Friday Selection Box: 17th January 2025

Big Moment Communications Framework: S.W.I.M.

An interesting framework for thinking about important communication moments.(This is on the Medium platform so you may need to login).

70% Of Employers Say Creative Thinking Is Most In-Demand Skill In 2024

This has to be a good thing for the arts and culture sector!

11 expert predictions for learning and development in 2025

Some really interesting predictions. Dawn thinks prediction five is going to be crucial.

Prediction five: Deep listening will be the most important skill to equip ALL employees with

AntiSocial podcast

An at times slightly infuriating debate prompted by Mark Zuckerberg’s comment on the need for more ‘masculine energy’ in the workplace. An important indicator of the nature of the world we are now in. It was on this lunchtime and again this evening (20:00) so the episode will probably be available from tomorrow.

David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

 A very sad loss. Dawn’s viewing of Eraserhead at Watershed many years ago remains a vivid memory! Funny that Lynch wrote to his parents:

Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet

Definitely one to catch if you can.

Electric Dreams celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital art, who pioneered a new era of immersive sensory installations and automatically-generated works.