The Creative Entrepreneurship Project
Here you’ll find resources and articles and real stories of entrepreneurs making their for-profit and not-for-profit ventures work.
It’s a work in progress, so drop in regularly to see what’s new.
16 July 2017 | phd thesis, podcast, Uncategorized
I am late to this particular party, but have now caught up with the first series of Serial. Because I’m late, you probably know that it’s a podcast from the …
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 …
11 May 2017 | Uncategorized, web resource
About 18 months ago, my boss issued an instruction to all staff: for regular travel to client meetings, work functions and so forth, he wanted us to use Uber-X. His …
6 May 2017 | literature review, research paper, statistics, Uncategorized, web resource
Since my last post, I’ve been having a series of discussions about this tricky, slippery term, the creative industries. The first was with Gavin Bowman who pointed out that industry …
Read more about On who’s in and who’s out: Part 1 –Creative Industries
17 April 2017 | literature review, Uncategorized, web resource
Talk about the term “creative industries’ seems to inevitably lead to questions of definition. And those questions lead to more questions. And before long, we’re in a world of confusion. …
Read more about A creative industries definition that recognises commercial intent (WIP).
11 February 2017 | book, Uncategorized
Recently, I’ve become interested in decision making. My job is frequently about helping people make decisions which impact their businesses and their lives. It’s also about selling services, which requires …
Read more about Decisions, visions, brain functions and storytelling
4 February 2017 | Uncategorized
This blog has been on pause for a bit while I’ve been attending to various other bits and pieces. But throughout that time, I’ve been savouring a book called Streaming, …
Read more about Entrepreneurship: led by data, design or instinct
24 November 2016 | documentary
Arts programming on ABC TV has long been characterised by one major factor; its ability to be reliably dull. Though lately there seems to be an effort to liven it up. …
Read more about Mambo and Halfbrick: two versions of Australian creative entrepreneurship
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 …
4 November 2016 | comment, media article
Before 10 October this year, I would have been hard pressed to name the federal Education Minister. Turns out it’s Senator Simon Birmingham of the good state of South Australia. …
Read more about Creative entrepreneurship as a lifestyle choice
24 October 2016 | Uncategorized
Works of art, more centrally and nakedly than ever before, are becoming commodities, consumer goods… Now it’s every man for himself, every tub on its own bottom. Now it’s not …
16 October 2016 | research paper, web resource
This article has the brain bending title Managing exploration and exploitation paradoxes in creative organisations, which might suggest a discussion far removed from the practicalities of running a business in the …
Read more about Exploring and exploiting: a creative management paradox
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 …
6 October 2016 | web resource
I had to consult dictionary.com for this one. Bricolage is “a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things”. And this paper says that …
Read more about Is bricolage a thing? And do creatives own it?
1 October 2016 | Uncategorized
This is an odd piece. Two academics sit down to write a short play for a conference, to demonstrate their theories on entrepreneurship. Through the course of that conversation, they have …
Read more about Hey, this could be a play AND a conference paper.
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 …
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