It's been a while. Massive work projects will do that to you. Here are some interesting reads I've found over the last few weeks.
Why Marketing Needs a Corporate Folklorist from the Harvard Business Review
On the one hand: I could not agree more that having a corporate historian is an absolutely necessary position to ensure continuity, culture, and plain old memory.
On the other hand, the argument here, which ultimately ends up as "history helps you sell stuff!" squicks me a little.
On the other other hand, isn't that what we often say to sponsors anyway?
The Nonprofit Director's Skill Set: One Group's Opinion from Leading by Design
I have a copy of Leadership Matters waiting for the right moment and amount of concentration to read it, but in the meantime I quite enjoy this blog. I also really enjoyed this blog post, which I thought was an interesting consideration of an actually really important topic. Hiring a leader is one of the most important things any nonprofit organization will ever do.
What My Favorite Meteorologist Has To Do With City Museums from CityStories
Rainey is a brilliant, original thinker and I really like the clear argument she makes here for the work a city museum should be doing to connect to its constituency. I like the way she's framed it as a balance between expertise and community integration, something so many museums struggle with.
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