Museum Human's Top Five Themes of 2020
What throughlines did Museum Human's posts traverse over the course of the year?
Museums Trust the Process but Not the People
Museum workers are told to think in systems but put people first. So which is it?
I, Jargoneer
Museum workers are done with buzzwords. So how do we move from words to real impact?
The Museum Field's Twin Obsessions with Scarcity and Growth
Museums are addicted to institutional growth but precarity for their people.
What Museums Mean by Transparency
"Transparency" joins the performative hit parade in museum organizational culture.
Normal, Disrupted
What normal are all of us in museums—leaders, workers—trying to get back to? Is there a better "no-normal" out there?
How Museums Can Really Have Engaged Employees
Surveys on museum employee engagement are now commonplace. But real engagement comes from accountability, and that starts with respect for all staff.
Museums and the Paradox of Learning
Museums, teach your people well … Learning must be a key supporting mindset of a cultural sector workplace.
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.
Can the Museum Workplace Be More Human?
Two intense, long, emotional days at the personal-authenticity-and-development end of the organizational culture spectrum.
Can Museums Listen to Responsiveness?
Museums are paying more attention to their workplace practices. Can "responsiveness" succeed where "employee engagement" hasn't?
Call It The Human League: Museum Computer Network 2016
MCN2016 was a great, positive, uplifting conference, and it happened—and election night doesn't change that. A commitment to real, impactful change was never more important.