Open Courage
My colleague Amrekha has been developing some materials around the concept of courage. It has me thinking. A lot. I’ve mentioned courage in other posts:… Read More »Open Courage
Laura Hilliger
Laura Hilliger is a writer, educator and technologist. She’s a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, a conceptual architect, an open advocate who is happiest in collaborative environments. In 2020, she was awarded the Women in IT Digital Leader of the Year award for her work bringing open principles to Greenpeace. She’s a co-founder of We Are Open Co-op, a collective that has spent 10 years helping organisations like Amnesty International UK, MIT, Friends of the Earth and the BBC with thoughtful technology, community and learning projects. She is also an Ambassador for the Open Org Project, and a Mozilla alum. Find her on Mastodon as @epilepticrabbit (https://social.coop/@epilepticrabbit)
Supporters to Change Agents
Semantics play a big role in life. The words we use influence how we think. Words affect our thoughts on the people we’re trying… Read More »Supporters to Change Agents
What does it mean to be a hero among heroes?
The 5th Shift Greenpeace is trying to make in its quest to become a more modern and open organization is from being a lone hero… Read More »What does it mean to be a hero among heroes?
Pathways for Creative Leadership
After reading Titles are Toxic by Rands I remembered a document I wrote while I was still at Mozilla. I asked for anonymous contributions from… Read More »Pathways for Creative Leadership
Please stop using the “Open Letter to…” headline for all your random crap.
Dear Content Producers, Please stop using the “Open Letter to…” headline for all your random crap. Listen, I can rant about this all day, but… Read More »Please stop using the “Open Letter to…” headline for all your random crap.
Fearing Failure to Fearless Innovation
We were pleased to welcome some new faces to this week’s Community Call. We’ve been using this call to talk about the 7 Shifts Greenpeace… Read More »Fearing Failure to Fearless Innovation
Secretive to Open Source in our Community Call
This week in our community call, we focused our conversation on the transition from being a secretive organization to being more open. We were joined… Read More »Secretive to Open Source in our Community Call
Learning to understand social pressure
When we judge out loud (by writing, for example), we project morals and values. Social pressure is perceived. It happens when other people project their… Read More »Learning to understand social pressure
On Solutions Driven Campaigning
This week’s Story Community Call was well visited. We talk about the new story of Greenpeace, story as a theory of change, culture shifts and… Read More »On Solutions Driven Campaigning
Introductory Ship’s Course
I’m just back from an activist training and generally awesome experience on the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise. We sailed in the North Sea from… Read More »Introductory Ship’s Course