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: April 8, 2022: The Collaboratorium
Workers have been told that they need to collaborate better. But is that missing the point?
Museum Human's First Quarter 2022 Review
How has the first quarter of 2022 gone according to plan for Museum Human?
Links of the Week: April 1, 2022: The Center Cannot Hold
Organizations are too often centered on leaders. How can museums shift to centering the humanity of everyone?
Transforming Workplace Time in Museums
Museum leaders have been reacting to crises. What if museum workers just started transforming their time?
The "Cultural Translation" Burden in Museum Work
Is the fine art of cultural translation another organizational trap for museum workers?
Links of the Week: March 18, 2022: Stay NiFTy
Warnings about NFTs can't keep pace with the buzz to join in. What should museums do?
We Ignore the Museum Busyness Elephant at Our Peril
Museum workloads are undermining the entire remote/return discussion and so much more.
Links of the Week: March 11, 2022: Bury the Lead
Leadership is always considered top-and-center. It should be everywhere.
The Remote vs Back-to-Office Argument is Getting Personal
The disagreement between remoters and returners is turning nasty. Will museum workers get caught in the middle?
Links of the Week: March 4, 2022: Hybrid Horror
Discussions of hybrid and remote work have given way to the horror that we've found a substitute normal.
AOC, Rock Stars, and Leaderless Movements in Museum Orgs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a star, but the rock star system isn't helping politics—or museums.
Links of the Week: February 25, 2022: Financialize This
Museums and their workers should avoid financialization in this desperate economy.
Links of the Week: February 18, 2022: Org Culture War
The org culture war in museums isn't just new vs old, but changing into the new or changing back into the old.