Supporters to Change Agents
Semantics play a big role in life. The words we use influence how we think. Words affect our thoughts on the people we’re trying… Read More »Supporters to Change Agents
Perception
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
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”
Privacy/Security and Bullying
If all the sand in the Sahara is in the Sahara, and you have a mechanism to measure the exact shape of a single grain… Read More »Privacy/Security and Bullying
Connecting Knowledge
Last week I spend the majority of my time at Mobiles x Mobilization Camp, an event put on by the MobLab at Greenpeace. This event… Read More »Connecting Knowledge
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
What’s next for Laura?
TL;DR My last day at Mozilla already happened, but I’m still me. I bring together disparate things to foster learning, spread openness and design for… Read More »What’s next for Laura?
On the Archive
Yesterday I got to hangout with the #DMLCommons folks in the blog garage (complete with tools) to talk about our views on blogging. In that… Read More »On the Archive
Love the Lurkers
A couple days ago I had a BIG conversation with Bill Mills, the Community Manager for Mozilla Science Lab, about open learning, designing for participation,… Read More »Love the Lurkers