Museums, Their Workers, and the "Middle Ground"
Are museums seeking a middle ground that doesn't exist? And what does that mean for museum workers?
Topic
Organizational culture
A collection of 98 posts
Links of the Week: September 12, 2025: Like a Bull in a Museum Gift Shop
What does a year's worth of articles look like?
"This Is a Culture and Team We Want to Create": An Interview with Andrea Ledesma
Sometimes asking a lot of questions is more important than always having the answers.
With AI, to Throwdown™ or Not Throwdown™ is the Question
AI either has tons of use cases or is all hype. Can museums figure out which—or both—and learn something more profound about their organizations?
Links of the Week: July 12, 2024: The Workplace Evolution
Are we being honest about museum org culture problems?
A Review of Bootstrapped and a Webinar on Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits
Organizations too often believe the twin myths of individual self-reliance and worker disempowerment.
Links of the Week: June 28, 2024: Project Manage This
Museums are ignoring the need for skills and culture as they rush towards a future they define in strategic plans.
Links of the Week: June 21, 2024: Trust Busting or Trust Building?
Museums can't preach trust in society without enacting it internally.
The Trust Problem for Museums Doesn't Start with the Public
Museums say they're among the most trusted institutions in society. What happens when that isn't the case internally?
Links of the Week: June 7, 2024: Days at the Museum
Museums can't find the answers unless they widen their view of who gets to ask the questions.