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Jan 10, 2022
3 min

Trying to Plan in the Unsettling of COVID 2.0

John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA - Chaotic Wave 2009, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64289851 I want to...

Jan 2, 2022
5 min

Raising the Wellness Flag in 2022

By Jan Jacobsen - http://www.worldpeace.no/THE-WHITE-FLAG.htm, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3601988 We're...

Dec 20, 2021
4 min

The Last Post (for 2021) & Three Words for 2022

Johannes von Gmunden - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_von_Gmunden_Calendar_1.png, Public Domain,...

Dec 13, 2021
3 min

An Anniversary, But Also a Question: Can Each of Us Do Something to Make the Workplace Better?

Juliescribbles - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108765177 taken from https://www.scribbler.com/...

Dec 6, 2021
4 min

Can We Talk Together About Museum Work? Soon?

Beercp - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9537466 I took a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving...

Nov 22, 2021
4 min

Is Museum Citizenship a Thing?

Vicki Nunn - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12075924 If you are a regular reader you know my...

Nov 16, 2021
3 min

A Fable: Don't Fix Feelings, Fix the Cause

By John William Waterhouse - en:Image:Circe_Offering_the_Cup_to_Odysseus.jpg http://moontale.egloos.com/865206, Public Domain,...

Nov 9, 2021
3 min

Museum Leadership and DEI: A Process or an End Game?

Mark Strozier from Macon, GA, USA - WeekEnd, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=98548400 Last week's post...

Nov 1, 2021
4 min

Is the Chicago Volunteer "Firing"So Different from the COVID Firings? Maybe Not.

Gualdim G - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97709683 In case you missed it, last week the Art...

Oct 25, 2021
4 min

Hindsight: Recognizing When You're Stuck on the White Channel

If you read this blog often you know it's not autobiographical. In fact, most weeks I try to keep my private life off stage, but today ...

Oct 19, 2021
5 min

Are For-Profit Values Disrupting the Museum World?

WiseWoman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45292057 There's no doubt we live in a divisive time:...

Oct 11, 2021
3 min

How Not to Be That Person

Joe lope - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51225961 Here's something I struggle with: When you've...

Sep 27, 2021
3 min

Being There: A Plug for Virtual Participation

SonoGrazy - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108929406 There's a lot about the last 20 months...

Sep 20, 2021
4 min

How Much Lipstick Can the Museum Pig Wear?

Ixocactus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36094925 If you saw any social media last week,...

Sep 13, 2021
4 min

A Few More Thoughts: How the Pay Gap Fights DEI

Mike Alewitz - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80735564 Well, there's nothing like an article on...

Sep 6, 2021
5 min

On Labor Day: Taking the Museum World's Work Temperature

.Franz van Duns - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90830646 In the United States, this weekend is...

Aug 30, 2021
4 min

The Graduate School Conundrum

Wokandapix - https://pixabay.com/photos/graduation-diploma-education-1449488/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82105...

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