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: 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?
Automation and Museum Work, Part I: The Search
Automation in museum work is a search—but are we looking for efficiency or humanity?
Links of the Week: August 5, 2021: Bubble Bath
Times of uncertainty breed bubbles from greed and desperation. What do these mean for museums?
What Is "Org Culture" in Museums, Anyway?
Defining organizational culture in cultural organizations can be difficult, which is both its challenge and its potential.