Leadership in the Creative Industries: Addressing an Uncertain Future

Abstract

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.

A Qualitative Study of Work Motivation Among the Media and Creative Workers in Malaysia

“…The gig economy has opened many opportunities to the freelance community that works in creative arts professions such as entertainment, media, and musical acts (Walzer, 2020). For these graduates from arts and creative studies to be fully prepared to face the open market, the graduates need to be invested in many skill sets that are beyond their creative specialisation (Walzer, 2020). Walzer (2020) and Markunsen et al (2008) The code groups (CG) discovered above were later then analysed and two (2) emergent themes.…”

“…For these graduates from arts and creative studies to be fully prepared to face the open market, the graduates need to be invested in many skill sets that are beyond their creative specialisation (Walzer, 2020). Walzer (2020) and Markunsen et al (2008) The code groups (CG) discovered above were later then analysed and two (2) emergent themes. Table 9 states the suggestions of themes that were later discovered from the study conducted that would reflect the flow of the research being done and answers the objective of the research too.…”

Logistic Role for Fine Art Sustainable Creative Industry

“…This essay advocates for a shift in pedagogical mentality from a skill-based approach to a more holistic strategy that incorporates leadership in four areas: creativity, sustainability, vision, and community. The essay proposes Creative Industry Leadership as a new paradigm for encouraging a collaborative and comprehensive framework in the creative industries (Walzer, 2020). This chapter examines the literature on the relevance of cooperation between higher education institutions (HEI) and the creative and cultural industries (CCI), focusing on the African and Ghanaian contexts.…”

Fostering Trauma-Informed and Eudaimonic Pedagogy in Music Education

“…In Walzer (2020), I presented a theory called Creative Industries Leadership (CIL). The primary focus of CIL is to generate a shared, collective vision for stakeholders navigating an uncertain future in the arts and education sectors.…”

“…Finding space to view music-making and teaching as a healing and therapeutic process brings the pedagogy closer to eudaimonia. The Sustainability aspect of CIL views the entire enterprise of education as a lifelong endeavor entirely deserving of commitment and emotional energy (Walzer, 2020).…”