Links of the Week: August 11, 2023: Storytelling and Change
Like everything best in an organization, storytelling is a practice, not a one-off product.
Links of the Week: July 28, 2023: Capital Crimes
We're up to here with capitalism. Can we breathe without it?
Making Sustainability Sustainable for Museums: an Interview with Caitlin Southwick
Sustainability for museums is a cross-disciplinary mindset.
Links of the Week: May 12, 2023: Time Costs
Museums are discussing big issues but lack the time to implement real changes.
Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums
All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.
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.
Links of the Week: March 31, 2023: Museums Keep On Keeping On?
Museums are busier figuring out their future, but do they understand their present?
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 24, 2023: Getting Back to Museums
Museums and their workers have a world full of problems to deal with.
The Resignation Might Be Great, but is It Real?
How the Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, and Hybrid/Remote work interrelate
Links of the Week: January 6, 2023: R U (Still) Masking?
The new year starts with a lot of links but a lot less masking …
We Ignore the Museum Busyness Elephant at Our Peril
Museum workloads are undermining the entire remote/return discussion and so much more.
The Illusion of Certainty in the Museum Field Has to End
Museums—and the western business model—are obsessed with certainty. Is there another path?