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?
The "Cultural Translation" Burden in Museum Work
Is the fine art of cultural translation another organizational trap for museum workers?
AOC, Rock Stars, and Leaderless Movements in Museum Orgs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a star, but the rock star system isn't helping politics—or museums.
Roles, Responsibilities, and Hats in Museum Work
What does it mean if our museum jobs are doomed to be undescribable to other museum workers?
Links of the Week: January 21, 2022: Traumatic Times
Exploitation around many individual issues is adding up to big trauma for museum workers.
Boundaries in Museum Work
Boundaries are good, except when they keep us apart. Can museum work manage both?
Links of the Week: July 29, 2021: Time is it After Us
The unequal distribution of time is a museum-field tragedy
Introverts and Extroverts in Museum Work
Is a museum workplace possible which benefits introverts, extroverts, and everyone who's both and in between?
Agency and Autonomy in Museums
Autonomy and agency are the internal and external forms of self-actualization that all museum workers need.
TMPR for Museum Workers, Part 4: Resources
This four-part series ends with Resources—can museums move past scarcity to abundance for their workers and orgs?
TMPR for Museum Workers, Part 3: People
A four-part series continues with the place of people in the museum field. It's not as obvious as you think.
TMPR: A New Acronym for Museum Workers (Part 1: Time)
The first in a series of four posts about Time, Money, People, and Resources in museum work and in museum workers' lives.
Museums Can't End Projects Without a Map
Museums have no problem starting new work. Why is ending old work so difficult to get right?
Busyness, Revisited
The cult of busyness is the museum field's daily expression of weaponized and exploited time.