Museums and the X-day Workweek
A shorter workweek is under discussion, but are orgs still desperately avoiding real flexibility?
Links of the Week: February 24, 2023: Getting Back to Museums
Museums and their workers have a world full of problems to deal with.
Quiet Quitting in Museums is More than Just Taking It Easy
Quiet quitting is a journey of worker self-worth and one that museums have to take very seriously.
Links of the Week: August 12, 2022: The Fairness Spin
Are efforts to make museums fairer workplaces—including with DEAI—just going in circles?
Links of the Week: July 29, 2022: Going Deep
When a story is ending, what needs to change—the story or the storytellers?
Links of the Week: July 15, 2022: (Northern) Summer Grab Bag
Here are some links on mission creep, DEIA, crypto, and burnout.
"Severance" and Museum Org Culture
The most recent show about work/life (im)balance has some lessons about org culture in the museum field.
Links of the Week: May 27, 2022: Culture Fit
As the Great Exhaustion continues apace, can museum workers get past cultural tyrannies?
The Museum Overwork Dilemma—Us or Them?
We've met the museum overwork enemy—but is it us? Join a co-hosted conversation on June 9 to talk it out.
Transforming Workplace Time in Museums
Museum leaders have been reacting to crises. What if museum workers just started transforming their time?
We Ignore the Museum Busyness Elephant at Our Peril
Museum workloads are undermining the entire remote/return discussion and so much more.
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.
Links of the Week: January 28, 2022: Stress Test
Workers are stressed, but the leadership radar is focused elsewhere.