Links of the Week: September 8, 2023: Fall Term Terminology
Innovation, leadership, and engagement need to be grounded in workplace reality in order to really improve.
Storytelling with Clarity and Confidence: an Interview with Abhay Adhikari
An open-minded and multi-disciplinary approach is making Digital Identities more than just technology.
Better to be a Nosider than an Insider or an Outsider (part 2)
The obsession with inside and outside is only reinforcing the hierarchy.
Are You a Museum Insider, Outsider, or Some of Both? (Part 1)
Insider and outsider definitions are more complicated than org charts.
Links of the Week: June 23, 2023: The Best Offense is a Good Defense?
Getting defensive at work isn't great—but remember that toxic workplaces started it.
"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work
When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.
What Museum Human Means by "Hierarchy"
What if just reforming leadership and the hierarchy isn't enough?
Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums
All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.
Wrong, Revisited: Museum Worker Pain Points
Can we be wrong and right about museum-field pain points at the same time?
Links of the Week: February 17, 2023: Love Your Job or Else
We're told to find joy in our work. But what if we just need to face reality?
The Resignation Might Be Great, but is It Real?
How the Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, and Hybrid/Remote work interrelate
The Genius Delusion in Museum Work
Like most sectors, museums are in search of geniuses. But is that just the same old idolatry?
Measuring the Unmeasurable in Museum Work
Worker feelings may be impossible to measure, and that's a good thing
Transforming Workplace Time in Museums
Museum leaders have been reacting to crises. What if museum workers just started transforming their time?