When cultural producers have the time and space to think ahead and bounce ideas off each other, remarkable ideas emerge. Richard Watts shares the new thinking starting to emerge from the Culture Reset programme as delegates prepare for an uncertain future.
The CULTURE RESET programme is up and running. Richard Watts shares the vision – and the inspiration.
“Radical, representative reinvention” is the only moral choice for the sector now, says Richard Watts, who examines what’s locking us in – and what might help the sector break free from its unfair, unequal and excluding norms.
A structured reflection process can support arts leaders to find tentative answers to the overwhelming problems they are facing. Richard Watts offers a framework to guide the process.
The challenges facing arts organisations have changed dramatically – but that doesn’t mean giving up on our core values, says Richard Watts.
When leaders make personal change, organisational changes inevitably follow, says Richard Watts.
It’s hard asking people to explore uncertainty – but when consensus is built across the organisation, it can unleash huge energy, says Richard Watts.
Meeting future challenges in the arts sector will not be about managing change, but creating it, says Richard Watts.
Arts leaders involved in a new two-year programme for organisations seeking to create significant change gathered together for the first time recently. Richard Watts discusses the aims of the programme.