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?

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?

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.