Imagine you get asked to run a workshop. How would you tackle it? Perhaps you’re feeling really confident in your abilities, or you believe the group will instinctively be able to get where they need to go. You can just show up with a loose agenda and a few slides….
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“What do you mean, ‘a workshop’?”
For centuries the word ‘workshop’ simply referred to a place where goods were manufactured or repaired. To begin with, these workshops were solely singular rooms, but increasingly they became buildings or complexes where many makers would share resources and collaborate. Alongside these workshops, in today’s connected world we now have…
Connecting with Art
There’s something about those few days before Christmas. The city has a softer haze, time slows and moments are savoured more than the preceding 50 weeks of the year. For many it can be a strange time of year. Mixed feelings. Transition. You may find yourself away from what you know…
Undertaking a 2019 Annual Life Review (Guide & Template)
Note: This is an updated version of this post for 2019. Head this way for the original 2018 post
Life’s a Pitch…but for who?
Over the last few months, I’ve been working with nearly two dozen founders from across the spectrum of New York’s media & entertainment industry. It’s the third cohort of New York City’s AMP NYC accelerator program, a first of its kind initiative helping small business owners in the city develop…
Why the future of learning is in the middle
Become a workshop creator and magical things can happen The view was spectacular and the light poured in. In a top-floor conference room located in one of Manhattan’s most noteworthy skyscrapers, it was time to close the door, ignore the rest of the world, lean up against the window, and…
No AC to DC
It’s that time. I’m off to Penn Station. I’m taking the B line to what is, kindly, the B list of train terminals. And then my subway mysteriously skips my exit point, Herald Square. It doesn’t really even skip it. It just chugs, almost apologetically, except with no apologies forthcoming. …
The Educator in Residence
Why a different type of EIR could be your firm’s new secret weapon In 1989, the Hollywood talent agency CAA moved into its new $25m offices designed by star architect I.M Pei. In a little over a decade the company had grown from a $21,000 bank loan and no employees…
Coaching: Three agendas for exploration
This is part of a series of articles derived from my coaching certification assessment. There are numerous coaching models used in certification programs: this particular one focuses on three agendas; presenting, deeper, and transformational. Here’s a brief breakdown of each of those three agendas, along with an example from a…
Learnings from the other side of an accelerator program
In the Spring of 2018, I was approached about collaborating on a new project being presented by New York City’s Department of Small Business Services and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. The project came about from the City looking to further their support to creative businesses. Media &…