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: December 10, 2021: Everything Must Go, Part 2
Some end-of-year reading on museums, silos, learning, racism, leadership, and climate
Top Museum Human Posts of 2021
What Museum Human posts meant the most to readers in 2021? Here are some lists of lists …
Links of the Week: December 3, 2021: Everything Must Go
It's been a big year in links … let's start by focusing on change.
So I Missed My Museum's Orientation
Is museum onboarding too inconsistent to make "museum citizenship" a reality?
Museum Home Work (with Survey Results)
A survey reveals that museum workers have mixed views of remote arrangements and often feel that they're coming to the office for no good reason.
Links of the Week: November 19, 2021: Post-Conference-Era Follow-up
My post on museum conferences generated a fair amount of comments. What larger concerns were implicated?
Are We Entering a Post-Museum-Conference Era?
I loved the virtual museum conferences I attended this year, but is it time for a different model altogether?
Links of the Week: November 12, 2021: COP Out?
Can museums engage with climate realism so that it's not all up to their workers to do so?
Boundaries in Museum Work
Boundaries are good, except when they keep us apart. Can museum work manage both?
Links of the Week: November 5, 2021: Hybrid Check-in
Everyone's writing about the Great Resignation. Is anyone doing anything about it, besides leaving? And, a survey!
Museum Disruption Revisited (and Dismantling Visited)
Can museum workers really down bring their own system?
Links of the Week: October 29, 2021: Museum Field Scares
The museum field is full of fear, and not the fun kind.
Museums Can't Monetize Content before They Value People
Is museum organizational culture set up to allow for the fair valuation of content—and people?
Links of the Week: October 22, 2021: Tech in the Middle
The end of the calendar year often feels like the time for tech talk.
Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work
Personality tests and personas come from the same organizational obsession with absolute certainty.