Artists are experts in radical change and dealing with uncertainty. Arteconomy brings this expertise into the worlds of policy & innovation.
Join our events
Launch event - Open source toolkit
Cross Innovation Compass
Wed, Nov 12 | 13h30-17h | De Kwekerij, Lier
AI in Policy - Afternoon session
Artistic Intelligence for policy makers
Q1 2026 | 13h-17h | Spazio Nour Castle, Wechelderzande
On the afternoon of Wed, Nov 12th, we will present an exclusive insight in our Cross-Innovation Toolkit at De Kwekerij in Lier.
This free event aims at professionals in higher education and young graduates interested to make art-based cross-innovation part of their professional context.
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In this hands-on workshop, you will be immersed in the world of cross-innovation and you will explore how you can translate the toolkit into your professional environment.
Van Gogh, Duchamp, De Keersmaeker, Banksy... artists have always pushed boundaries and challegned the status quo. Why aren't we (yet) applying their methods in policy?
Arteconomy supports (local) policy makers to:
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make sustainable change possible
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bridge the gap between citizens and policy
Are you involved in (local) policymaking - as a politician, civil servant, advisor, or though an association? Express your interest in this afternoon session and discover what Artistic Intelligence can mean for you.
Through tools, lectures and workshops, Arteconomy is your gateway to impact in innovation,
policies, change and entrepreneurship.
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Improbable Art Thinking: an agile innovation and leadership method developed and taught at some of the world’s most renowned business schools and deployed for companies worldwide.
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A journey through the wormhole: inspired by NASA, we’ve designed a framework that reveals synergies between the universes of art and innovation.
Lectures & workshops
Fountain, attributed to Marcel Duchamp (1917)
Vision
“To stay relevant as company or organization, there is no other option as to internalize artistic practices.”
(Koen Snoeckx – Owner & Director Arteconomy)
“Companies that combine scientific and artistic processes are more likely to bring radically new innovations to market.”
(Market study: “The Fusion Effect” – Nesta, 2016)
“We should look at how artists are trained to rethink the way we train entrepreneurs.”
(Steve Blank, Founder of lean startup and professor at Stanford University)
“Art Thinking allows you to challenge the status quo and create new norms for truth, appreciation, and relevance.”
(Sylvain Bureau, Professor and Director Jean-Baptiste Say Institute for entrepreneurship at ESCP Business School)
About
Arteconomy is – since 2022 - owned and managed by Koen Snoeckx.
Through his company Luscinus, he became an expert in setting up collaborations between the cultural and creative industries and other sectors. Within Arteconomy, he is flanked by a team of skilled experts and partners from the fields of art and entrepreneurship.
The origins of Arteconomy date back to 2002, when Julie Vandenbroucke founded Arteconomy as a non-for profit. As a true pioneer, she brought artists into companies to work around pressing business challenges, be it about product innovation or corporate culture.
SELECTION OF CLIENTS & PARTICIPANTS
“Some of our students had a turn out point in their lives, after your workshop. Thanks for it!! It is our mission!”
Natalia Andía, Program
Manager OptionE & MSc, Madrid Campus ESCP
“We put the insights of Koen Snoeckx in practice in our open innovation initiatives, and they allowed us to discover the importance and the positive effects of the ’weak correlations’ that are out there.”
Sveva Rugiero, Project Manager, Startup Unit &
International Projects Development at ART-ER, Bologna