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11 January 2021 | interviews, journal article
The relationship between narrative and time In his essay Narrative Time, Paul Ricoeur wrote about what he saw as the reciprocal relationship between narrative and temporality. Taking Heidegger’s questioning of …
Read more about Temporal ordering and co-creating narrative accounts
20 May 2018 | book, journal article, Uncategorized, web resource
Recently, I’ve been teaching a subject at AFTRS on Entrepreneurial Finance. This has been a useful exercise in exploring ideas about what an entrepreneur is and who identifies as an …
Read more about Some initial thoughts on entrepreneurship, business, wealth and innovation.
17 February 2018 | journal article, Uncategorized
Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of running a two-day clinic for artists seeking to improve their skills in attracting financial support from donors and sponsors. It’s the second time I’ve …
Read more about The pitch as storytelling and the storyteller’s shifting position
1 October 2017 | journal article, web resource
There’s more to talk about in the article by Julian Meyrick which I discussed last post. As I mentioned then, Meyrick is highly critical of measures used by successive governments …
Read more about Are the arts central to defining the creative industries?
30 September 2017 | journal article, Uncategorized, web resource
This article, by Julian Meyrick on the Conversation, has sparked so many thoughts that they have to marshaled into an orderly queue and forced to wait patiently. Its primary focus …
25 June 2017 | journal article, Uncategorized
Everyone loves a good list. Lists of things, if complete, give us a definitive account of the contents of a category. They let us put things into easily understood groups …
19 November 2016 | book, journal article
In preparation for something else entirely, I have been reading up on decision making. Through that, I’ve come across numerous references to Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, and …
10 October 2016 | journal article, Uncategorized
I’m preparing to deliver a training workshop at the Artlands conference in Dubbo later this month. It’s a workshop I’ve now delivered many times called ‘Making Money Business’ and it …
30 September 2016 | journal article
In a lifestyle magazine, casually discarded about our house, I came across an article about a person who runs a company. It’s an a-day-in-the-life piece. It starts with breakfast with …
24 September 2016 | interviews, journal article
Film and TV production is a practice I’ve been close to for many years. In particular, I’ve seen plenty of films and TV programs in production, and I’ve worked with a …
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