Links of the Week: September 8, 2023: Fall Term Terminology

Innovation, leadership, and engagement need to be grounded in workplace reality in order to really improve.

Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 1

Is there something wrong with the idea of always innovating?

Storytelling with Clarity and Confidence: an Interview with Abhay Adhikari

An open-minded and multi-disciplinary approach is making Digital Identities more than just technology.

"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work

When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.

Making Sustainability Sustainable for Museums: an Interview with Caitlin Southwick

Sustainability for museums is a cross-disciplinary mindset.

What Museum Human Means by "Hierarchy"

What if just reforming leadership and the hierarchy isn't enough?

Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums

All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.

Decision-Making Often Goes Wrong Before It Even Begins

Distributed decision-making is the real test of progressive workplaces.

Links of the Week: April 7, 2023: Gifts to Our Future Selves

The best gift to yourself is one that others get to share in.

Wrong, Revisited: Museum Worker Pain Points

Can we be wrong and right about museum-field pain points at the same time?

Can Emergent Skills Save the Museum Sector? A chat with Dr. Lauren Vargas

Museums say they want better community relationships but need better emergent skills first.

The War of All Against All: Review of The Persuaders, part 2

The callout culture around callout culture only feeds into the War of All Against All.

Are We Listening? Review of The Persuaders, Part 1

A new book calls out callout culture, but does it practice the deep listening it advocates?

Can Museums Respond to the Remote/Hybrid Challenge?

If resigning is Great and quitting is Quiet, what does that make remote and hybrid work?