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Apr 5, 2021
5 min

Kudos, Questions, and Humility: A Week in Review

First Kudos: To Mike Murawski for his new book, Museums As Agents of Change, released this week and available through Routledge. A...

Mar 29, 2021
3 min

Leadership, Learning and Leaving: Knowing When to Go

MarkBuckawicki - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96062140 This week I learned someone I've known for...

Mar 22, 2021
6 min

Deaccessioning Redux: Two Days at the Syracuse Symposium

Throughout the pandemic the world has been awash in online events, and that's a good thing. You can travel to annual meetings, have...

Mar 15, 2021
4 min

Fixing the Board: A Letter to John and Laura

PiccoloNamek on en.wikipedia - Piccolo Namek, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2379379 Dear Laura Lott and...

Mar 8, 2021
5 min

At the Intersection of Gender and Power

Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Art World and Beyond, Installation View, Krannert Museum, 2014 Last week I spoke with a...

Mar 1, 2021
4 min

@changeberkshireculture: What's the Prescription for Workplace Contentment?

For those of us who live near Western Massachusetts, the Berkshires loom large. Long a cultural phenomenon, it's an area beloved for its...

Feb 22, 2021
5 min

Resignation and Deaccession: Last Week's News

Emilian Robert Vicol - https://www.flickr.com/photos/28958738@N06/6816851356/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid...

Feb 15, 2021
5 min

10 Tips to Manage Workplace Anger

Leanne Walker - Angry Emoji - FREE, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93804677 This blog is eight years old, and...

Feb 9, 2021
5 min

Women: The Missing Trend in AAM's TrendsWatch

A year ago when there was no pandemic, women made up 50.1 percent of the museum workforce. They were registrars, educators, part-time...

Feb 8, 2021
5 min

Women: The Missing Trend in AAM's TrendsWatch

Photo by Taylor Brandon on Unsplash, Courtesy of AAM, TrendsWatch A year ago when there was no pandemic, women made up 50.1 percent of...

Feb 1, 2021
5 min

Covid & Creativity: Keeping the Dream Alive

Tristan Mimet - Imported from 500px (archived version) by the Archive Team. (detail page), CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/ind...

Jan 25, 2021
4 min

Three Things to Think About This Winter

Lukkojaska - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94734276 The inauguration is over. For many, the new...

Jan 18, 2021
3 min

Workplace Trust in the Age of COVID

Sharon & Nikki McCutcheon Many Hands, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40058042 Every fall Anne Ackerson and I...

Jan 11, 2021
4 min

Recognizing Stereotypes in the Museum Workplace: Necessary or Not?

Feewiki - CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88763980VSCO with c1 preset There is a scene in an old Woody...

Jan 4, 2021
4 min

It's All About Your Staff: Ending Workplace Bullying

https://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/workplace-bullies.htm In the past, I've used the first post of the year to offer hopes for the...

Dec 27, 2020
3 min

Putting GEMM Out of Business: Appreciation & Gratitude to Co-Founders Anne Ackerson and Joan Baldwin

Appreciation and Gratitude to Co-Founders Anne Ackerson and Joan Baldwin

Dec 21, 2020
4 min

Year's End: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

DeFacto - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45298142 Every week when I sit down to write this blog...