Dearest Sanctuaries, I deeply appreciate the love, compassion, and care with which you treat me.…
Dear Arts Wisconsin, I’m writing this letter to let you know that I love you.…
A patron, artist, writer and poet shares: Dear Carrack Gallery, I’d like to thank…
“Welcome to my backyard! It’s the funniest thing just before I sat down I…
It’s not easy for most of us to fail. We grow up in a world of consequences and standardized tests and we frequently only have one good shot to get something right.
Does your organization have a Skunk Works®? It should.
Steve Blank wrote an interesting article in the May Harvard Business Review on “Why…
Editor’s note: As part of our online discussion around The Summit at Sundance, we have invited…
After years of incremental efforts to reduce energy use and be more sustainable, the Denver Zoo decided to take a more strategic approach.
With that helpful and perhaps needed disclaimer out of the way, writer/designer/consultant Helen Waters pens…
This brief article from Scott Anthony, of Innosight and the author of The Little Black Book Of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It, looks at consumer needs and innovation opportunities.
At the risk of piling on the beatification bandwagon, an interesting post from the good…
The chapter “Pain” from Robert Grudin’s book approaches leadership and innovation from a rarely-discussed perspective.…
What do you think? Can innovation be learned? Does it flow from the individual to the organization? Does it require staggering genius?
Jesse Rosen, President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, provides a clear-eyed view…
A wry, brief paean to the arts and what the world of business has to…
As arts organizations face an increasing number of challenges, it might help us all to lighten the load by “unlearning” some things – Matt Ridley sketches out what a few of those things might be.
In this keynote address delivered at the joint annual conferences of Chorus America and The League of American Orchestras, Russell Willis Taylor, President and CEO of National Arts Strategies, explores the extraordinary opportunities that arts organizations have today.
An article on the use of design thinking for tackling systemic social problems.
Tracy S. Harris, NAS board member, talks about the need for vision, benchmarks and collaboration to create an organizational culture that embraces constant change and improvement.
In his article for Gig Magazine, former NAS Vice President, Jim Rosenberg, suggests that reaching a desired audience requires leaders to focus on the desired customer and work backward to the right artistic work, venue, timing, pricing, etc.
