The self-organizing institution of the future doesn't need readable handwriting … We all want our museums to be more innovative, free-flowing, unstructured … right? (Sorry for the delay in posting, something was going on at the office.…
Those of us in nonprofits and/or cultural institutions groan/roll eyes at the idea of a "personal brand," but this Medium article by @MrLeonardKim makes it clear that it's just your idea of yourself…
This HuffPo article says that museums should be a cultural hub for the community. (Hmm, who else might have said that?) This is from WorkDifferent, my newest workplace org heroes, with some radical steps to…
Can evolving workplace practices in the business world be applied to mission-driven non-profits like museums? First, a wide detour: Your workplace is made of this, too. (credit Maura Friedman and Doug Strickland, Chattanooga Times Free…
Can we collaborate our way out of our silos? Collaborating our way out of workplace silos is all the rage … or is it? Seems that silos are a bad idea until the business climate gets…
The New York Times tells us that art books are surviving in a digital world. Whew! (Shameless plug: The Met's upcoming Manus x Machina exhibition publication, is like many of this series, a celebration of…
Sure, Mom, I'm happy at work, stop asking already … 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 … How Adobe…
Matt Mayerchak delves into tools and mindsets to improve editor-designer collaboration in publishing. As a museum publishing staffer and workflow geek, yum. Slack is the latest tech company to publish its staff diversity. Are museums…
Links of the Week: coming out on a different day of the week … that's how I stay on top … In continuing my theme of yeah, technology is awful, but whatareyagonnado?, here comes Harvard Biz Review…
Were we too busy to read this huge series about the future … or is it the present … of work? If so, start here. [Warning: Holocracy straw man ahead … ] There's more than a bit of fatalism…