24 June 2022

Links of the Week: June 24, 2022: The Commons

Strategy and democracy are all part of the debate over the museum commons.

08 April 2022

Links of the Week: April 8, 2022: The Collaboratorium

Workers have been told that they need to collaborate better. But is that missing the point?

22 March 2022

The "Cultural Translation" Burden in Museum Work

Is the fine art of cultural translation another organizational trap for museum workers?

09 November 2021

Boundaries in Museum Work

Boundaries are good, except when they keep us apart. Can museum work manage both?

19 October 2021

Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work

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

29 June 2021

The End of the Museum Worker Silent Majority?

The return-to-workplace push may finally expose the cost of worker silence in museums.

15 June 2021

Collaboration, Revisited

Will hybrid workplaces in museums bring some progress in the collaboration conundrum?

08 June 2021

Co-Creation Requires a Museum Field Re-Creation

More museums are co-creating, but a deep and widespread practice will require a new org culture.

01 June 2021

Can Internal Competition Make for Better Museums?

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

08 December 2020

Do We Need Museum Collectives?

Can the exceptionalist museum field move in a collaborative, networked direction?

12 October 2020

Is a Different Museum Org a Work of Fiction?

Everyone's asking questions about what a museum should be. Can we change what museums will be?

05 October 2020

How to Fix Professional Development Classes in Museums

A broken museum model has made staff learning a failure. It's time to put workers in charge for a change.

05 April 2016

Links of the Week (4/6/16)

Those of us in nonprofits and/or cultural institutions groan/roll eyes at the idea of a "personal brand," but what's so wrong about having an idea of yourself and where you want to be?

24 March 2016

Discuss: Collaboration and Silos (3/25/16)

Collaborating our way out of workplace silos is all the rage … or is it? What are some responses to the collaboration conundrum?