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.

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.

Links of the Week: October 15, 2021: Squid Museum

The hit show Squid Game makes sport of capitalism's hold on us. What are museum workers to do?

The Tech-Driven Cult of the Individual Harms Museum Workers' Mental Health

Personalized tech was supposed to help mental health issues in museums. What happened?

Links of the Week: October 8, 2021: Hybrid Games

Workers forced into office-centered hybrid arrangements are finding that they're returning to … remote work.

Is there a "Museum Left"?

What does it mean to be a radical museum worker?

Links of the Week: October 1, 2021: Walk and Chew Gum

Can museums focus on justice and liberation while managing the onset of hybrid work?

Links of the Week: September 24, 2021: Museums and Misinformation

Misinformation isn't just politics. Museum org culture plays a role in false workplace narratives.

Resilience, Revisited

Is resilience in the museum sector just another individualized solution to structural problems?

Links of the Week: September 17, 2021: The Great Exhausting

The Great Resignation is here, but is there a deeper issue lurking in the museum field?

Museum Human Fall 2021 Preview

After a month-long break, here's what to expect from Museum Human this fall.

Automation and museum work, part II: the museum metaverse

Is there another reality where museum workers can leave bad org culture behind?

Links of the Week: August 12, 2021: Workplace Return or Rapture?

What if the get-back-to-the-building museum leaders are the ones risking irrelevance?