Speaking & Writing

Dr. Lauren Vargas publishes on these platforms:

For book and audio recommendations, please visit the ‘#BookDNA’ Substack
For long-form writing about digital maturity and transformation, please visit Medium
For research and podcast about the future of human networks, please visit Cohere
For creative writing, please visit the ‘VargasL Writes’ Substack

KEY PUBLICATIONS

(forthcoming 2023), Museums and Digital Maturity: Management, capability, and change. Published by Routledge.
(2022) ‘Digital workplace anthropology: Making sense of how humans work digitally’, Digital Workplace Group.
(2021) ‘Tools and approaches for transforming museum experience’, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
(2021) ‘Putting the CALM framework into practice’, Digital Pathways, Culture24.
(2021) ‘Partnering with HR to digitally enable the employee journey’, Digital Workplace Group.
(2020) ‘A CALM approach to leadership in the Digital Age’, Digital Pathways, Culture24.
(2020) ‘What does a digital maturity model offer museums?’, Digital Pathways, Culture24.
(2019) Understanding museum digital maturity through data collection and use, University of Leicester PhD thesis.
(2018) ‘Smart media: Museums in the new data terroir’, in Kirsten Drotner, Vince Dziekan, Ross Parry and Kim Schrøder (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication, pp. 261-273.
(2014) Big Data is Not Just for Big Museums: Using Big Data to Improve the Museum Experience, Harvard Extension School MA Thesis.

SPEAKING

[Co-Host] Cohere podcast (2021-Present).
[Invited Speaker] ‘Considering context: Developing a data biography’, EUScreen Network Meeting, Prague (2022)
[Invited Speaker] ‘Considering hybridity: Challenges and opportunties’, Future Museum, Antwerp (2022)
[Panelist] ‘Hatching the future of museums’, Ars Electronica 2022 Festival for Art, Technology, & Society, Linz (2022)
[Panelist] ‘Digital Coaching Session’, American Alliance of Museums, Boston (2022).

[Invited Speaker] ‘Leading the Sector’ digital leadership program, NHLF Digital Skills for Heritage & Culture24 (2020, 2021, and 2022).
[Invited Speaker] ‘Digital Transformation in Museums’, Europeana Pro (2021)
[Invited Keynote Speaker] ‘A human-centric approach to digital transformation’, DEN Virtual (2021).
[Invited Speaker] ‘Bridging soft skills with digital skills’, MCN Virtual (2021).
[Invited Speaker’ A CALM approach to leading in the digital age’, Transforming Museum Experiences - Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (2021).
[Invited Speaker] Digital Engagement Series, AAMC Virtual (2021).
[Invited Speaker] ‘Take CARE to be CALM’ workshop, AAM Virtual (2020).
[Invited Speaker] ‘Increasing museum digital confidence’, DEN, Rotterdam (2019).
[Chair] ‘Museum Tech: A Digital Festival for Museums’, MA (2019).
[Interviewed] Nature of Work podcast episode 13: ‘Imagining and realizing a more beautiful world of work’ (2022).
[Interviewed] Digital Workplace Impact podcast episode 69: ‘Take care, stay calm and carry on in the digital world of work’ (2021).
[Interviewed] Museum Buzz podcast S3 episode: ‘Online Communities and Distance Learning’ (2021).
[Interviewed] Being Human Festival, ‘How to be human in digital-first environments’ (2021).
[Interviewed] People. Change. Museums. podcast episodes: ‘Empathy’ and ‘Emotional Labour’ (2021).
[Interviewed] ‘Museums + Tech’, GLAM Society Clubhouse event (2021).
[Interviewed] Digital Workplace Impact podcast episode 41: ‘What universities can teach digital workplace people’ (2019).