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.
#MCNergy: Your solution to the post-conference blahs
Addressing one of the most persistent problems with any conference—that sinking feeling when all those great, exciting ideas you have during the conference dissipate after you've returned to work.
Can Museums Listen to Responsiveness?
Museums are paying more attention to their workplace practices. Can "responsiveness" succeed where "employee engagement" hasn't?
The Connection of Museums, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Though Samantha is guiding the creation of amazing gallery experiences and I’m obsessing on organizational change from within museums, it turned out that we had a lot of concerns in common.
Autumn is Coming
Between my conference workand the non-stop slow apocalypse we find ourselves in, it never felt like the right time to write about museums as workplaces or museums and organizational culture.
Call It The Human League: Museum Computer Network 2016
MCN2016 was a great, positive, uplifting conference, and it happened—and election night doesn't change that. A commitment to real, impactful change was never more important.
Beyond the Battle between Print and Digital books
It feels like the battle between print and digital for the future of publishing is over. Did someone actually win?
10 Thoughts from Museum Computer Network 2015 Conference
My favorite museum technology conference covered data, publishing, "friend-tor-ing," and starting little insurrections.