Embracing a Change Mindset in Museums: From Scarcity to Strategy—A Guest Post by Uma Nair

How do museums—and workers—strike a balance between meaningful impact and public praise?

Links of the Week: March 15, 2024: The Ides of Change

Change isn't as simple as one event.

What if We Act as if We Love the Future? An Interview with Mike Murawski

How do we stay hopeful while doing the hard work of organizational change?

Tough Love for the DEI Industry: A Review of DEI Deconstructed

A 2022 book has a damning analysis of why DEI hasn't worked so far—and how understanding org culture better is the first step to real change.

Links of the Week: November 10, 2023: Not My Problem, Give Me Some

Are museum workers ready to help society confront hard choices?

Links of the Week: September 15, 2023: Autumn of our Innovation Discontent

Change is almost always defined by leaders—can we think bigger?

A Museum Human Manifesto

Manifestos aren't just for rebellions (or maybe they are).

Better to be a Nosider than an Insider or an Outsider (part 2)

The obsession with inside and outside is only reinforcing the hierarchy.

Links of the Week: June 30, 2023: The Inside and the Outside

Much of change management is about balancing the inside and outside aspects of org culture.

Links of the Week: June 23, 2023: The Best Offense is a Good Defense?

Getting defensive at work isn't great—but remember that toxic workplaces started it.

Links of the Week: June 16, 2023: A Manifesto for Change

Change is a wide topic but the choices that start it can be surprisingly narrow—and that's a good thing.

Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums

All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.

Are We Listening? Review of The Persuaders, Part 1

A new book calls out callout culture, but does it practice the deep listening it advocates?

Links of the Week: February 3, 2023: One Month In

Do museum workers pay enough attention to goals, planning, and trends?

Links of the Week: July 22, 2022: What Vibrations?

Some leaders think the Great Resignation is caused by bad vibes. It's more than that.