We humans never stop learning, but sometimes we get a little set in our ways of thinking. Leadership development helps people step out of their cultural and societal norms to take life by the horns. It is an essential piece in furthering openness within an organization or community. This category explores professional development and talks about inviting leaders to step up and live the open ethos.
cross-posted on WAO blog Last year, We Are Open Co-op worked directly with 10 charities funded through the Catalyst Discovery program. We’re pleased to announce… Read More »Prototyping with Purpose: Catalyst Definition phase
cross-posted on Opensource.com and co-authored with Alexandra Machado Successfully addressing shared global problems requires open source—both principles and code—to foster innovation quickly and bridge gaps… Read More »The power of open source during a pandemic
by Open Org Ambassadors (including yours truly) and cross-posted on Opensource.com As we continue renovating the Open Organization community, we’ve been asking hard questions about… Read More »How an open project’s governance model evolves
by Open Org Ambassadors (including yours truly) and cross-posted on Opensource.com Open communities are living, breathing entities that grow and change. Join us as we… Read More »How to scale an open, energetic community
Originally published Welcome Jen! on Medium. Happy International Workers’ Day! Today is We Are Open Co-op’s 4th birthday. Two years ago, Grainné joined the co-op… Read More »Welcome Jen!
For the last four years, I’ve been working with Greenpeace International mostly on the Planet 4 project. The project is at one point of maturity,… Read More »We Are Open Co-op & Greenpeace Planet 4
originally published on blog.weareopen.coop Recently some colleagues asked me to provide a few questions that would help an interview panel suss out whether or not… Read More »Interviewing for an Open Leader
And what it taught me about playful development cross-posted on Opensource.com “Open” isn’t just a way we can build software. It’s an attitude we can… Read More »Open by nature: Building a platform for activists
We’re building an innovative platform to connect environmental advocates—but system complexity threatened to slow us down. Opening up was the answer. cross-posted on Opensource.com Activists… Read More »How collaboration fueled a development breakthrough at Greenpeace
Originally published We are Co-op 2.0 on Medium. Last week, We Are Open Co-op met in London for our first IRL Co-op Day since January.… Read More »We are Co-op 2.0