Calling a Mulligan
On Monday, August 24 I did not post anything on my blog. That’s a big deal. It was the first Monday I missed in 2015. Oh sure, there have been close calls, like the time management post that went up […]
What a Big Mac Can Teach You About Value
Huge thanks to The Clark Hulings Fund for the invitation to share this blog post! See the original posting here. While you’re there, check out the amazing work the fund is doing for artists. In college, I was fascinated […]
September 2015 Tasks
Have you heard? The world is full of artists. “We’re All Artists Now” declared the Times and the creative class continues to thrive, it underscored a few days earlier featuring profiles of six artists making it work with portfolio careers. […]
Fast Enough to Fly Away
On my way to campus for the first day of the fall semester, Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” came on the radio. Belting out an abuse ballad en route to teach a class about financial empowerment is strangely empowering. Nevertheless, […]
Because Environment Matters
I try not to post too much curated content here. Mostly I’m interested in sharing new content… Or at least new takes on content. The story on Amazon’s workplace in the New York Times deserves some attention, but I’m not […]
What’s To Come
Flexible Ambiguity & the Creative Entrepreneur Julie Taggart, the Dean of the School of Studio Arts at the Columbus College of Art & Design talks about “flexible ambiguity” in the context of managing change. What I love about this phrase […]
August 2015 Tasks
The dog days of summer are upon us, and I’ve never been one to waste a opportunity to connect dogs—specifically my dog—to the worlds of business and art. Archie is a wonderful co-worker (except for the snoring), he believes strongly […]
Think Like an Entrepreneur
This post by Elaine Grogan Luttrull originally appeared as a guest post for the Evans Consulting Group. Can entrepreneurship be taught? Or is it an inherent set of traits found in some, but not others? I’d argue there […]
Bad Habits of Arts Organizations (Third in a Series)
If you’re new to this series, we’ve been exploring Bad Habits of Arts Organizations, which was originally inspired by an article in Inc. Magazine by Lolly Daskal: “8 Deadly Ways to Kill Employee Motivation.” What can we say? Some of […]
Thriving Creativity in Columbus
Artists must live in a large metropolitan area to be inspired and taken seriously, right? Not so much. A new ranking conducted by Smart Asset listed the top 10 cities in the U.S. for creative entrepreneurs, and the majority on […]
