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?
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.
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?