#025 Reimagining Experiences in Physical Spaces with Josh Goldblum

New technologies enable fresh opportunities to connect with visitors in physical spaces. But connecting with people in a way that feels authentic, trustworthy, engaging, and enduring takes a whole lot of passion, collaboration, and a deep love of story and craft. My guest and Emmy-award winning creative executive and entrepreneur, Josh Goldblum, has spent over 20 years honing his craft at the intersection of art, technology, and culture to create amazing technology-enabled experiences for cultural organizations and brands. 

If you have visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, or the MIT Museum, chances are you experienced the work of Josh’s award-winning experience design agency, Bluecadet. 

In this episode, Josh and I talk about Bluecadet’s collaborative approach to working with clients, what it takes to create new experiences that resonate deeply with audiences, building teams and communities, his early influences, and more. What I enjoyed most about this conversation is learning about Josh’s passion for fostering deep, authentic connection with people and the lengths that he will go to do it. Josh’s stories highlight how, regardless of the tools available to us, focusing on human connection is the secret sauce to produce exceptional work. 

ABOUT OUR GUEST 

Josh Goldblum is an Emmy-award winning creative executive and entrepreneur working at the intersection of art, technology and culture. 

He serves as the CEO of Bluecadet, an award winning experience design agency that has overseen signature projects for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nike, The MIT Museum, the Smithsonian and Google. He curates and hosts Futurespaces, an interview series focused on exploring innovation in contemporary experience design.

Josh is a frequent speaker and moderator. He is available for select consulting projects in experience design and organizational transformation in the cultural sector.    

His accolades include the Emmy, Webby, FWA, MUSE, IXDA, FastCompany, One Show, and more.

Check out what Josh is up to here: 

https://www.bluecadet.com/  

https://futurespaces.com/  

https://artwrld.com/ 

 

ABOUT MAKING BUSINESS ART 

Making Business Art is a podcast for curious people where we explore how to make our work more meaningful and enchanting for ourselves and the people we serve. We draw lessons and inspiration from entrepreneurs, designers, scientists, creative leaders and artists about creating remarkable experiences that light up our customers and our teams.

This podcast is the creation of and hosted by me, Ezequiel Williams. I am an entrepreneur, innovation strategist, facilitator, and business designer. I help leaders and teams see their challenges differently and find ways to deliver value that are more desirable and satisfying for the people they serve. I am very curious and love to learn about how things work, what makes people tick, and how to create more joy in the world. 

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