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beyond the promise

A collection of 16 issues

Digital decision-making in cultural organisations: a collaborative research pilot

A short, structured programme to observe how your digital work really happens. Notice decision patterns, how you understand capacity, and learn alongside peers in a safe, reflective setting.

This week's best things

Community-building for digital folks, responsible AI, magical summer questions, learning from failure, the future of essays, Greg’s fridge, Art UK’s quiet triumph, knowing machines, Glastonbury at scale, r/preformances, and Wiki Radio.

Rewatch Beyond the Promise webinar #3 - building a culture of reflection (with Tash Willcocks)

This final session brings the series to a close by focusing on how teams learn from failure.

Rewatch Beyond the Promise webinar #2 - looking at digital readiness (with Chris Unitt)

In this session, we dig into what it really means to be digitally ready and why that readiness matters more than any single tool or tactic.

This week's best things

AI-friendly Hollywood, Artists as strategic hires, questioning funding models, fixing team chat, phones without the internet, Brazil’s data rights experiment, Japan’s ‘system of systems,’ lawyers still trusting ChatGPT, decoding CEO AI hype, digital readiness webinars. Sent from the past.

Rewatch Beyond the Promise webinar #1 - exploring the report's key findings and recommendations

The first in a series of three webinars which aim to unpack the findings of the Beyond the Promise research into digital failure. In this session I explained the background and context for this work, the main findings, introduced the tools I have developed, and shared six recommendations for better

Doing digital better: 'Beyond the Promise' report & resources now live

Why do so many digital projects in the cultural sector fall short or fail altogether? Beyond the Promise is a new report that explores this question and offers tools, insights, and resources to help organisations reflect, adapt, and improve their digital work.

Beyond the Promise: looking at why and how digital projects in the cultural sector fail

Why do digital projects in the culture sector fail? Beyond the Promise explores root causes and offers tools for better practice.

Beyond the Promise: organisational archetypes

Explore the seven organisational archetypes identified in the Beyond the Promise research. These patterns, drawn from real-world insights, can help you understand how digital work unfolds in your organisation and prompt meaningful reflection.