Over the past year, alongside my work with writers and artists, I’ve spent a lot of time coaching creative executives. Film, television, theatre, dance, advertising, animation. Different sectors, different business models — it’s a fascinating and eclectic mix, yet the coaching and mentoring conversations share similar themes. Creative founders often start a company from their own creative spark, carrying sole responsibility for creative output. This leads to a set of primary

🌼 Balancing creativity with administrative responsibility I spent thirty years of my creative career running arts and creative companies, I’m now an executive and creative coach working with artists and leaders. Two of my executive clients recently came to me with the same challenge – a frustration at trying to balance creative work with their duties as senior executives running venues. Both felt they had to almost split themselves in two, having two different personalities

Writers - here is a different approach to structure. It's a way of writing into the energy of the work and avoiding endless post-it-notes...