by lori | May 1, 2020 | Acceptance, Essays, Getting Lost, Grief and Loss, Imagination, Impacts, Leadership, Learning, Learning as, Love, Play into Work, Research, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Strength in Real Life, Unapologetically Odd, Wayfinding, Wonder
So many articles are circulating right now about how exhausted and drained people feel after Zoom meetings. I get that. Back in my corporate and academic days, that used to happen to me during Skype meetings and conference calls all the time. I’d often sign off... by lori | Jun 21, 2013 | Benefits, Community, Recognizing, Story
My Grandma Del passed away last week. It was the day before my 43rd birthday, and about 2 months before her 88th birthday. She was the last of my living grandparents. When Daniel called me to break the news to me, he woke me up, and the first thought that flitted... by lori | Nov 5, 2012 | Community, Community of practice, Learning as
My friend and coworker Christopher recently decided to follow his passion and start blogging about honey at http://honeyfiend.com/. He asked a handful of us what we thought, which already proves that he is far smarter than I was when I started blogging oh-so-many (ok,... by lori | Sep 13, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Culture
This month, slow web culture found Bas and Simone and Daniel and I. I think of it as like the slow food movement, only more webby. Slow web culture found us as we gathered stories for Different Office and recognized ourselves as craftspeople by listening to the... by lori | Aug 30, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Learning as, TGQ
I was part of a discussion this week within which this question–asked by my friend Flemming Funch of France–came up. Beyond the sheer amazingness that is Flemming himself, as a writer I intend to always stay close to him for the ample alliteration... by lori | Jul 19, 2012 | Community, Coworking, Definitions, FAQ
I’ve been feeling lately that “free community coworking space” isn’t adequate language for what we are here. Work isn’t at the heart of who we are. Not really. Then today, several random things happened and I ended up coining and defining...