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.
Someone said they didn’t donate to a particular progressive non-profit because they didn’t want their name “on the list”. We heard this exact same sentiment… Read More »Put your name on the list and be proud of it
Learning from great storytellers makes us better open leaders—as long as we understand what these roles have in common. People are natural storytellers. From the… Read More »What storytellers can teach open leaders
Over the last few weeks, many of us Internet people – progressives, left leaners – have been thinking deeply about how we’ve managed to screw… Read More »We write for ourselves.
(cross-posted in the We Are Open publication) Every month, the We Are Open Co-op team spends the better part of a day co-working on video… Read More »Are we post-capitalism yet?
Walking into the Red Hat Tower in Raleigh, North Carolina, I was feeling particularly upbeat. For over a year, I’ve been writing about open organizations… Read More »Greenpeace, the Open Organization and All Things Open 2016
In our biweekly call last week, we reminded ourselves that courage is incredibly personal and individual. We briefly discussed how the context a person is… Read More »Using listening to show courage and break silos
In our team meeting today (notes here), we talked about some feedback that we’ve received from people within Greenpeace. Some of our friends have commented… Read More »“Open leaves too many questions”
One of my favorite things about working with Greenpeace is how easy it is to use ship or boat related puns. It’s super fun to… Read More »We’re turning a big ship
Through the results of a recent survey, I learned that Greenpeace staff don’t feel engaged. They don’t feel informed, listened to, or empowered. Greenpeace is… Read More »Kicking off a courage conversation
The 7th Shift Greenpeace is trying to make in it’s ongoing effort to become a more open organization is to go from being a Dogmatic… Read More »From Dogmatic Defender to Champion of the Impossible