The Tao of WAO

Laura & Doug talk to John Atherton, cooperative expert and the Project Organiser for workers.coop. https://opencollective.com/weareopen https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book Links: CoTech: https://www.coops.tech/ Workers.coop: https://workers.coop ICA structure (like the UN for co-ops): https://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/en/italian-region-30-gdp-comes-cooperatives John Atherton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnatherton/ https://www.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/find-adviser/john-atherton

Laura & Doug talk about community and content and a grab bag of other themes close to the cooperative world and the work of WAO. https://opencollective.com/weareopen https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book Links The Art of Community [IMAGE] https://blog.weareopen.coop/the-art-of-community-cultivating-online-connections-738cc90b0a39 TWiT - https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/925?autostart=false Mastodon blog post: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/ Doug's toot: https://social.coop/@dajb/110293920668304301 Dealing with criticism in your open source community/project (Laura's post) https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/8/what-to-do-when-nobody-participates How to manage feedback in your open project: https://opensource.com/open-organization/21/7/manage-feedback-open-project Eternal September: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September Bluesky: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/4/29/23702979/bluesky-twitter-elon-musk-jack-dorsey-chrissy-teigen-aoc-dril-decentralized Moderation: https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/21/bluesky-moderation-new-features/ Vinay Gupta talk (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5o-ughyD8

Today we're pleased to speak with Emily Goligoski, the Head of Research at Charter. Emily is wicked smart and thinking about the future of work, what we really need from work, mentorship in the workplace and so much more. https://opencollective.com/weareopen https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book Links: https://www.emilygoligoski.com/ https://www.charterworks.com/ Books: https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao Some of the research we discuss: https://www.charterworks.com/charter-research-mentorship-remote-hybrid/ https://www.charterworks.com/charter-business-leaders-survey-working-arrangements/ A couple of random related posts: https://blog.weareopen.coop/bring-your-full-self-to-work-day-7efbaea914f1 https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2017/8/reverse-mentoring-it-right-it

Today we talk to Micky Metts, a Cooperative Consultant and speaker, and Melissa Bingham, a privacy, security and ethical tech advocate. https://opencollective.com/weareopen https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book Links: https://agaric.coop/ https://communitybridge.com/privacyworkshops https://www.meet.coop/ https://mayfirst.coop/en/ https://www.instagram.com/theconscioustechpivot/ https://www.instagram.com/TheMelissaExperience/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa--bingham/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickymetts/ https://workers.coop

Laura and Doug reflect on the season and share loads of thoughts about the fediverse migration, content warnings and more in this recap episode. Support our work > https://opencollective.com/weareopen Join the book club > https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao

Today we talk to Julie Keane and Mark Otter from Participate.com – a platform and service designed to support and operationalize Communities of Practice. https://www.participate.com/ Books (check out our new Book Club: https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book ) Anne Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Underworld by Don DeLillo Power Broker by Robert A. Caro The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Links Keep Badges Weird https://badges.community Keep Badges Weird badges: https://app.participate.com/pages/community-faq Open Badges: https://openbadges.org/ W3C Verifiable Credentials - VC-EDU: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vc-ed/ Value Cycles: https://wao.wtf/gallery/985r0dyrz7 Bob Mortimer - Train Guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2VoHdpj2ZA

Today we're talking with Anne Hilliger, a collaborator studying media education and the lead author of We Are Open Co-op's new course on Feminist Pedagogy. Anne's favourite books: Invisible Women Margaret Atwood - Oryx & Crake Feminism Is For Everybody, Especially Educators! https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/courses/fife/ Links https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/swedish-government-scraps-countrys-pioneering-feminist-foreign-policy https://kotaku.com/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-ther-5910857 https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/11/privilege-walk-exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I3wJ7pJUjg

Laura and Doug have a chat with Pedram Parasmand, a workshop designer, leadership coach, team builder and consultant. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedramparasmand/ https://theskillslab.com Ped's favourite books: - Fiction: '1984' by George Orwell - Non-fiction: 'The Art of Possibility' by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

Today we're talking to Aaron Hirtenstein, an organisational development advisor, collaborator, and cooperative badass. https://twitter.com/shepherdstone21 https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-hirtenstein-5862032a/ Aaron's books: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas 'A Suitable Boy' by Vikram Seth, An Equal Music Collins guide to Mushrooms Links Building OUT: https://outlandish.com/building-out/ Open Food Network: https://openfoodnetwork.org/

Welcome to Season 5! The season kicks off with guest Elizabeth Godwin, the Global Lead, Digital Learning and Architecture at Greenpeace International https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-musar-godwin/ Books - Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) - Fire Island (Hulu) - new adaptation Notes Honey & Mumford - https://www.eln.co.uk/blog/honey-and-mumford-learning-styles