Writing
I write about the things I've spent my career working on — building businesses, using data to make better decisions, and the places where technology, leadership and the arts intersect. Some of these are long reads. All of them are opinions.
Are Music Colleges Still Failing Their Students? Twelve Years On
(11 minute read)
In 2014 I asked whether conservatoires were preparing students for the careers they would actually lead. The post travelled widely in the classical music world. Here's what's changed – and what hasn't.
The Arts Don't Have a Data Problem. They Have a Translation Problem.
(11 minute read)
Arts organisations are not short of audience data. What they are short of is a fast, practical way to turn it into better decisions. AI has changed that.