This is where you’ll find unpaid riffs and observations that I’ve had over the years. Some serious; some fun. For the paid for (more serious) stuff, see the Reports section.
Halfway to seeing the light
Today marks the halfway point in my sabbatical. From today the end of the trip is closer than the beginning, so it’s probably a good time to take stock of how it’s going….
All the books I read in 2011
Following my post for 2010, here’s a list of all the books I read last year.
My blog in 10 words
Just checked Wordle and created a wordcloud for all the words that I’ve written up to now on my blog
All the books I read in 2010
Here’s a list of all the books I read, or re-read, last year (as usual, Amazon made an awful lot of money in 2010!). The ones that made the greatest impression were: Business Model…
What government can learn from the music industry about WikiLeaks-Cablegate
Indulge me while I riff on this for a moment… I wrote a report a couple of years ago for UK Music that explored copyright in the digital economy. Amongst a number of…
Creative distraction works (so carry on swinging…)
My yogini wife, Claire, introduced me once to the Buddhist concept of “the monkey mind”. It’s basically what I’ve got. Although I can focus when I need to, I’m easily distracted, and love…
Clore10 Buzzword Bingo
Looking forward to an interesting day at the Clore Leadership Programme’s annual get together in Kings Place, London today. This year’s theme is “The case for optimism” Thought I’d spice it up a…
Writing your own rules – why we need local definitions for Creative Industries
Hi Jay, Lovely to hear from you. Glad you like the piece. Your email got me thinking… One of my clients is an EU project called the CITIES Network (http://www.eucreativeindustries.eu/) where I work with…
Regeneration through music & the creative industries
Hi Alberto, And greetings to you, Francesco! The most interesting sectoral trend for me at the moment is cultural placemaking – i.e. working with property developers to inject culture into the process from…
David Shrigley’s Save The Arts Film
The UK Arts sector very often gets the tone of its message wrong, with what John Kieffer’s labelled a misplaced “sense of entitlement”. I think this David Shrigley film (funded by the…
