September Opener: What Does Digital Mean to Museums?
Museums' issues with digital and technology reflect a greater struggle for identity and meaning.
Topic
Digital strategy
A collection of 32 posts
The Trouble with Defining "Digital Transformation" in Museums
Everyone talks about digital transformation, but no one can define it.
Museum Disruption Revisited (and Dismantling Visited)
Can museum workers really down bring their own system?
Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work
Personality tests and personas come from the same organizational obsession with absolute certainty.
The Tech-Driven Cult of the Individual Harms Museum Workers' Mental Health
Personalized tech was supposed to help mental health issues in museums. What happened?
Automation and Museum Work, Part I: The Search
Automation in museum work is a search—but are we looking for efficiency or humanity?
The NFT Conundrum for Museums
Can museums resist the latest get-rich-quick-(by-making-others-poor) scheme?
Museum digital for the rest of us
Has org culture in museums caught up to everything that "digital" can mean?
Museums Must Pivot Back to People
Museums have been pivoting to post-normal workplaces. What else are they pivoting to?
Strategy for the Rest of Us
Thoughts from the first of two weeks of the Museum Computer Network's virtual 2020 conference