
44 episodes

The Tao of WAO We Are Open Co-op
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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)
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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 -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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 -
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/