Are We Approaching Museum Org Culture All Wrong?
What if we're approaching museum org culture backward?
The Genius Delusion in Museum Work
Like most sectors, museums are in search of geniuses. But is that just the same old idolatry?
Links of the Week: March 11, 2022: Bury the Lead
Leadership is always considered top-and-center. It should be everywhere.
Study Hall: The Org Culture of Self-Examination in Museums
Museum-field studies are interesting, but does institutional org culture prevent real learning?
Links of the Week: December 10, 2021: Everything Must Go, Part 2
Some end-of-year reading on museums, silos, learning, racism, leadership, and climate
Museum Disruption Revisited (and Dismantling Visited)
Can museum workers really down bring their own system?
Links of the Week: October 29, 2021: Museum Field Scares
The museum field is full of fear, and not the fun kind.
What Kind of Museum Leaders Do We Want?
Do museums need different leaders or different ideas about museum leadership?
Agency and Autonomy in Museums
Autonomy and agency are the internal and external forms of self-actualization that all museum workers need.
Links of the Week: May 20, 2021: Reflections of …
A couple of people—and orgs—I follow have been in a remembering mood.
Deaccessioning and Museum Organizational Culture
What does the deaccessioning controversy reveal about the place of museum workers in the organization?
How to Make Museum Work Flexible, not Fauxible
Flexible work is not just schedules and policies. It's roles, skills, mindsets, and more. Otherwise it's fake flexibility: fauxibility.
Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?
Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.