The Lonely Workplace Paradox
Why can't defenders of the workplace get over how often they're empty?
The Well-Being Dilemma for Museum Workers
Do museum workers need to take charge of their own well-being—and that of their institutions?
Links of the Week: January 26, 2024: Finding Forward
Can museums and their workers move in the same direction at the same time?
What Do Museums Need to Do to Move Forward for Their Workers?
Museums being honest know that equity, fairness, and justice are organizational problems. Are they avoiding the necessary solutions?
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?