A little bit before lockdown I was having a chat with someone (?) on here about the skills I learned as a musician/performer/creative that are vital to my day job.

Well now this lockdown is upon us I am so thankful I've spent so much of my life as an amateur musician.

I work for a fantastic little charity - we're a team of 9 and we've had to WFH and move our services online.

Move a website over to wordpress you say? Yes, I've been running wordpress sites for a decade for my music. No problem.

We all have to be happy with getting things done quickly, even if it means we don't do it perfectly? Yeah, sure I'm a performer - you want me to skip soundcheck and just get up there and play? If I have to I can.

We need new ideas and new ways of doing our services? We need to learn a new bit of tech? We need to be happy with the white-knuckle terror of trying something for the first time in front of a new audience? Yep, yep, yep. I got your ideas, I got your improv skills, I have no fear

If I was in charge of education I would make sure everyone got to develop these skills, particularly stuff around improv, trying things out and acting even when scared. Not the only important skills, but they matter.