Culture System

Name: Culture System
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ISBN: 9781919268675

Building Capable, Relevant and Sustainable Cultural Institutions

Patrick Duffy, Sara Vuletic

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English

Vita Viri Publishing
28 February 2026

Personnel & human resources management; Knowledge management; Organisational theory & behaviour

Cultural institutions are under more pressure than ever-to justify their value, broaden participation, remain financially viable, and

respond to complex social and civic expectations. At the same time, they are often expected to do all these using structures, habits, and assumptions inherited from a very different era.

Culture System argues that the challenge facing the cultural sector today is not a lack of purpose, creativity, or commitment-but a lack of coherence.

This book introduces a systems-based way of understanding how cultural institutions actually work: how leadership, organization design, capability, capacity, governance, and public value interact-often unintentionally-to shape what culture becomes in practice. It shows why effort and goodwill are no longer sufficient strategies and why resilience must give way to institutional maturity.

Written for cultural leaders, boards, funders, policymakers, and practitioners, Culture System blends sector insight with organizational rigor. It offers a clear-eyed critique of familiar pressures-burnout, mission stretch, incremental change-while remaining deeply respectful of culture's values and civic role.

Through cultural leadership and practice-based insight, practical tools, and accessible frameworks, the book helps institutions move from fragmentation to alignment, from aspiration to delivery, and from survival to sustainability.

This is not a manual for managing culture. It's an invitation to treat culture as seriously as it deserves-as a system that must be designed with care-to remain meaningful, credible, and publicly trusted.

By: Patrick Duffy, Sara Vuletic
Imprint: Vita Viri Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 85mm, Width: 55mm,
ISBN: 9781919268675
ISBN 10: 1919268677
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 28 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sara Vuletic is an art and culture strategist working at the intersection of cultural production, institutional leadership, and public value. Trained as a musician and curator, she has led and delivered major cultural programmes and large-scale initiatives across Europe and the Middle East, including a central role in Novi Sad, European Capital of Culture. She has served as UNESCO Media Arts Focal Point and led international programme partnerships, with experience spanning cultural policy, institutional development, and cross-sector collaboration. Trained in Arabic language and literature and cultural policy and management through the UNESCO Chair programme, her work focuses on the organizational and governance conditions that enable cultural institutions to remain credible, relevant, and sustainable. Dr. Patrick Duffy is an organization scientist, advisor, and author whose work focuses on organizational capability, governance, and performance. His career spans senior leadership, consulting, and research roles across services-led companies, public administration, NGOs, and the cultural and heritage sectors. He holds a doctorate in organization science and is known for helping institutions diagnose and address capability, capacity, and operating model challenges through evidence-based design. Duffy works internationally with leaders and boards to translate strategy into disciplined organizational practice, particularly in complex environments under pressure.