The Offstage Mic

Aubrey Bergauer

Arts and culture is a big business—a $1.02 trillion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. This podcast is about running that business: how to grow audiences, develop high performing teams and leaders, get younger attendees in the seats and on the donor rolls, apply strategies working in other sectors, and generate millions more dollars in revenue, all in order to serve the mission and flourish in a changing world. Hosted by “the Steve Jobs of classical music” (Observer) and "Sheryl Sandberg of the Symphony" (LA Review of Books), in each episode Aubrey Bergauer discusses the offstage work o...

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The Offstage Mic

Episodes (61)

Tue Jun 2nd The Science of Leading Change in the Arts
May 26th Can Auto-Renewing Subscriptions Work in the Arts?
May 19th How to Adopt AI at Your Arts Organization: A Practical Guide

The Offstage Mic

Jun 2, 2026
1¼ hours
67 MB

This episode is all about change management in arts organizations. Aubrey Bergauer breaks down the research behind building a change-ready culture and how to actually shift someone's mind when facts alone aren't enough. In the season six finale of The Offstage Mic, Aubrey closes out the "Changing the Narrative, Ten Years Later" season by going deep on two bodies of research: the i4cp study "Building a Culture of Change" and David McRaney's book How Minds Change. Together, they answer the question arts managers ask her more than any other: how do I get buy-in, bring my...

The Offstage Mic

The Science of Leading Change in the Arts

Aubrey Bergauer

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