Agency is using disruption as a tool for change by intentionally challenging outdated systems, narratives, and power structures within the cultural sector. Through bold experimentation, inclusive collaboration, and transformative leadership training, Agency fosters environments where new ideas can emerge and marginalized voices are centered. This strategic disruption serves as a catalyst, designed to spark meaningful dialogue, shift perspectives, and build more equitable and imaginative futures.

Current and Recent Disruptions:

Disruption goes to Virginia!

Check out the upcoming Virginia Association of Museums Annual Leadership Symposium where Agency will be leading a half-day workshop on leading change.

Workshop overview: Museums tell our stories, document our histories, and help us imagine new futures—but transformation doesn’t happen by chance. It takes courage, creativity, and the willingness to disrupt the systems that no longer serve us. It also takes resilience, the ability to stay grounded in mission and values while navigating uncertainty, conflict, and change. This dynamic, hands-on workshop is designed for museum professionals at all levels who are ready to challenge entrenched norms and drive bold, values-driven change in their institutions and communities. Through an immersive and participatory experience, participants will explore disruption strategies that center equity, innovation, resilience, and radical collaboration. Led by institutional disruptor Hillary Spencer and cultural strategist Jennifer Foley, this session equips participants with tools for disruption, design thinking frameworks, and real-world case studies to ignite action. You’ll leave with new mindsets, practical tools, and personalized strategies to rethink what’s possible and the resilience to keep building, even when it gets hard.

Disruption goes to Toronto!

On Thursday, ICOM EXHIBITIONS – International Committee for Exhibitions, ICOM Canada and the Aga Khan Museum will be hosting a day long event, Across Perspectives: Museums, Contemporary Art and Shared Futures. As part of the program, Hillary Spencerwill be talking #disruption and Julie Leclair will be moderating a conversation on how to do hard things #takingrisks! We can’t wait to change the future of museums with these amazing folks!

Disruption goes to Iowa!

Hillary Spencer, Jennifer Foley and Ed Rodley hosted a preconference workshop at the Association of Midwest Museums annual conference. We were lucky enough to disrupt alongside fellow Getty Leadership alum Melissa Mohr and even got a drink named after us!