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GenAI and the GPS problem
Generative AI invites us to outsource our thinking. We need to know when to refuse.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Minimum viable process
As a nonprofit arts organization, your business systems need to be as simple as possible…but not simpler.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Standards of care
That shiny new arts facility is full of promise and potential, but also rife with unexpected and unrelenting expense.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Your venue is not a backdrop, it's a character
The built environment carries lots of baggage into any social experience. It's useful for arts managers to unpack it.
Big decisions, out of context and in free-fall
A classic cultural facilities study captures the energy and entropy of major project work in the arts.
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The money dance of source and use
A thriving arts enterprise gives every dollar a job. But not all dollars arrive to work at the same time.
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The pyramid and the wheel
Johan Galtung defined two structures for human interaction: thin-and-big (the pyramid) or thick-and-small (the wheel). Which describes your…
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