Antoni Gaudí: Opportunity and model for business innovation
Antoni Gaudí is the architect with the most works declared World Heritage, a feat that can only be explained if we understand his working method and analyse the new facets that are revealed to us as research progresses. One of the most surprising, perhaps because it is unsuspected, is his managerial and business planning skills.
Whether because of his relationship with his patron and friend, Eusebi Güell (surely the first businessman in Spain, cosmopolitan, politician, lover of art and science) or because of his own way of being (extreme perfectionist), or because of both circumstances, Gaudí once again claims our attention. This time for his ability to implement work processes, standards and guidelines; to control material resources and their stock; to manage human capital and its optimal productivity; and to establish safety, quality and hygiene standards.
Original article published in spanish in AFL magazine by Marià Marín i Torné, historian and curator of the “Gaudí Workshop” space at the Museu Diocesà de Barcelona and Miquel Àngel Julià Hierro, architect and design director of GRUP IDEA. Read the full article (in spanish) by clicking on ‘Download the publication’.
