Robert J Weisberg

I work on a bit of everything in museum content. I find human solutions to tech problems. I geek out on workflow. No, really. I learn and teach and write everything down.

Links of the Week: May 19, 2023: A Climate Collapse Double-Shot

Climate collapse may be the biggest issue museum workers have ever dealt with.

Making Sustainability Sustainable for Museums: an Interview with Caitlin Southwick

Sustainability for museums is a cross-disciplinary mindset.

Links of the Week: May 12, 2023: Time Costs

Museums are discussing big issues but lack the time to implement real changes.

Feelings in the Workplace Are Real

Are orgs ready for what it would mean to treat feelings as tangible objects and processes?

Links of the Week: May 5, 2023: The Mismatch Game

We're hired as matches for our teams, but mismatches are more common in our orgs.

What Museum Human Means by "Hierarchy"

What if just reforming leadership and the hierarchy isn't enough?

Links of the Week: April 28, 2023: Decolonizing and Returning

Will museums need to change their culture and principles to deal with the avalanche of repatriation demands?

Everything Counts when Moving Teams Beyond Burnout: a Chat with Jen Holmes

Leading better teams is a constant process—and the most rewarding workplace practice.

Links of the Week: April 21, 2023: Self Meet Self

Selves at work are complicated—and they should be. Can we deal?

Shrug Culture: Innovation, Help, and Sharing in Museums

All too often, one worker's innovation is another worker's meh.

Links of the Week: April 14, 2023: New Chat, Same as the Old Chat

Our culture has been primed to acquiesce to generative content without a fight.

Decision-Making Often Goes Wrong Before It Even Begins

Distributed decision-making is the real test of progressive workplaces.

Links of the Week: April 7, 2023: Gifts to Our Future Selves

The best gift to yourself is one that others get to share in.

Looking Back on Museum Human's First Quarter of 2023

It was easier than I thought to get back to twice-weekly posting, but is that all there is?

Links of the Week: March 31, 2023: Museums Keep On Keeping On?

Museums are busier figuring out their future, but do they understand their present?