Links of the Week: July 21, 2023: Quarter Dump
The jury is still out on the future of workplaces.
Topic
Design Thinking
Empathy by any other name …
Why All the Hating on Empathy?
Empathy is not a one-step solution to all organizational problems. It was never meant to be. Why all the piling on something which should be positive? Subscribe to The Museum at the End of the World to read more!
Can Museums Listen to Responsiveness?
Museums are paying more attention to their workplace practices. Can "responsiveness" succeed where "employee engagement" hasn't?
Just How Different a Workplace is a Museum?
Can evolving workplace practices in the business world be applied to mission-driven non-profits like museums?
Links of the Week (3/1/16)
Articles on the deeper meaning of design, agile, and multitasking.
Discuss (2/19/16): Empathy in the Workplace
Is empathy the answer to the host of problems accompanying fast-paced organizational change? And what it might mean for museums.
The Hater Bell Curve
Does your organization lean towards haterism? Is it even more pronounced in museums?
Discuss (1/20/16): Museums and Branding
Many museums are rethinking their brand—no matter how many staff think the very idea of a brand is gross and corporate.
Design [Thinking] Your Museum—an Interview with Dana Mitroff Silvers
A pioneer in applying Design Thinking to museums and other cultural institutions talks about change and evolution in museums.
10 Thoughts from Museum Computer Network 2015 Conference
My favorite museum technology conference covered data, publishing, "friend-tor-ing," and starting little insurrections.