The Catalyst Lab

Perspectives on audience-centered strategy, cultural impact, and the future of arts institutions, drawn from Jim’s 30+ years inside and alongside them.

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    What Reverts First

    The campaign worked. The marketing team got excited about using Audience First principles in their work and rebuilt the season opening production’s messaging around what the audience needed rather than what the organization wanted to say about itself. It launched.…

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  • The Last Fifty Feet

    The Last Fifty Feet

    Part of a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for every decision…

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  • What Revenue Leaders Actually Do Differently

    What Revenue Leaders Actually Do Differently

    Part of a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for every decision…

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  • What the Executive and Artistic Leaders Actually Do Differently

    What the Executive and Artistic Leaders Actually Do Differently

    Part of a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for every decision…

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  • The Report Nobody Acts On

    The Report Nobody Acts On

    Part of a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for every decision…

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  • The Layer No Dashboard Holds

    The Layer No Dashboard Holds

    Part of a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for every decision…

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  • The Record Says Ticket Buyer. The Person Is Someone Else.

    The Record Says Ticket Buyer. The Person Is Someone Else.

    The next article in a series about why the strategies that used to work don’t work the same way anymore, and what that means for…

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