Links of the Week: February 9, 2024: Leaders All the Way Down?
Leadership is a practice, not a set of positions. How are museums practicing their leadership?
The View from Up There: a Review of The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues by András Szántó
A 2020 leader-focused book on the future of museums is more than meets the eye.
Links of the Week: November 3, 2023: MAP Your Museum's Culture
Do museums have the organizational culture to tackle real problems in real ways?
Museum Luddites Unite?
How does the lost history of the Luddites inform our debates about workplace AI?
Links of the Week: September 15, 2023: Autumn of our Innovation Discontent
Change is almost always defined by leaders—can we think bigger?
Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 2—One Way Out?
Can innovation be a joint, broad-based endeavor?
Links of the Week: September 8, 2023: Fall Term Terminology
Innovation, leadership, and engagement need to be grounded in workplace reality in order to really improve.
Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 1
Is there something wrong with the idea of always innovating?
Storytelling with Clarity and Confidence: an Interview with Abhay Adhikari
An open-minded and multi-disciplinary approach is making Digital Identities more than just technology.
"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work
When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.
Making Sustainability Sustainable for Museums: an Interview with Caitlin Southwick
Sustainability for museums is a cross-disciplinary mindset.
What Museum Human Means by "Hierarchy"
What if just reforming leadership and the hierarchy isn't enough?
Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums
All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.
Decision-Making Often Goes Wrong Before It Even Begins
Distributed decision-making is the real test of progressive workplaces.
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.