value of theory; Socratic mirrors, reasoning scaffolds, and AI tools; in-country patterns; closures, modern instrumentals, natural ice, pretexts. ## [Keeping the studio lights on:](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/keeping-the-studio-lights-on) _2025-10-04 · Ralph Talmont · Art in a Place of Work_ Seeing long-term artist engagement in companies as civilisational work ## [An AI critical thinking tool (wk 39/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw392025) _2025-09-24 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ An AI tool for learning critical thinking while using AI tools; Tunisia and structured elicitation; various perspectives on how to use AI; developments in zippertech. ## [Art thinking, AI augmentation, and wading into the river of transformation](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/art-thinking-augmentation-and-wading) _2025-09-23 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Few technologies have ever swept through the world's boardrooms with as much breathless urgency as generative AI. ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cPx2GgIG5trk) _2025-09-23 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [How artists bring strategic value to business:](https://artinaplaceofwork.substack.com/p/how-artists-bring-strategic-value) _2025-09-17 · Art in a Place of Work · Art in a Place of Work_ Crossing the innovation ravine ## [Open pollination (wk 37/2025)](https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/gbw372025) _2025-09-10 · Vaughn Tan · The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)_ A breakthrough in cases; taking the public sector seriously; the practical value of thinking about meaningmaking; dissolving vs. solving, quant knowability breaks down, materiality.