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.
Do Museum Workers Need a Demon of Their Own?
Is a deal with sinister forces necessary for museum people to get their work done?
What a Recent Symposium Says about Museum Democracy
Is it time for a museum-field symposium for the rest of us?
Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?
Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.
Museum Human's Top Five Themes of 2020
What throughlines did Museum Human's posts traverse over the course of the year?
Museum Human's Top 10 Posts of 2020
Looking over the year that was, in Museum Human posts …
Museums Trust the Process but Not the People
Museum workers are told to think in systems but put people first. So which is it?
Do We Need Museum Collectives?
Can the exceptionalist museum field move in a collaborative, networked direction?
Museums Must Pivot Back to People
Museums have been pivoting to post-normal workplaces. What else are they pivoting to?
Strategy for the Rest of Us
Thoughts from the first of two weeks of the Museum Computer Network's virtual 2020 conference
The Mindfulness Dilemma for Museums
Can a practice dedicated to being in the present moment help when museums fetishize the past while cannibalizing their future?
Museums and the Three Crises
What kind of org culture must a museum have to fight the interconnected crises of racism, climate collapse, and fascism?
Is a Different Museum Org a Work of Fiction?
Everyone's asking questions about what a museum should be. Can we change what museums will be?
How to Fix Professional Development Classes in Museums
A broken museum model has made staff learning a failure. It's time to put workers in charge for a change.