Leadership & Management
What the arts can learn from Toyota: Cultivating a culture of creative resilience
Amid funding cuts, operational challenges and shifting audience behaviours, David Reece explores how the arts can take inspiration from Toyota’s culture of experimentation and bo…
Leading with purpose – and knowing when to move on
If the UK is to remain a global leader in the performing arts, leadership needs a rethink – not just in terms of who holds the roles, but how they are structured, supported and val…
A lifetime of service to the arts
The incomparable and incorrigible Hilary Keenlyside has died after a short illness. Here her business partner and friend, Anne Bonnar, pays tribute to her strength of character and…
Why RICE is good for you
Leaders of cultural organisations face the constant question of how to allocate limited time and resources effectively. Robin Cantrill-Fenwick finds a high-RICE diet helps.
How to create a business that thrives and survives
In our series exploring new business models, Gill Wildman, director of Upstarter incubator, argues they need to be designed in a way that aligns with creative practice and values.
Manifesto for a transformative workplace
Clore Leadership recently released ‘Imagine it Different’ – a report on a programme they undertook looking into the world of work. Jo Hunter, founder and CEO of 64 Million Artis…
Radical system change in the workplace
In our series of articles looking at changing workplace culture, Fun Palaces co-director Amie Taylor explores the challenges and benefits of having an entirely part-time, flexible…
Developing AI policy for trustees and CEOs
Do your governance and leadership teams have a strategy for the use of AI? Or are your teams just experimenting without direction? Cath Hume thinks now’s the time to develop…
Unrest, rest and action
Part of the point of art is the lens it offers us to look at the world in a different way, to converse with people and perspectives that are not our own, to learn, to disagree and…
Inclusive growth?
Without the real Living Wage, creative and cultural growth will just replicate existing inequalities, writes Lianna Etkind.
A fresh blueprint for funding arts organisations
Arts organisations are only too aware of the limitations of short-term funding. But, in Northern Ireland, a pioneering financial programme provides a fresh blueprint for future fun…
Why is a theatre company running a leadership academy?
Introducing an ambitious initiative at a time when subsidised arts organisations are being asked to do less seems like madness. But for Slung Low it is a natural next step in their…
Open recruitment to creative roles
Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Berry explains the thinking behind it.
Inside the minds of cultural leaders
What do cultural leaders really think about the problems they, and the arts and cultural sector, face? Steven Hadley is the Editor of a new book on the subject.
Is curiosity a leadership superpower?
Curiosity has been described as a leadership superpower, but unfocused curiosity can be frustrating, confusing and ineffective for the people you work with, writes Ash Mann.
AI chatbot aims to make your workplace safer
Ruth Sparkes is co-founder of SaferSpace, a tech-for-good company trying to address unacceptable behaviour in the workplace. To mark International Women's Day, she has released…
Do you have an employee Health and Wellbeing policy?
Leading a team producing a demanding festival in a challenging environment, Catherine Groom thinks developing and formalising a health and wellbeing policy is essential.
Closing with care
There is a domino effect at play across the sector at the moment, with the number of closures since last year reaching double figures. No doubt there are more to come, but Emily Wi…
A guide to random selection
An ancient practice of balloting is being put to use in application processes with the twin aims of reducing unpaid labour and increasing fairness, writes Martin O’Leary.
Communications in a time of crisis
When the proverbial hits the fan, how prepared are you to handle the public messaging? Helen Palmer shares her experience of crisis communications planning and offers useful advice…
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