Kate Larsen
@katelarsenkeys.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Consultant. Rabble-rouser.
📚 An Apology to the Librarian, Our Hybrid Future, Public.Open.Space., The Relationship is the Project
https://linktr.ee/katelarsenkeys
📚 An Apology to the Librarian, Our Hybrid Future, Public.Open.Space., The Relationship is the Project
https://linktr.ee/katelarsenkeys
My latest enews is on getting better at endings and whether arts governance models setting us up to fail (TL;DR version: yes, they are). Plus my 2025 writing year, free Strat Planning webinars for regional WA arts orgs, my Jan reading recs, Feb book giveaway, and more. katelarsenkeys.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:38 PM
My latest enews is on getting better at endings and whether arts governance models setting us up to fail (TL;DR version: yes, they are). Plus my 2025 writing year, free Strat Planning webinars for regional WA arts orgs, my Jan reading recs, Feb book giveaway, and more. katelarsenkeys.substack.com
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And now it’s time to wrap up #FACT2026. Kate: we need to stop learning the wrong lessons. Learn from those who failed before us. We’re losing more people from the arts than joining. We have no tolerance for what’s unnecessary. Make it better. We’re exhausted. Which is why we need to come together.
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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And now it’s time to wrap up #FACT2026. Kate: we need to stop learning the wrong lessons. Learn from those who failed before us. We’re losing more people from the arts than joining. We have no tolerance for what’s unnecessary. Make it better. We’re exhausted. Which is why we need to come together.
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Talking about the limitations of governance structures and ways to subvert the dominant paradigm an regulations to meet the future and face the present of cultural organisations. Kate Larsen and Nick Pickard at #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Talking about the limitations of governance structures and ways to subvert the dominant paradigm an regulations to meet the future and face the present of cultural organisations. Kate Larsen and Nick Pickard at #FACT2026
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Kate is making a huge lot of sense!
Boards need to be brave to unlearn, takes energy but exciting trigger knowing that current models don't work and we don't need to follow current governance practices
#FACT2026
Boards need to be brave to unlearn, takes energy but exciting trigger knowing that current models don't work and we don't need to follow current governance practices
#FACT2026
We’ve got more flexibility to explore governance practices than we think, says Kate. A lot of the ageing models we use are actually optional. Sustainability is ouch and burnout is real. The high-profile governance failures are more and more frequent and entirely avoidable. Embrace change. #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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We need a bigger definition of governance, says Kate. Who is around the table? Do we even need a table? Are the actual decision-makers actually in the room? Bring the board to the rehearsal room: forget nonsense moving and seconding! Design something that serves us now and into the future. #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 AM
We need a bigger definition of governance, says Kate. Who is around the table? Do we even need a table? Are the actual decision-makers actually in the room? Bring the board to the rehearsal room: forget nonsense moving and seconding! Design something that serves us now and into the future. #FACT2026
Reposted by Kate Larsen
We’ve got more flexibility to explore governance practices than we think, says Kate. A lot of the ageing models we use are actually optional. Sustainability is ouch and burnout is real. The high-profile governance failures are more and more frequent and entirely avoidable. Embrace change. #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 AM
We’ve got more flexibility to explore governance practices than we think, says Kate. A lot of the ageing models we use are actually optional. Sustainability is ouch and burnout is real. The high-profile governance failures are more and more frequent and entirely avoidable. Embrace change. #FACT2026
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On the next #FACT2026 panel, Kate Larson sums up the GLAM sector leadership challenge during a poly-crisis: "Fewer people making bigger decisions about more difficult problems".
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
On the next #FACT2026 panel, Kate Larson sums up the GLAM sector leadership challenge during a poly-crisis: "Fewer people making bigger decisions about more difficult problems".
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Kate Larsen: As we are now governing in a polycrisis; we have fewer people making bigger decisions in situations with greater complexity. #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Kate Larsen: As we are now governing in a polycrisis; we have fewer people making bigger decisions in situations with greater complexity. #FACT2026
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Kate Larsen: Our governance models are were not fit for purpose and is now woefully so. #FACT2026
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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And now for the final #FACT2026 session it’s How We Get to Next: This panel of experienced Australian changemakers looks at the challenges for organisations aware of the need for change, but struggling for financial, infrastructural, and cultural reasons. Sam Cairnduff, Kate Larsen, Nick Pickard.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
And now for the final #FACT2026 session it’s How We Get to Next: This panel of experienced Australian changemakers looks at the challenges for organisations aware of the need for change, but struggling for financial, infrastructural, and cultural reasons. Sam Cairnduff, Kate Larsen, Nick Pickard.
When hope is so hard, and so many cultural organisations have lost or are losing our trust, how do we get to next? We do it together. By not only asking who’s not at the table, but smashing the table entirely…
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
When hope is so hard, and so many cultural organisations have lost or are losing our trust, how do we get to next? We do it together. By not only asking who’s not at the table, but smashing the table entirely…
Hello, bluesky 👋
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Hello, bluesky 👋