Self-sabotage. Why don't we prioritise outcomes over outputs and process?
A culture of low trust, and a lack of clarity, has lead to an overemphasis on process and outputs. This is harming all of us that work in the cultural sector.
Hi, I'm Ash, here are some thoughts and perspectives on digital in the cultural sector
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The outsized potential of Content Thinking
A few thoughts on the benefits of working with content experts
To unbundle or not to unbundle?
New approaches to thinking about and unlocking value could lead to surprising and different ways of reaching and connecting with audiences.
Digital career paths in the cultural sector are broken
A 'clogged and leaky' pipeline is leading to a serious and worring brain drain, and has done for over a decade now
How to remain curious?
The idea of constant change is exhausting, how to stay curious when everything changes all the time
This week's best things
What can humans do better than AI? An article about the Tank Museum's YouTube success, an explanation of why brand is important, and Lin-Manual Miranda at a poetry slam.
Kulturkraft 2024
A few thoughts from this year's Kulturkraft conference in Copenhagen
Cultural website, review of the week #001: National Portrait Gallery
The first in a new series, some thoughts on what the new NPG site does well, and less well.
This week's best things
A checkout audit, films on Tiktok, Millennial and Gen Z shopping habits, research showing how difficult simplicity is, a gallery of footers, and 40 years of This Mortal Coil
Where has your audience gone? And why aren't they coming back?
Some pondering on the challenges the cultural sector is facing attracting and retaining audiences.
This week's best things
Including an article which explains why we were never meant to see our own faces this much, Google are changing our search terms without us realising, research from Channel4 on video habits, and more
