Recruiting for digital roles
Some thoughts about the ways cultural organisations could think differently about how they deal with their recruitment needs (and expectations) around digital roles.
Ash Mann
This week's best things
A couple of interesting reports on digital engagement, a look at the impact of the internet on our attention spans and happiness, and a touching article on Japan's dementia cafes
Novel perspectives, emotional proximity, and working out what we take for granted
Thinking about what digital is good at.
This week's best things
A roundup of the best things that I've been sent, read, seen, or heard over the past week. Articles on falling in love with AI, unexpected collaboration, the psychological impact of listening and more
Digital Works Podcast: Fran Sanderson
Talking about money, and how we fund culture
How to remain curious?
The idea of constant change is exhausting, how to stay curious when everything changes all the time
Digital Works Podcast: Seb Chan
A summary of some of the main points of the discussion that I had with Seb (CEO of ACMI in Melbourne) earlier this year
Collective effervescence, remote culture, and liveness
Thinking about how digital can help people gather in new ways
The important skills
What skills and roles should cultural organisations be prioritising to deliver effective digital work?
Will the imperative to change become too loud to ignore before it's too late?
Over the past week I have read two very different articles which I think say similar things about the cultural sector’s approach to (and problems with) digital.