Museums Can't Monetize Content before They Value People

Is museum organizational culture set up to allow for the fair valuation of content—and people?

Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work

Personality tests and personas come from the same organizational obsession with absolute certainty.

Links of the Week: October 15, 2021: Squid Museum

The hit show Squid Game makes sport of capitalism's hold on us. What are museum workers to do?

Links of the Week: August 5, 2021: Bubble Bath

Times of uncertainty breed bubbles from greed and desperation. What do these mean for museums?

The NFT Conundrum for Museums

Can museums resist the latest get-rich-quick-(by-making-others-poor) scheme?

Can Internal Competition Make for Better Museums?

A new wave of corporate entities are functioning like internal markets. Could it work for museums?

TMPR for Museum Workers, Part 2: Money

A four-part series continues with the relationship of museum workers and their institutions to money and value.

Links of the Week: April 29, 2021: Curiosity and Capitalism

Curiosity is one of the most important traits to encourage—and it may be the key to anticapitalism in our museum org culture.