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Thinking Practice: February 2015
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015. The last 10 days has seen a plethora of noteworthy reports and policy announcements (ie 1). Just as I prepared to sit down to blog about one, along would come another. I want to discuss two here with some reference to two others, as they all connect. First up was a ‘closing statement’ from GPS Culture. 8211; the troika of Christopher Gordon, David Powell and Peter Stark. A New Destination for the Arts. Between a RoCC and a Hard Place. Deliver its Royal Charter. 8217; This eco...
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Thinking Practice: June 2015
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Talking to the Dead. Sometimes chinks of light. Are framed in black. Last weekend I was one of a number of people who read poems by our friend Gordon Hodgeon at the launch of his book,. Talking to the Dead. Which was mainly written in the years after Gordon became paralysed, but whilst he could still talk with the aid of a ventilator, and therefore write using dictation software. Albeit decades apart –. His own poems were always gimlet-eyed and, some might say, a bit on the miser...
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Thinking Practice: RSA cultural contract: straw man dons thinking head
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Friday, 13 March 2015. RSA cultural contract: straw man dons thinking head. From @ace national twitter stream with permission. Thanks to Alison O'Hara for pointing me out! I promised more on the RSA’s draft contract between government and the arts and cultural sector. After the launch debate event this week. So here we go, trying to reflect some of the conversation as I heard it, and some thoughts of my own. Get yourself a brew, it’s not as short as I’d like. (Not enough time! How long is it for? The tim...
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Thinking Practice: July 2014
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Thursday, 10 July 2014. Thinking Practice work in most if not all its usual variety has continued in recent months, alongside the major commitment/opportunity of being Interim Director at mima. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. This has ranged from some great facilitation and coaching gigs, talking adaptive resilience in a museums context, helping launch CidaCo's Developing Cultural Resilience. The CPP for South East Northumberland, evaluating Northern Stage's NORTH. And less sleep than usual. Anywa...
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Thinking Practice: Talking to the Dead
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Talking to the Dead. Sometimes chinks of light. Are framed in black. Last weekend I was one of a number of people who read poems by our friend Gordon Hodgeon at the launch of his book,. Talking to the Dead. Which was mainly written in the years after Gordon became paralysed, but whilst he could still talk with the aid of a ventilator, and therefore write using dictation software. Albeit decades apart –. His own poems were always gimlet-eyed and, some might say, a bit on the miser...
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Thinking Practice: After the cusp: invention and wakefulness
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Friday, 12 June 2015. After the cusp: invention and wakefulness. My last blog here, in March, was headed ‘The cusp of something, but what? 8217; I’ve left that cliffhanger hanging a while now, for reasons of work, family and football, and we know a little bit more. Obviously, we’ve had the election. First I was afraid. Then I was petrified. Today's chink of light is a reminder that it was Roy Fisher's 85th birthday yesterday, probably England's greatest living poet. You can read about him here. Although ...
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Thinking Practice: September 2014
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Thursday, 4 September 2014. Tom Shakespeare, who was my chair when I was at Arts Council England, North East, has just made a Radio 4 'Great Lives' programme about Antonio Gramsci, the Italian communist and writer who I think about as one of the best left writers on culture. You can listen to Tom not quite persuading former Tory MP Matthew Parris here. You can also read a short biog on Tom's excellent site our statures touch the skies. Which features his short biographies of notable disabled people.
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Thinking Practice: Thinking Practice
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Thinking Practice helps the arts, cultural and other sectors increase their impact and build their creative resilience through approaches that combine thinking (creative analysis and strategy) with practice (creative doing and learning). It does this by. 8226; working with people to develop better strategies, business models and ways of working. 8226; writing, research and evaluation. 8226; coaching and facilitation. 8226; speaking and training. Or ring 01642 606755. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Although ...
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Thinking Practice: Publications
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Some of Mark Robinson's publications. Two key papers by Mark Robinson on adaptive resilience can be downloaded from Arts Council England's website:. The Role of Diversity in Building Adaptive Resilience. Co-written with Tony Nwachukwu, published in 2011. Making Adaptive Resilience Real. The Art of Living Dangerously. Co-written with Shelegah Wright, Natalie Querol and Sarah Colston, for MMM/Exchange/nef). Creative Case North 2012-2015 A Review: Executive Summary. Business Model Canvas: Six questions.