Hi Community,
I’m a relative newcomer to crypto, but am no stranger to the impact of technology on society and culture. I’d be happy to act as an advisor and potentially take a leadership position if that would be valuable based on what I have to offer.
Why listen to me?
My credentials have nothing to do with cryptocurrency, they have everything to do with organizing communities and facilitating decision-making using governance models that tap the collective wisdom of the group.
My mission in life is simply to help create communities where people can thrive and grow.
My background and education are seeped in meritocracy. At Reed College, we received no grades, just written feedback from our professors. I wrote an undergraduate thesis on ‘The Effects of Instant Messenger on Social Perception.’ In this thesis, I showed the value and challenges of developing and maintaining social relationships meditated by instant messenger/chat specifically.
The results of this experimental research can be extrapolated to any ‘asynchronous’ communication, like this messaging platform. At Reed, the value of ideas are debated, and it’s not personal. I hope we can recreate a community where we can share and receive feedback on our ideas, and make them better for the long-term growth of the community. I’d like to help build the model that all decentralized communities can use to operate effectively, and survive our growing pains.
My experience includes forming collectives with governance structures based loosely on “Holacracy” concepts. I’m not suggesting our governance structure be holarchical, I’m just citing my interest, research, and experience with alternative governance structures beyond ‘majority rules’ and ‘consensus.’
I’ve both run businesses and my own consulting firm focused on talent strategy and optimization for the last 10 years. My clients have been everyone from small businesses and nonprofits, to large silicon valley firms and the US government.
I just powered through Detroit: Becoming Human and can wait to play through like 10 more times just to discover all the possibilities. Ha!
My Request
If my credentials and intentions sound interesting to anyone, I’m happy to extrapolate more. Understanding this is a decentralized group, my request is that if you’d like to hear more from me, please PM to let me know, or comment on my post.
I look forward to finding where I can contribute my strengths and skills to a community that will change the way we interact, live and thrive.