Commissioned by the Center for Cultural Innovation with generous support from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation:

Over the past several years, the  foundations have invested in research and programs that seek to understand, and address, the talent flight and leadership challenges confronting the arts sector in California. Leaders in the nonprofit arts world, many of them founders and builders of their organizations for decades, will be retiring in unprecedented numbers in the coming years. Organizations could become weaker and destabilized during this transition, a prospect that should be addressed with some urgency. Younger professionals should be able to take on these leadership roles and chart a new course in stressful and changing times. Yet an operational divide between the workplace needs and values of Next Geners and those currently in charge threatens this transition. Here’s a good look at this issue.