Five ways storytelling helps arts change-makers
Storytelling is humanity’s oldest tool for creating connections, fostering identities, and making sense of the world. In the GLI’s substream ‘Storytelling for Impact,’ storytelling experts David Hutchens and Michael McRay help Cohort Members to make storytelling an integral part of their leadership toolkit. 1. Storytelling connects experience. From the dawn of humanity, stories have […]
Implementing evaluation: Six tips for creatives
Evaluation is an effective tool in understanding and improving an initiative. When properly integrated within day-to-day operations, evaluation can help reveal how individual parts contribute to collective results. In “Frameworks for Impact & Learning,” GLI module director Jessica Sperling, Ph.D. of Duke University, shares six tips with Fellows on fine-tuning evaluation in arts enterprises. […]
NYC invests in The Perelman Performing Arts Center
The Global Leaders Institute (GLI) is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), a new multi-space performing arts center located at the northeast corner of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. As the cornerstone of this relationship for 2024, a team of GLI Fellows is […]
Evaluation in the Arts: Five Tips for Entrepreneurs
How well is your arts initiative doing? Want to refine it and show its value to others? Evaluation is a way of discovering, revealing, and evolving the functionality of projects. It helps arts leaders learn from observation to plan, make decisions, and improve things. In “Frameworks for Impact & Learning,” Jessica Sperling, Ph.D., of Duke […]
Bringing Logic Models to life: A case study
In the first semester of the Arts Innovation MBA, GLI fellows work in teams with creative impact organizations worldwide. These enterprises become Case Study subjects that help GLI fellows learn and practice the tools and frameworks taught in the classroom. Through this process, GLI fellows help Case Study partners to think creatively about their business […]
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic who led with Grace
What can today’s leaders learn from a Roman emperor and stoic philosopher who lived more than two millennia ago? Meditations, the personal journal of Marcus Aurelius, reveals his reflections on coping with life’s challenges and opportunities. A growing list of contemporary icons, from presidents like Bill Clinton to actors and athletes like Elizabeth Holmes and […]
Using Logic Models: Giving clarity to passion
How do impactful arts entrepreneurs make a difference in the world? Through a clear vision of what they want and how to achieve it. Easier said than done! Module 2 of the Global Leaders Institute’s MBA in Arts Innovation familiarizes fellows with a tool to help plan and implement projects with purpose and impact. Through […]
Five leadership lessons from Antanas Mockus
Antanas Mockus is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician who served in important positions of leadership in Bogotá as vice-chancellor (1988-1990) and chancellor of the National University of Bogotá (1990-1993) and as mayor of the city of Bogotá for two separate terms between 1995 and 2003. A son of Lithuanian immigrants, Mockus became a charismatic […]
Engaged Aesthetics: Why art is Important
Why do we need art? What makes art different from other things we enjoy? Creative sector leaders often face questions about the purpose of art from policymakers, funders, and even the general public in the context of their working lives. The opening module of the GLI’s 2024 MBA in Arts Innovation challenges Cohort Members to […]
GLI welcomes the 2024 Global MBA Cohort
The Global Leaders Institute is thrilled to announce its 2024 Cohort, a group of 65 rising arts change-makers selected from hundreds of outstanding applicants worldwide who will pursue the MBA in Arts Innovation. These cultural leaders are shaping the future of the arts in their communities and beyond. 2024 Cohort Members join the GLI representing […]