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.
Who's in the (Art) House?
Museums have had artist residencies for a while. Why not other kinds of creators as well?
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.
Beyond the Battle between Print and Digital books
It feels like the battle between print and digital for the future of publishing is over. Did someone actually win?
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 …
Links of the Week (3/1/16)
Articles on the deeper meaning of design, agile, and multitasking.
Discuss: Empathy and Talia Jane
Museum workers are now on the internet discussing making a living wage … once upon a time, the digital media sector was having that very conversation.
Discuss (2/19/16): Empathy in the Workplace
Is empathy the answer to the host of problems accompanying fast-paced organizational change? And what it might mean for museums.