44 episodes

A podcast about the intersection of technology, society, and internet culture – with a dash of philosophy and art for good measure. Hosts: Laura Hilliger & Doug Belshaw (We Are Open Co-op)

The Tao of WAO We Are Open Co-op

    • Technology

A podcast about the intersection of technology, society, and internet culture – with a dash of philosophy and art for good measure. Hosts: Laura Hilliger & Doug Belshaw (We Are Open Co-op)

    S07 Episode 05: Workforce development

    S07 Episode 05: Workforce development

    In this episode we speak with Krystal Rawls, the Program Leader and Storyteller currently directing the Cal State University Dominguez Hills Workforce Integration Network.

    https://opencollective.com/weareopen
    https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/professorrawls/
    https://toby-89881.medium.com/explode-on-impact-cba283b908cb

    • 43 min
    S07 Episode 04: Public Service and AI

    S07 Episode 04: Public Service and AI

    Today's guest is Matt Jukes, a self-described 'product person' who just left the position of Head of Profession for Product Management at the UK government's Department for Business and Trade. He's got a really useful newsletter called Public Service Internet jobs and is an all-round interesting person.

    https://opencollective.com/weareopen
    https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book

    Links
    https://www.jukes.ie/
    https://tinyletter.com/jukesie
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjukes/
    https://digitalbydefault.com/2023/05/21/dc-days/
    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mjukes_five-year-anniversary-of-my-dumbest-work-activity-7079159577564303360-F8qE
    https://digitalbydefault.com/2023/06/04/2023-ambitions-story-so-far/

    • 53 min
    S07 Episode 03: Cognitive Liberty

    S07 Episode 03: Cognitive Liberty

    https://opencollective.com/weareopen
    https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book

    Inspiration for this episode from Nita Farahany on Undivided Attention, The Battle for your Brain.
    https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/protecting-our-freedom-of-thought-with-nita-farahany-_HAu6pb4

    Deconstructing power in the age of AI: https://www.laurahilliger.com/models/deconstructing-power-in-the-age-of-ai/

    • 51 min
    S07 Episode 02: Credentials and AI

    S07 Episode 02: Credentials and AI

    Today's guests are Tim Riches founding director of Navigatr and Omid Mufeed, CTO at Navigatr. We're talking about their history, open badge technology and new AI improvements in the world of badging and credentialling

    Links
    https://www.navigatr.org/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-riches-a784792/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/omufeed/

    • 46 min
    S07 Episode 01: Curiosity Is Human

    S07 Episode 01: Curiosity Is Human

    Today's guests are Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones from The Curious Advantage podcast. They are both co-founders of The Ludic Group, a highly successful business consultancy and have worked with companies such as Novartis and Coca-Cola. They are the authors of several books, including The Curious Advantage, and Digital Humans!

    Links
    https://www.curiousadvantage.com/
    https://ludicgroup.com/
    Garrick: "in Bocca" series from 1970s https://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/195510/il-buco-stories-and-recipes

    • 40 min
    S06 Episode 06: Coop Lessons Pt 2

    S06 Episode 06: Coop Lessons Pt 2

    This is part 2 of Co-op Lessons. Doug and Laura chat with fellow We Are Open Co-op founding member, John Bevan about the lessons learned over the last 7 years of running a cooperative.

    https://opencollective.com/weareopen
    https://literal.club/club/tao-of-wao/book

    Links
    https://wiki.weareopen.coop/en/guidelines/running-a-project
    https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/courses/meetings-course/

    • 36 min

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