Published though-pieces
Performance reviews: the most mismatched way of measuring creative work
The work environment is important for creativity and yet we focus on the craft but not the ecosystem around it. Performance reviews are an important piece of that ecosystem. Here are key changes to to Performance reviews in the Creative Industries.
The invisible force breaking your Creative team
Creative Industries don't break down because of bad briefs, tight timelines or shrinking budgets. They break down because people don't understand each other.
The Future of Work is portfolio-shaped
In this thought piece, I argue that the Creative Industries can lead the way in creating a better world of work - starting with portfolio careers.
Creative tribes: Understanding industry-wide behavioural patterns
An article I wrote for Creativepool about behavioural patterns in Creative professionals everyone in the industry should know about to make the work better.
Forget work culture – let’s build work community instead
Stop trying to culture your way to better work and consider building a community instead.
“A great culture fit”? Think again.
I don’t buy into ‘culture fit’. It creates homogeneous thinking. We need more heterogeneous thinking in the Creative Industries to truly drive innovation.