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
Leadership Development
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.
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
Social norms: “professionalism”
I’m not sure if it came from a guidance counselor or my parents or some sort of magical “install social norm” button, but somewhere along… Read More »Social norms: “professionalism”
Storytelling in January
In December I ran the first community call focusing on Story as a theory of change. We talk about the power of story, the new… Read More »Storytelling in January
On Being Fearless
I wear my punk rock, bad ass, have jumped out of a plane and befriended homeless crack heads for an evening of drunken debauchery on… Read More »On Being Fearless
NEW Story Community Call
You might know, I’m a huge fan of community calls. I LOVE taking regular, designated time to invite people to converse around a theme or… Read More »NEW Story Community Call
Leadership should come with a smile
In the past, I’ve worked to detail what competencies and skills a leader inside the Mozilla community commonly has. For me, the majority of what… Read More »Leadership should come with a smile