Laura Orlic is Founder and CEO of Artivist, a small company that is celebrating its second anniversary in a month.

Originally from Croatia, she began her career in HR there before moving to Turin, Italy in 2011 and then to Vienna, Austria for a Vice President role in one of their largest banks in 2015.

During her nine years of international experience, Laura had the opportunity to work with diverse teams across ten to fifteen countries, which greatly enriched her professional background.

With a passion for people and organizational development, Laura spent 22 years working in various international corporate roles before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey.

Despite her successful corporate career, Laura decided that it was time for a change and left the corporate environment to pursue her own business venture.

Timestamps

• [00:00:18] Founder and CEO of Artivist leaves corporate world.
• [00:05:28] Gaining opportunities and chasing an international life.
• [00:09:05] Rediscovered art inspires desire to help others.
• [00:11:11] Left banking, created personalized museum visits: digitally-powered storytelling.
• [00:17:12] Customized tours offer unique perspectives for visitors.
• [00:18:35] Limited media prompted church visits for beauty. Different stories emerge: unique opportunities, technology, pigments. Amazed by multiple angles in art.
• [00:24:38] Reflect, learn, replicate, grow, international experience, mentorship, opportunity.
• [00:26:31] CEOs meet potential candidates in unique process.
• [00:30:27] Need to add value without expertise, so relied on others.
• [00:34:34] Supportive organization helps entrepreneurs start businesses.
• [00:38:50] War leadership hindered country's economic growth.
• [00:43:21] Advocating gender balance and empowering women professionally.
• [00:46:08] Two Croatian artists I love: Bukovac, Meštrović.

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