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Laura Hilliger is a writer, educator and technologist. She’s a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, an open web advocate who is happiest in collaborative environments. She’s a co-founder of We Are Open Co-op, an Ambassador for Opensource.com, is working to help open up Greenpeace, and a Mozilla alum. Find her on Twitter and Mastodon as @epilepticrabbit
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At Greenpeace, people weren't enthused about the idea of the call being open. Several folks thought we should only invite a certain group of people. To ease everyone into the idea, for the 1st call, I invited the suggested groups and a few "ringers" - e.g. to support me, I invited people who know how to lead through behavior. Seeing these people (and myself) interacting, led those who thought it should be more closed to play with the idea of a "community call". In the next session, I sent an open invitation. I included in the moderation how wonderful it was to have people from HR alongside of campaigners and senior managers**. Now, the people who said "this should only be for Group X" have admitted the value of mixed community.
Bringing openness to a more traditional organization takes time. We can't force our ideal down people's throats, we have to understand what a mind shift it is to tear down those brick walls. But little by little, we'll get there!
** I reflected on that call here: http://www.zythepsary.com/leadership/storytelling-in-january/
I agree! My hope is that we are able to spread this new story far and wide. Please join us in a community call! Our next one is February 2nd, and I'd love to hear how your reflections on these shifts have affected you and your work. Check out the wiki for dial in details and whatnot: http://wiki.greenpeace.org/Community/Calls