Museums and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
You make more money from money than from growth—or income. And this should matter to museum workers.
AI is NOT Coming for Your Museum Job (but Someone Else May Be)—Part 2
Who will decide how AI helps—or replaces—museum work?
AI is NOT Coming for Your Museum Job (but Someone Else May Be)—Part 1
Does anyone actually know what AI is capable of—and who will suffer in trying to figure that out?
Links of the Week: May 5, 2023: The Mismatch Game
We're hired as matches for our teams, but mismatches are more common in our orgs.
The Museum Doctors: Interview with Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell of Cultural Inquiry
What if museums didn't just listen to children and communities, but did what they were told?
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: March 3, 2023: Minding the Gaps
Sometimes it's what's missing that defines our workplaces.
Links of the Week: July 29, 2022: Going Deep
When a story is ending, what needs to change—the story or the storytellers?
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: November 5, 2021: Hybrid Check-in
Everyone's writing about the Great Resignation. Is anyone doing anything about it, besides leaving? And, a survey!
Links of the Week: October 29, 2021: Museum Field Scares
The museum field is full of fear, and not the fun kind.
Last Exit to Interview
Can museums do better with exit interviews? An immodest proposal.