Culture isn’t talk
A robust blog on organisational culture and the need to listen to the music (actual culture) rather than the words (claimed culture).
The State of the Arts report
I suspect many of the findings will not come as a surprise but nonetheless plenty to reflect on in the coming months.
8 Reasons Why Co-Leaders Fail
A useful reminder of why co-leadership (a model we both admire) is not easy.
People want to work, they just want more control over their time
It is not the case that employees who work less are more satisfied than those who work more.Instead, the driving factor behind worker satisfaction seems to be how much control over their time workers feel they have.
Listening is the whole deal
More words of creative wisdom from Austin Kleon.
Radical Hope
An interview with Jonathan Lear. If you haven’t read the book it is well worth it.
Radical hope in this instance is a rare courage and creativity to see beyond despair and imagine an alternative mode of flourishing. “As a story of courage and moral imagination, it is very powerful and moving. But it also offers the kind of insights that would-be builders of ‘new world order’ desperately need.” (Taylor 2007)
Artist Studio Museum Network
A great database of artist studio museums in Europe including the UK that was initiated by Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village
Blockbuster exhibitions in the North
A great round up from the Art Fund.
TikTok Book Awards 2024. #BookTok
Interesting to see the winners and the interrelationship between new and old media.
Contemporary collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker
Discover the significant collection of contemporary British art held at the Museum through a selection of around 100 prints and drawings, dating from 1960 to today.
A great free exhibition at the British Museum.
Questions, questions…
What work habits do I want to adopt, adapt or lose over the summer?
How can we reinvent the business plan for what we need now?
How do we find a way to carve out more quality thinking time?