What would the pundits say about your organization? What is your mandate?
Summer’s winding down, and I’m sure most of you have heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call…
Basma El Husseiny, managing director of Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) in Egypt, suggests that the protests movements at their core have been about dissatisfaction with current institutions and wonders what that means for arts and culture institutions.
Changes in the environment – economic, demographic and social – may challenge the health of…
Kim Sajet, President and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, talks about her organization’s decision to give away its three-dimensional objects.
Jesse Rosen, President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, provides a clear-eyed view…
Linda Ames Key, Education Director of the Vital Theatre Company, discusses her vision for a new theater model with education as its primary focus.
Beth Boone, Artistic & Executive Director of Miami Light Project, talks about their process of…
Anthony Moseley, Executive and Artistic Director of Collaboraction in Chicago, discusses finding the right models…
In this video interview on Rethinking Capitalism, Michael Porter (of Porter’s Five Forces fame, among…
Clay Christensen and his team at Innosight Institute apply Christensen’s model of disruptive innovation to…
The book is divided into short segments with titles such as “Workaholism” and “Reasons to quit” and one of my favorites, “Emulate chefs.” So, if you need a break from the holiday food frenzy or from your great stack of reading, try this book.
With many folks talking about the need for new business models to make arts organizations more sustainable, The Artful Manager’s Andrew Taylor takes the discussion a bit further.
Douglas McLennan, Editor of ArtsJournal, discusses the changing landscape for commercial and nonprofit arts and culture organizations.
This post introduces an interesting, knowledge-game approach to understanding and developing an organization’s strategic direction. It includes a mapping tool and suggestions for how to create a team session which can be focused in any number of ways.
Tracy S. Harris, Chief Financial Officer of The BondFactor Company and NAS board member, discusses the need for innovation in arts and culture organizations.
