Agile for What?
The museum sector has been talking for years about the need for agility. But just what are we trying to be agile for?
Topic
Museums
A collection of 107 posts
The Museum at the End of the World: "I Didn't Mean It Literally" Edition
What should museums do in the apocalypse? Stop talking about leadership, realism, and the new normal, to start.
How Museums Can Really Have Engaged Employees
Surveys on museum employee engagement are now commonplace. But real engagement comes from accountability, and that starts with respect for all staff.
The Schrödinger's Career of Working in Museums
Museum workers are calling out the contradictions of their institutions and the field. Are museums—and workers—ready for the changes required?
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.
Who Decides Who Gets to "Fix" Tech?
Technologists, especially some who were responsible for the rise of surveillance capitalist behemoths, are declaring technology broken and proposing humanist solutions. What could be wrong with that? And what does this mean for museums?
The Connection of Museums, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Though Samantha is guiding the creation of amazing gallery experiences and I’m obsessing on organizational change from within museums, it turned out that we had a lot of concerns in common.
Autumn is Coming
Between my conference workand the non-stop slow apocalypse we find ourselves in, it never felt like the right time to write about museums as workplaces or museums and organizational culture.
This is How We Blog in the Museum Field
A new book featuring blogs from museum professionals is a testament to the challenges facing our sector—and the great number of awesome people working to solve them.
Games, Digital Pubs, and Voices: an Interview with Susan Edwards of the Hammer Museum
So many of us in the museum technology field are a multitude of different experiences and backgrounds. Susan Edwards fits that to a T.