Leadership in the Creative Industries: Addressing an Uncertain Future

In recent years, the rise of the gig economy has brought a host of freelance opportunities for people working in creative arts professions, including music, entertainment, and media. Freelance professionals generate piecemeal income from several vocations. The freelance market’s competitive nature requires recent graduates to cultivate a host of skills beyond their creative specializations. Equally concerning is the precarious state of the arts and entertainment sectors amid global health and financial collapse. In such uncertainty, the timing is right to consider how educators best prepare students to succeed in the coming years. This article argues for a shift in pedagogical mindset from an entirely skill-based model to a more holistic approach drawing on leadership across four areas: creativity, sustainability, vision, and community. The article puts forward a new theory, Creative Industry Leadership, to encourage a cooperative and holistic teaching and learning framework in the creative industries.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association

• Publication date

  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Art, Business, Economics, Education

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.25101/20.5
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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