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.

How Does Hope in Museums Turn into Action?

Hope can lead to transformation—are museums ready to support their workers in the days ahead?

Does Hope Belong in a Museum?

What will save museums—optimism or hope?

I, Jargoneer

Museum workers are done with buzzwords. So how do we move from words to real impact?

The Museum Field's Twin Obsessions with Scarcity and Growth

Museums are addicted to institutional growth but precarity for their people.

What Museums Mean by Transparency

"Transparency" joins the performative hit parade in museum organizational culture.

Going Rogue, Revisited

Is ignoring the org structure the best way to make change or just more safe, performative rebellion?

The Current Museum Model Has to Die

A new unconference series demands Death to (the institutional failures of) Museums.

Digital Museum Publishing is Still Trying in 2020

In a pandemic world, is digital publishing an answer for museums—or the same problem in different packaging?

Normal, Disrupted

What normal are all of us in museums—leaders, workers—trying to get back to? Is there a better "no-normal" out there?

Silos, Revisited

Museums figure to be chaotic workplaces as they re-open. Might silos help?

Museum Leadership for the Rest of Us

Is it time to stop looking for leaders to guide us out of this pestilential age—and start looking to networks of people to rise to the challenge?

Agile for What?

The museum sector has been talking for years about the need for agility. But just what are we trying to be agile for?

The Museum at the End of the World: "I Didn't Mean It Literally" Edition

What should museums do in the apocalypse? Stop talking about leadership, realism, and the new normal, to start.

The Museum at the End of the World: Alternate Timeline Edition

How might your life and career have changed if you didn't end up working in a museum?

The Top Ten Museum Excuses Not to Experiment

We've all heard the reasons museums can't try new things. Which ones are your (least) favorite?