Leading Creatively
Chad BaumanA strategic look at how arts and culture leaders balance mission, money, people, and public trust—while keeping creativity at the center.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Leading Creatively Newsletter (July 4-10, 2026)
Welcome to Leading Creatively, a journal and newsletter where a nonprofit arts leader and researcher explores how arts and culture leaders balance mission, money, people, and public trust—while keeping creativity at the center.
Each week,...
Why We Rarely Learn from Leadership Transitions
As someone who studies organizational leadership within the nonprofit arts and culture sector, I am often asked to comment whenever there is a high-profile leadership transition. Almost without exception, I decline.
Not because leadership...
The Adaptive Leadership Challenges Facing Regional Theater
This fall, I begin one of the most exciting—and intimidating—chapters of my professional life.
After two years of coursework in the Doctor of Education program in Organizational Leadership and Learning at UNC Chapel Hill, I officially begi...
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Chad Bauman is an Executive Arts Leader, Researcher and Doctoral Candidate in Organizational Leadership at UNC Chapel Hill. His leadership and institutional growth have earned national recognition across major media and the performing arts sector.
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