What We Talk about When We Talk about Silos
It turned out that our collective war on silos was a war on other people's silos.
Can Museums be "Developmental Organizations"?: An interview with Dara Blumenthal
Dara Blumenthal isn't just diagnosing process problems in today's workplaces. She discusses the very way in which people are viewed—and view themselves—at work and in society.
Just what are we trying to "disrupt" anyway?
So we're all supposed to disrupt something, that much is clear. Just what that thing is, isn't clear, but it's not supposed to matter. And what does this mean for museums?
How much organizational risk can a museum take?
We all want our museums to be more innovative, free-flowing, unstructured … right?
Links of the Week (4/6/16)
Those of us in nonprofits and/or cultural institutions groan/roll eyes at the idea of a "personal brand," but what's so wrong about having an idea of yourself and where you want to be?
Links of the Week (3/30/16)
Links from the week of March 30, 2016, featuring articles on community, transparency, and empathy.
Just How Different a Workplace is a Museum?
Can evolving workplace practices in the business world be applied to mission-driven non-profits like museums?
Discuss: Collaboration and Silos (3/25/16)
Collaborating our way out of workplace silos is all the rage … or is it? What are some responses to the collaboration conundrum?
Links of the Week (3/23/16)
The New York Times tells us that art books are surviving in a digital world. Whew! Also, jetpacks, leisure, and teamwork.
Discuss: Employee Happiness (3/18/16)
There are plenty of reasons workers can't be happy (such as, oh, email), but you can't say companies aren't trying. Well, you can, but …
Links of the Week (3/16/16)
Links to articles on book-designer-editor collaboration, staff diversity at Slack, and change and transformation in publishing.
Links of the Week (3/11/16)
Is technology really helping us get more done? Also, publishers and mobile, and a whole mess of jelly beans.
We've Met the E-Mail Problem, and It is Us
Yes, we have been talking about email killing workplace productivity for THIS long …