I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
On the first day of September in the Year of Our Lord 2017, the We Are Open Co-op joined together in a celebration of piety… Read More »A Collection of Voices: We Are Open Co-op Day: September 2017 Edition
(cross- posted in the Planet 4 publication on Medium) With bated breath, the Planet 4 team has been sharing the creative concept for Greenpeace global… Read More »Change is Everywhere: The Planet 4 Creative Concept
In the biweekly call I’ve been running since I came to Greenpeace, we have some deep philosophical discussions. We start with something meta, and then… Read More »Thinking about robots
The week of February 6th, the core team working on the Planet 4 Project got together in Amsterdam. The goal of the meetup was to… Read More »Developing the Creative Concept
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
What drives people to act? What’s the difference in motivations between a single act and repeated participation in a particular project or community? To figure… Read More »Actions Speak Louder than Words
In Planet 4, we’re designing with the needs of many in mind. From a content perspective, we have a global audience. People all over the… Read More »Diversity & Inclusion: User Personas
Several years back while I was working at Mozilla, I worked on a program to teach youth how to conceptualize immersive stories. At the time,… Read More »Let’s chat about Immersive Storytelling
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
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