The Trouble with Defining "Digital Transformation" in Museums

Everyone talks about digital transformation, but no one can define it.

Links of the Week: April 22, 2022: Museum Field Hot Takes

Museum professionals have no shortage of hot takes about the field

Rewilding Our Museum Workplaces

What would a more "natural" museum workplace look like?

Links of the Week: April 15, 2022: Elite Is As Elite Does

How elite is the museum field, anyway?

Measuring the Unmeasurable in Museum Work

Worker feelings may be impossible to measure, and that's a good thing

Links of the Week: April 8, 2022: The Collaboratorium

Workers have been told that they need to collaborate better. But is that missing the point?

Museum Human's First Quarter 2022 Review

How has the first quarter of 2022 gone according to plan for Museum Human?

Links of the Week: April 1, 2022: The Center Cannot Hold

Organizations are too often centered on leaders. How can museums shift to centering the humanity of everyone?

Transforming Workplace Time in Museums

Museum leaders have been reacting to crises. What if museum workers just started transforming their time?

Links of the Week: March 25, 2022: AI yai yai …

Artificial intelligence is supposed to do everything, but should AI do anything without people taking the lead?

The "Cultural Translation" Burden in Museum Work

Is the fine art of cultural translation another organizational trap for museum workers?

Links of the Week: March 18, 2022: Stay NiFTy

Warnings about NFTs can't keep pace with the buzz to join in. What should museums do?

We Ignore the Museum Busyness Elephant at Our Peril

Museum workloads are undermining the entire remote/return discussion and so much more.

Links of the Week: March 11, 2022: Bury the Lead

Leadership is always considered top-and-center. It should be everywhere.

The Remote vs Back-to-Office Argument is Getting Personal

The disagreement between remoters and returners is turning nasty. Will museum workers get caught in the middle?