Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 2—One Way Out?
Can innovation be a joint, broad-based endeavor?
Links of the Week: September 8, 2023: Fall Term Terminology
Innovation, leadership, and engagement need to be grounded in workplace reality in order to really improve.
Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 1
Is there something wrong with the idea of always innovating?
"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work
When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.
Feelings in the Workplace Are Real
Are orgs ready for what it would mean to treat feelings as tangible objects and processes?
What Museum Human Means by "Hierarchy"
What if just reforming leadership and the hierarchy isn't enough?
Links of the Week: April 7, 2023: Gifts to Our Future Selves
The best gift to yourself is one that others get to share in.
The Museum Doctors: Interview with Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell of Cultural Inquiry
What if museums didn't just listen to children and communities, but did what they were told?
Wrong, Revisited: Museum Worker Pain Points
Can we be wrong and right about museum-field pain points at the same time?
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.
Links of the Week: February 3, 2023: One Month In
Do museum workers pay enough attention to goals, planning, and trends?
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.
The Genius Delusion in Museum Work
Like most sectors, museums are in search of geniuses. But is that just the same old idolatry?
Measuring the Unmeasurable in Museum Work
Worker feelings may be impossible to measure, and that's a good thing