Are You a Museum Insider, Outsider, or Some of Both? (Part 1)
Insider and outsider definitions are more complicated than org charts.
"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work
When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.
Links of the Week: May 5, 2023: The Mismatch Game
We're hired as matches for our teams, but mismatches are more common in our orgs.
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.
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: March 24, 2023: What It All Means
Turns out that searching for the meaning of all things requires a looser org structure than you'd expect.
Museums and the X-day Workweek
A shorter workweek is under discussion, but are orgs still desperately avoiding real flexibility?
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.
Can Museums Respond to the Remote/Hybrid Challenge?
If resigning is Great and quitting is Quiet, what does that make remote and hybrid work?
What I've Been Reading, Watching, and Listening to Lately
These media have a lot of messages
Links of the Week: January 6, 2023: R U (Still) Masking?
The new year starts with a lot of links but a lot less masking …
Links of the Week: August 31, 2022: The System
Considering their educational pedigrees, museum workers aren't used to thinking of their institutions as systems.