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”
Concepts & Models
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!
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
The Calm Catalyst
The last chapter of the Open Organization talks about how a leader in an open community has to be a catalyst: “An agent that provokes… Read More »The Calm Catalyst
Reach outside the silo
One of the things I know about open source and open communities is that as much as we want to break down silos, we have… Read More »Reach outside the silo
The No Tech School
Here’s an idea: let’s all move to Colonial Williamsburg and churn some butter. Or maybe we should all buy horses. Wait, wait, I’ve got an… Read More »The No Tech School
Open is an attitude
This past week I spent three days hanging out with the activists and thinkers who attended the Open Campaigns Camp. Participants included loads of folks… Read More »Open is an attitude
Collapsing Open Leadership Strands
Missing context? Catch up with recent posts tagged with “Methods & Theories”. A couple weeks ago, in the Open Web Leadership call we talked about… Read More »Collapsing Open Leadership Strands
Mozilla Academy Thoughts
Most of this post will be much easier to understand if you view Mark’s recent talk at the Next Billion in London, skim or reread… Read More »Mozilla Academy Thoughts
Iterating organizing structures
Here’s another stab at trying to nail down the competencies and topics leaders in the open community need to have and an organizing structure for… Read More »Iterating organizing structures
Open Web Leadership
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about an organizing structure for future (and current) Teach Like Mozilla content and curriculum. This stream… Read More »Open Web Leadership