What a Recent Symposium Says about Museum Democracy
Is it time for a museum-field symposium for the rest of us?
The Capitalism Conundrum for Museum Workers
Is there another way for the museum sector besides all-encompassing capitalism? Thoughts on week two of MCN 2020.
Strategy for the Rest of Us
Thoughts from the first of two weeks of the Museum Computer Network's virtual 2020 conference
The Current Museum Model Has to Die
A new unconference series demands Death to (the institutional failures of) Museums.
Will TED Talks or Tough Talk Lead to Better Org Culture in Museums?
Two simultaneous museum conferences, on opposite sides of the country, highlighted two different approaches to fixing what's wrong with museums.
Hey, Cultural Sector, Agile This
We overuse the term Agile in the organizational lexicon. A recent workshop explored a people-centered path to agile workplaces in the cultural sector.
One peer mentoring door closes, but others are already open …
After two years, the #MCNergy peer mentoring sessions at the Museum Computer Network's annual conference are ending, and that's a good thing.
We Made a Book!
Two of us self-styled change agents wrote a book about how to deal with change, and then how to deal yourself in.
Is MCN now the Museum Change Network?
The Museum Computer Network 2017 conference was heavy on change, leadership, and navigating the org chart. Have we entered a "post-digital" era of "always be changing" in museum technology?
Can the Museum Workplace Be More Human?
Two intense, long, emotional days at the personal-authenticity-and-development end of the organizational culture spectrum.