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: August 26, 2022: More on the Long View

Taking a long view without centering humanity is no view at all.

The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe in Museum Work

Are we in the museum field filling our social airwaves with too much bad sector news?

Links of the Week: August 12, 2022: The Fairness Spin

Are efforts to make museums fairer workplaces—including with DEAI—just going in circles?

Links of the Week: August 5, 2022: Just Eff It?

The dividing line between "just eff it" and "no effing way" has shifted, and museum workers have taken note.

Links of the Week: July 29, 2022: Going Deep

When a story is ending, what needs to change—the story or the storytellers?

Links of the Week: July 22, 2022: What Vibrations?

Some leaders think the Great Resignation is caused by bad vibes. It's more than that.

Links of the Week: July 15, 2022: (Northern) Summer Grab Bag

Here are some links on mission creep, DEIA, crypto, and burnout.

Changing Museum Overwork Culture and More

Can lessons used in changing overwork behaviors be applied to larger societal issues?

Links of the Week: June 24, 2022: The Commons

Strategy and democracy are all part of the debate over the museum commons.

The Dawn of a New Org Culture?

More thoughts about The Dawn of Everything and lessons it holds for museum org culture

Links of the Week: June 17, 2022: Do the Contradiction

Remote/hybrid work contradictions are a sign of how far museum workplaces have to go.

We Need to Complicate Our Narratives of Progress

A new book questions the progress narrative of Western civilization, and museum workers should take note.

Links of the Week: June 10, 2022: the Human Touch

It's too easy to forget the people behind various processes—especially when it's us.

The Other Side of Rogue in Museum Org Culture

Can museum workers respectfully and humanely balance accountability and experimentation?

Links of the Week: June 3, 2022: Crypto Island

Museum workers should pay attention to the recent crypto turbulence—the field doesn't need this instability right now.