Mapping Ties: Stories of Togetherness at Work Anamaria and Sophie

Susagna is a corporate rebel at heart and it's no surprise that she ended up creating and nurturing communities as a way to influence and transform her company. In this episode she takes us through her personal story with communities: from building the first one from scratch with little guidance to successfully exiting it several years later once it had grown to a movement with its own voice internally. A great listen, so sit back and enjoy!



If you are building internal communities as well, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach out here.



A little bit more about our guest, in their own words:

Scientist turned project manager turned capability developer, I see communities and the spaces they create as essential for learning, creating belonging and psychological safety as well as motors for advancing knowledge. At the end of the day, we come together in organizations to do what we cannot do alone, so community is the basis for delivering big things.

For the last conversation of Mapping Ties Season 1, we sat with the inspiring Deborah Madelaine—who's the Global Senior Manager of Social Learning at Mars.



We talked about pivotal moments in bringing communities to the forefront of social learning within Mars, how Deborah and her team enable volunteers within their internal communities, how to build community across multi-cultural companies, and timezones, and how to effectively onboard new members.



Check out all our notes in the Padlet board, and join us for the free live workshop on January 18th to unpack the lessons we learned in season one, and continue the conversation!

In this episode, we chatted with:

Mandy Ho, Program Manager EMEA University & Asian at Uber EMEA Co-Chair + Women at Uber EMEA Central Lead @ Uber

Crystal Andrus Training Supervisor & Career Development Committee for Women of Westlake + Hispanic Organization for Leadership & Action Co-Chair @ Westlake

about Employee Resources Groups.


What are they?
Why do they matter?
How are they structured?
How do we measure their impact?

Explore our notes and takeaways here.

A decade's worth of lessons learned packed into a one-hour conversation with the one and only Jaime McGeathy, Communities Director at Microsoft.

Jaime leads the "Connected Communities" program at Microsoft, bringing together 75 internal employee communities aligned around customer business priorities.

She shared her team's strategy to reboot the community, all the ways communities and members can join the program, practical ways to recognise volunteers, as well as a run through the tools and platforms they are using internally.

Find our detailed notes on the Padlet board.

We've had an insightful conversation with our next guest, Michelle Farrell, who's a Senior L&D Consultant at Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and has been building several communities for the past years.

We touched on ways to launch a community, the tools Michelle uses, and the very creative simulation game she designed to get people accustomed to the tools, as well as practical examples to reward contributions and enable community growth.

You can check all the insights and takeaways in our Padlet.

We brought together Justyna Baber, the former Innovation Community Leader @ IKEA and Nast Marrero , the Business Agility Coach & Community Catalyst @ The LEGO Group to chat about communities used to foster a culture of innovation across the organisation.

We touched on the spark that led to their communities, the formats they use to bring people together, the tools and ways they measure impact.

Check out our detailed notes in our project Padlet, and enjoy the conversation!