Change at Work

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.

Everything Counts when Moving Teams Beyond Burnout: a Chat with Jen Holmes

Leading better teams is a constant process—and the most rewarding workplace practice.

Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums

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

Links of the Week: March 24, 2023: What It All Means

Turns out that searching for the meaning of all things requires a looser org structure than you'd expect.

Wrong, Revisited: Museum Worker Pain Points

Can we be wrong and right about museum-field pain points at the same time?

Museums and the X-day Workweek

A shorter workweek is under discussion, but are orgs still desperately avoiding real flexibility?

Links of the Week: August 5, 2022: Just Eff It?

The dividing line between "just eff it" and "no effing way" has shifted, and museum workers have taken note.

Links of the Week: May 13, 2022: Change Like You Mean It

Whose change? And changing into what? What does change mean for museum workers?

The Positivity of Negativity in Museum Work

Can we acknowledge doom and collapse and still make positive change in museums?