Lara Gordon Finnih

Journalist, communications consultant and founder of Dispatch Studios. Over a decade in PR and editorial communications. Uses systems thinking methodology to investigate the structures and conditions shaping creative work in the UK.

What's happening to the UK Cultural Production System?

In 2025, Skills England published an assessment of the creative industries.[^1] Buried in the data was a finding that deserves more attention than it has received: employers in the creative industries are reporting shortages in "creative and innovative thinking" itself. The industries that depend on creative capacity