“Why you should run your business like a circus”
When an organisation is chaotic or dysfunctional, people often describe it as “a circus.” But I want to tell you why you should run your business like a circus – based on my experience at one of the world’s most famous circuses – Cirque du Soleil.
At any given time, Cirque du Soleil has 1,400 individuals on the road across nine shows. These individuals entrust their lives to one another – dropping a colleague during a high wire act could have…
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In this excerpt from the Touring Entertainment Report, Cirque du Soleil's Duncan Fisher breaks down the company's four essential principles
Comment 2 April 2025