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Know When to Say When

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Know When to Say When

This week, pop artist Lizzo received a lot of attention for playing a 200-year-old crystal flute once owned by James Madison. The Library of Congress offered Lizzo the chance to play the flute when she arrived in Washington, D.C. for her performance. Classically trained Lizzo toured the collection prior to performing and later played the flute on stage to make history as the “first person to ever play the flute”. A team from the Library of Congress escorted the flute to the venue and directly into the pro’s deft hands on stage. It was historic, and it was fun.

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Business Advice from Artists, Part 3: The Power of Myth

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Business Advice from Artists, Part 3: The Power of Myth

These anecdotes contain all of the elements outlined by Campbell and places these artists as the heroes. They have created a mythology around them and/or their works. For them, though, there is no (or little) pretense. This is them (magnified through the retelling of the stories) and it exemplifies their values. Companies and organized institutions, take note.

Business Advice from Artists, Part 2: Self Sabotage v. Self Worth

Business Advice from Artists, Part 2: Self Sabotage v. Self Worth

“…so I’m pissed because I got to open for this non-playing motherfu*ker just because he had one or two sorry-ass records out. So I would come late and he would have to go on first and then when we got there, we smoked the motherfu*king place, and everybody dug it.”

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Business Advice from Artists, Part 1: Minimalism

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Business Advice from Artists, Part 1: Minimalism

Stories and anecdotes from artists and how they can or have affected how people have conducted business – whether directly or indirectly.

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“Normal” is not a Target

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“Normal” is not a Target

We manage collections of cultural patrimony (art included) in deep, inefficient ruts left by the ox carts of previous generations. At that time, it made certain sense, but all things must occasionally evolve away from gills and grow feet. Failure to evolve in general (but especially now), when the industry bleeds out funds to pandemic recovery, will only further pump the brakes on returning to “normalcy”. “Now” is “normal”.

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If Sea Freight is the Answer, What is the Question?

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If Sea Freight is the Answer, What is the Question?

The logic of the argument focuses on carbon emissions where air freight vastly out-pollutes sea freight. While I fully side with the GCC’s goals and intent, sea freight hardly qualifies as clean as it emits other noxious bi-products including CO2 by fueling the tens of thousands of ocean vessels with fossil fuels.

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Tracking Trackers

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Tracking Trackers

Though this information creates a glut of value for the user, we should take a moment to consider risks associated with how the attainment of the information affects our institutions.

Network connectivity creates a tiny crack in the foundation as data breaches become a possibility anytime something connects to the internet. Such a fissure – though extremely unlikely – will allow a malicious third party access to the whereabouts of your objects.

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