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.

The Story of Technological Progress is Not a Given: A Review of Power and Progress

The cultural sector has to change its ideas about progress and technology.

Links of the Week: March 29, 2024: Supporting Team Spirits

Grief is just one emotion that workplaces and teams have to learn to process.

Links of the Week: March 22, 2024: A Map to Buried Treasure?

Half of any good map is the process of making your own.

How to Start Your Own Organizational Map

Organizational mapping is a practice that everyone should practice.

Links of the Week: March 15, 2024: The Ides of Change

Change isn't as simple as one event.

What if We Act as if We Love the Future? An Interview with Mike Murawski

How do we stay hopeful while doing the hard work of organizational change?

Links of the Week: March 8, 2024: We Who (or Don't) ABIDE

Taking on the backlash against respect and opportunity for all people in workplaces will take more than a couple of all-staff mandates.

Tough Love for the DEI Industry: A Review of DEI Deconstructed

A 2022 book has a damning analysis of why DEI hasn't worked so far—and how understanding org culture better is the first step to real change.

Links of the Week: March 1, 2024: Futures and Presents, Perfect and Imperfect

Speculative fiction only works if we understand our past and present.

Introducing the Museum in the Future Project

Museum Human launches a new short speculative fiction series about museums in the future.

Links of the Week: February 23, 2024: Let Us List the Ways

What is the org culture that we've supposedly lost by remote and hybrid work, anyway?

The Lonely Workplace Paradox

Why can't defenders of the workplace get over how often they're empty?

Links of the Week: February 16, 2024: AI Time, Time for AI?

There's a lot that museums and workers should be doing with and about AI—and most of it will be unknown until workers discover it.

Will the Challenge of AI Inspire Museums and Workers to Innovate Together? An Interview with Deb Howes

How do museums navigate the AI landscape between the rock of institutional/staff obsolescence and the hard place of private profiteering?

Links of the Week: February 9, 2024: Leaders All the Way Down?

Leadership is a practice, not a set of positions. How are museums practicing their leadership?