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Time and tides in arts organizations
Crafting a workplace with competing rhythms and flows.
Aug 4
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E. Andrew Taylor
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July 2026
The multi-armed bandit of arts management
Every action is a bet, so how should you play the odds?
Jul 28
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Revisit and revise your bylaws
When your map doesn't match the terrain, fix the map.
Jul 21
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Leadership and the ladder
Deciding how to decide is a daily practice in arts management.
Jul 14
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The struggle of the entrepreneur-manager-technician
Arts managers predict the future, reflect on the past, and act in the present – all at once.
Jul 7
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E. Andrew Taylor
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June 2026
The rocky journey from maker to manager
GenAI reveals and amplifies a classic challenge in arts management
Jun 30
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Defining and deploying capital
Arts organizations may be nonprofits, but they still require durable capacity to make art work.
Jun 23
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The intention-action gap
Why do organizations say one thing and do another? There's a framework for that.
Jun 16
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When it sounds like a plan, but isn't one
Large language models give polish even to poor ideas.
Jun 9
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Power in numbers
Humans gather in particular and consistent group sizes. That matters to arts management.
Jun 2
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E. Andrew Taylor
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May 2026
The two jobs of nonprofit boards
Governance is strange and sprawling work, but it only has two primary parts.
May 26
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The ecology of creative action
Your environment shapes how you invest in what you make.
May 19
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E. Andrew Taylor
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