The Barbican makes space for people and ideas to connect. We exist to inspire more people to discover and love the arts. For an organisation like us, the shift in mindsets has forced us to look at how we remove boundaries. We want to use this space to reflect on the questions faced by the cultural sector as it grapples with a fast-changing world — to learn in the open, reflect on our work and share stories about the inner workings of an arts institution. and, specifically, how a shift in mindset catalysed by digital culture is encouraging us to think differently about our art, our artists, our audiences and the way we work. We define our challenge with an adaptation of Tom Loosemore’s definition of digital: approached this challenge with Tom Loosemore’s definition in mind: How do you apply the culture, practices, processes and technologies of the internet era to institutions that were created before it? We want to share stories about the challenges and opportunities the digital era poses to our organisation, and about how we challenge traditional ways of working, how we make decisions, how we use data, how we work collaboratively within and outside of the Barbican, learn and