The Museum at the End of the World: 2001, An Organizational Culture Odyssey
Let's look at the classic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey—for the meetings.
Will TED Talks or Tough Talk Lead to Better Org Culture in Museums?
Two simultaneous museum conferences, on opposite sides of the country, highlighted two different approaches to fixing what's wrong with museums.
The Not-So-Fine Art of Being Wrong in Museums
Changing your mind? Open to opinions? The museum field doesn't seem to value I-don't-know-it-alls.
The Burnout Dilemma
Is burnout in the museum field something particular to the sector, or just another expression of the rotten Matrix? And which do we tackle first?
Hey, Cultural Sector, Agile This
We overuse the term Agile in the organizational lexicon. A recent workshop explored a people-centered path to agile workplaces in the cultural sector.
Museums and the Paradox of Learning
Museums, teach your people well … Learning must be a key supporting mindset of a cultural sector workplace.
Who Decides Who Gets to "Fix" Tech?
Technologists, especially some who were responsible for the rise of surveillance capitalist behemoths, are declaring technology broken and proposing humanist solutions. What could be wrong with that? And what does this mean for museums?
How Zero is Your Inbox?
And, ultimately, who cares? The problem with email isn't the size of your inbox but the culture of scarcity in our workplaces.
Museum Human: A (Re-)Introduction
I'm changing this site's title from my name to something more … human. Call it a first exercise in de-centering.
One peer mentoring door closes, but others are already open …
After two years, the #MCNergy peer mentoring sessions at the Museum Computer Network's annual conference are ending, and that's a good thing.
We Made a Book!
Two of us self-styled change agents wrote a book about how to deal with change, and then how to deal yourself in.
Is MCN now the Museum Change Network?
The Museum Computer Network 2017 conference was heavy on change, leadership, and navigating the org chart. Have we entered a "post-digital" era of "always be changing" in museum technology?
Can the Museum Workplace Be More Human?
Two intense, long, emotional days at the personal-authenticity-and-development end of the organizational culture spectrum.
#MCNergy: Your solution to the post-conference blahs
Addressing one of the most persistent problems with any conference—that sinking feeling when all those great, exciting ideas you have during the conference dissipate after you've returned to work.
Can Museums Listen to Responsiveness?
Museums are paying more attention to their workplace practices. Can "responsiveness" succeed where "employee engagement" hasn't?