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 20, 2023: AI and Creativity

Is AI the gateway to creativity or just another corporate illusion?

The Analytics and Intuition Dilemma for Museum Workers

Data and analytics are important for museums, but intuition and genius need to be democratized, too.

Links of the Week: October 13, 2023: The Business of AI

The business world can't stop thinking about AI. That's good for the hyperati, but what about the rest of us?

The Personalization Dilemma and the AI Temptation for Museums

In aiming for personalized storytelling for every visitor, have museums created a task that only AI can possibly solve?

Links of the Week: October 6, 2023: AI in the Workplace

AI is an embodiment of everything that's troublesome about workplace tech trends

Museum Luddites Unite?

How does the lost history of the Luddites inform our debates about workplace AI?

Links of the Week: September 29, 2023: Finding Abundance

Can we choose abundance amongst all the scarcity out there?

Abundance and Scarcity in Museum Work

Is abundance the opposite of scarcity, or is a mindset of fullness a form of resistance?

Links of the Week: September 22: How Virtual Are We Already?

The metaverse is just one way that museums are trying to expand audiences and knowledge of their collections.

Is the Moment Right for a Museum Metaverse? An Interview with Annabell Vacano of Atopia

The metaverse may have been left behind by all the talk of AI, but agile start-ups have stepped in.

Links of the Week: September 15, 2023: Autumn of our Innovation Discontent

Change is almost always defined by leaders—can we think bigger?

Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 2—One Way Out?

Can innovation be a joint, broad-based endeavor?

Links of the Week: September 8, 2023: Fall Term Terminology

Innovation, leadership, and engagement need to be grounded in workplace reality in order to really improve.

Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, and Other Workplace Fails, part 1

Is there something wrong with the idea of always innovating?

Links of the Week: September 1, 2023: Clicking on Remote Work

Clickbait headlines about "the end of remote work" are as unhelpful as those about quiet quitting.