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: July 7, 2023: An AI Mid-Year Check-In

AI is a fast-moving topic—and the overwhelming pace of news is part of the problem.

Better to be a Nosider than an Insider or an Outsider (part 2)

The obsession with inside and outside is only reinforcing the hierarchy.

Links of the Week: June 30, 2023: The Inside and the Outside

Much of change management is about balancing the inside and outside aspects of org culture.

Are You a Museum Insider, Outsider, or Some of Both? (Part 1)

Insider and outsider definitions are more complicated than org charts.

Links of the Week: June 23, 2023: The Best Offense is a Good Defense?

Getting defensive at work isn't great—but remember that toxic workplaces started it.

"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work

When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.

Links of the Week: June 16, 2023: A Manifesto for Change

Change is a wide topic but the choices that start it can be surprisingly narrow—and that's a good thing.

What Would Your Work Manifesto Look Like?

There's never a bad time to make a personal—and workplace—manifesto.

Links of the Week: June 9, 2023: Remote Reality

Remote/hybrid work has been caught up in the workplace burnout machine.

Tables Turned! Museum Human gets interviewed!

Museum Human was featured in an interview by MuseoSpace.

The Latest on the Remote/Hybrid Work Stalemate

The uneasy detente around remote/hybrid work masks a larger trust problem.

Links of the Week: June 2, 2023: Getting Worked Up About AI

Who will get to decide how AI gets used in museum work?

AI is NOT Coming for Your Museum Job (but Someone Else May Be)—Part 2

Who will decide how AI helps—or replaces—museum work?

Links of the Week: May 26, 2023: The AI Conundrum

There are so many articles about AI that you'd need an AI to summarize them all … 

AI is NOT Coming for Your Museum Job (but Someone Else May Be)—Part 1

Does anyone actually know what AI is capable of—and who will suffer in trying to figure that out?