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.
25 September 2016 | media article
Not everyone’s happy about creativity. Lucy Kellaway of the Finanical Times is one of them. In fact, she’s cranky about it. In this blistering piece, she calls creativity a “plague” …
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 …
22 September 2016 | media article, web resource
So the AFR runs an article about how leaders use storytelling to get their message across. And I imagine it’s a really good match for its readership; there’s an ongoing …
21 September 2016 | media article, web resource
As a consultant, you get used to having a go-to set of examples for a range of different situations. Got an HR problem? Here’s one another client had and how …
20 September 2016 | PhD Summary, web resource
Here’s an interesting find. Kim Goodwin, a PhD candidate at UTS, is looking at “the concepts of leadership, development and identity within Australian creative industries”. A key part of the …
19 September 2016 | media article, web resource
“Facts,” I recall Jane Caro once saying on an episode of The Gruen Transfer, “never convinced anyone of anything.” She was pointing out that emotions are much more likely to …
18 September 2016 | Report, Survey data, web resource
This study from CreativeSkillSet (a skills and training organisation) is about leadership and management skills gaps among workers in the UK’s creative industries. It also talks about development needs and learning preferences …
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