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Beauty At WorkAuthor: Brandon Vaidyanathan
Beauty at Work expands our understanding of beauty: what it is, how it works, and why it matters. Sociologist Brandon Vaidyanathan interviews scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders across diverse fields to reveal new insights into how beauty shapes our brains, behaviors, organizations, and societies--for good and for ill. Learn how to harness the power of beauty in your life and work, while avoiding its pitfalls. Language: en-us Genres: Science, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Regenerative Beauty with Alan Moore - Part 2 of 2
Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
Alan Moore is a craftsman of beautiful business. He is a business innovator, author, and global speaker whose life’s work centers on one simple but radical idea: beauty is not a luxury in business, but a necessity.He has designed everything from books to organizations, working across six continents with artists, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams. He has advised companies including PayPal, Microsoft, and Interface, taught at institutions such as MIT, INSEAD, and the Sloan School of Management, and helped guide some of the world’s most innovative enterprises.He is the author of four books, including Do Design: Why Beauty Is Key to Everything and Do Build. How to make and lead a business the world needs. His work has been featured in outlets such as the BBC, The Guardian, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The Huffington Post.In this second part of our conversation, we talk about:1. Beauty as a quest for truth rather than surface aesthetics2. What it means to create something like a jewel3. Inevitability in design4. Beauty as a metric for innovation5. The distinction between extractive and regenerative approaches6. Beauty as a verb and everyday practices for “doing beauty.” To learn more about Alan’s work, you can find him at:https://thebeautifuldesignproject.com/ Books and resources mentioned:No Straight Lines: Making Sense of Our Nonlinear World (by Alan Moore)Do Design: Why Beauty Is Key to Everything (by Alan Moore)This season of the podcast is sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust.Support the show
