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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 14, 2012 | Community, Learning as, Story
This winter, I made a significant professional title leap from Self-Organizing Groups Researcher to Community Story Wrangler. This recognizing-and-claiming-who-you-really-are business is fun. And scary. Not that it’s a one-time deal. I seem to do it again and again.... by lori | Feb 24, 2012 | Community, Coworking, Learning as, Recognizing
We opened our home in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood this week as a free coworking space, Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to start. If you’ve done something like this, or are planning to, I’d love to hear your “how to” because... by lori | Jan 31, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Learning as
I spent this week in San Francisco gathering stories for the upcoming Different Work eBook series that Bas and I are creating. We’re gathering stories of groups and people who are doing work that they deeply love (most days), who are working beyond what they as...