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Local action over global abstraction
Wendell Berry challenged us to save the world by serving the people and places around us.
Sep 8
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The contracts you make, the covenants you keep
What binds you to your contractors, collaborators, and communities?
Sep 1
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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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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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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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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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Policy isn't paperwork
Governance documents are an operating system, not an archive
May 12
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Moving toward mastery
The jagged path from novice to expert
Mar 24
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Designing toward "desire lines"
Arts managers make and maintain paths for human movement. It's worth noticing where people wander off.
Mar 10
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Nonprofit arts adaptation
The modern arts nonprofit evolved in an ecology of growth. It's time to evolve again.
Feb 24
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Seven indicators of strategy
How to know if you're crafting strategy or just drafting plans
Feb 17
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Your business model is a theory, test it often
A changing world demands changing assumptions.
Dec 16, 2025
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