let’s build a cooperative, step 3: consolidate a clear vision
by This is step 3 in my series on how to create a cooperative. In step 1, I assembled a group of potential cooperative members. We started to lay the groundwork …
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let’s build a cooperative, step 2: discuss needs and vision; coordinate organizing and business research
This is the second step in my series on how to create a cooperative. In my last post, I began to form my consulting cooperative’s founding members. Now, we’ll assemble …
beyond tinkerbell
Think about some of the ways we want to change the world. Some of my dreams are audacious reimaginings of the unjust systems that surround me. Many people in the …
the devil’s advocates
I don’t like devil’s advocates. Someone will ask, “can I play devil’s advocate here?” The room always gives a resounding, “Sure, of course!” And then they deliver the grossest, most racist, dollars-over-people arguments anyone can make. Why do we tolerate this?
things to read: october
No new post this week. Instead, here are a few things I’ve read recently that I want to share with you. There’s short teaser excerpt from each article. This was …
let’s build a cooperative, step 1: collect information, clarify needs, and assemble your founding members
This is the first step in my series on how to create a cooperative. I’ll link to each post here as it’s written. In my last post, I combined information …
understanding critical liberation theory
Last month I led a training where I invited attendees to imagine their future. I adapted a visioning exercise described by Tanuja Jaegernauth on a recent podcast. The exercise itself …
a vision for the future, part 2
Another week, another horrifying massacre. Any one of these events should have been enough to grind our country to a halt. Instead, there have been 212 mass shootings in america …
a vision for the future
For the last year I worked on the local health department’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy. This is the third pandemic I’ve worked at a public health agency, and I’m grateful to …
map the future: strategic plans and visions
Most of the companies I’ve worked for have had a strategic plan. These plans run the spectrum between incremental and ornamental. Some get by with unambitious tweaks to last year’s …