This month I am welcoming Etienne Baillet founder of Baillet Office.
Lawyer and entrepreneur, Etienne is above all endowed with a great artistic sensibility that enables him to support creatives with understanding and precision.
And as he writes so well:
«Immersed in drawing and painting since childhood, today, more than ever, I am determined to support those who search, who doubt, who explore, who question, who dare, who try or who propose, through art, answers, solutions and insights into our humanity. Curious and enthusiastic, I also support photographic creation and the live performing arts through passionate patrons, who are sources of inspiration and encounters.»
So we naturally talked about:
⚖️ How and why he founded his own next-generation law firm; ;
⚖️ How he surrounded himself over the years; ;
⚖️ His relationship with art, notably through corporate patronage; ;
⚖️ Why it is essential for designers to protect their creations, all the more so in a constantly evolving world, and even more so with the AI revolution.
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Episode hosted by Ausha and available on all listening platforms
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Music & direction: Philippe Drevet
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If you’d like to find out more about what I call Creative Management, I dedicated a full episode to it a few months ago.
Today, I would like to take a closer look at one aspect of Creative Management: team-building.
What exactly does it involve?
What are the benefits?
I also share a great example, as well as a counter-example, from my own experience as an employee.
And bonus: I talk about my favourite sports coach, Ted Lasso. (no spoiler as I haven’t started Series 4 yet).
If you're interested in offering your team a workshop / team-building / training session, do drop me an email! lbm@lilibonnet.com
I can organise and facilitate almost anywhere in the world 🙂
I’ve known Fabien for over 20 years, back when he was a graphic designer.
We worked together on a project and have stayed in touch — partly because it’s something I enjoy doing, of course, but mainly because I’ve always admired his entrepreneurial spirit.
Even when he enrolled at art school, he didn’t know what he was going to do later on; he just had a fairly broad vision of his future:
– getting up whenever he wanted;
– not working for a boss;
– and living in a loft.
Today, that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He’s the owner of UNSEEN, a vintage shop in Brussels, but he’s also a designer, a carpenter…
it’s clearly impossible to define him in a single word, as he has developed and put to use a wide range of skills.
And it’s quite fascinating to see how much this multi-potential individual needs to free himself from the constraints that a single skill entails, to allow himself not to be confined to just one profession. Not to limit himself. And that is precisely the driving force behind everything he undertakes.
this episode, we also talked about:
– pop culture,
– imposter syndrome,
– mental health,
– and identity, thanks to his recent reconnection with his country of origin, Vietnam.
