What is Burnout? A Conversation with Mike Murawski

Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Mike Murawski about burnout for his Agents of Change conversation series. You can listen to our conversation here.

We came together to talk about burnout because it's such a pressing topic in museums right now. I hope my previous post on burnout, along with Mike's interview, help shed some light on both the causes and treatment of burnout. Spoiler alert: this is an organizational issue, not an individual problem, and should be treated as such.

I am continuing to research burnout by collecting stories of what it looks like right now in museums. If you work in a museum and have your own stories to share about burnout, please share them here.

Mike has written a number of posts recently about burnout, including:

• Why We Need to Talk about Burnout

• You Can’t Do Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Join the ‘Slow the F*ck Down’ Movement

I encourage you to read his work and subscribe to his Substack, if you haven't already. And stay tuned for more to come from both of us on this topic...