25 April 2023

Everything Counts when Moving Teams Beyond Burnout: a Chat with Jen Holmes

Leading better teams is a constant process—and the most rewarding workplace practice.

21 March 2023

Wrong, Revisited: Museum Worker Pain Points

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

20 January 2023

Links of the Week: January 20, 2023: Ready to Learn?

Can organizations learn how to be better throughout?

26 August 2022

Links of the Week: August 26, 2022: More on the Long View

Taking a long view without centering humanity is no view at all.

14 June 2022

We Need to Complicate Our Narratives of Progress

A new book questions the progress narrative of Western civilization, and museum workers should take note.

25 January 2022

Study Hall: The Org Culture of Self-Examination in Museums

Museum-field studies are interesting, but does institutional org culture prevent real learning?

10 December 2021

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

05 January 2021

Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?

Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.

08 December 2020

Do We Need Museum Collectives?

Can the exceptionalist museum field move in a collaborative, networked direction?

05 October 2020

How to Fix Professional Development Classes in Museums

A broken museum model has made staff learning a failure. It's time to put workers in charge for a change.

14 September 2020

I, Jargoneer

Museum workers are done with buzzwords. So how do we move from words to real impact?

03 November 2019

The Not-So-Fine Art of Being Wrong in Museums

Changing your mind? Open to opinions? The museum field doesn't seem to value I-don't-know-it-alls.

28 July 2019

Museums and the Paradox of Learning

Museums, teach your people well … Learning must be a key supporting mindset of a cultural sector workplace.