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Action, impact, energy, technique
The premise of 'action, impact, energy, technique' is simple. What do you do, how does it make you (and others) feel, what is the cost and reward... is there a better way?

Mark Franklin
7 hours ago3 min read


Don't stop being (good) selfish
Good selfish means putting yourself first for the right reasons. Here's what the research on wellbeing, burnout and boundaries actually says about it.

Mark Franklin
Aug 114 min read


Do you have a 'Practitioner' or a 'Producer' mindset?
Entertainment coach John Blackburn introduced me to the Practitioner and Producer mindset. One masters the doing. The other builds the space for it. Which one are you avoiding becoming?

Mark Franklin
Aug 44 min read


The normalisation of deviance
Sociologist Diane Vaughan coined the phrase after the 1986 Challenger disaster. The gradual erosion of standards, repeated without consequence, until normal no longer means what it once did.

Mark Franklin
Jul 284 min read


Sorry Maslow, but creatives have a different hierarchy of needs
When Maslow built his Hierarchy of Needs in 1943, he wasn't thinking about creative business owners. Here's a hierarchy of needs designed specifically for people building something of their own.

Mark Franklin
Jun 304 min read
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