Language matters. What language are we deploying, as a collective, during this time of accelerated societal collapse and the deterioration of everything we know and hold dear? Who are young people turning to as thought leaders and seeking guidance from as they step into their own adulthood and visions of power?Us & Them. Black & White. Blue, Red & Gray. Tribes. The world is not binary. Power placed into binary language containers is dangerous.As a Conscious Leader in this ecosystem, it is my ...

Language matters. What language are we deploying, as a collective, during this time of accelerated societal collapse and the deterioration of everything we know and hold dear? Who are young people turning to as thought leaders and seeking guidance from as they step into their own adulthood and visions of power?Us & Them. Black & White. Blue, Red & Gray. Tribes. The world is not binary. Power placed into binary language containers is dangerous.As a Conscious Leader in this ecosystem, it is my ...

Let’s face it. Shit’s gettin’ real-- fast. On a daily basis, each one of us faces the reality of living through systemic collapse of most of our social, economic and environmental systems. The topic itself is not fun to dwell upon or even let pass through your consciousness as a fleeting possibility, but the reality of our situation is clear. And it falls upon those of us in roles of leadership to be diligent and cognizant of how we lead and the impacts of our actions on those we lead. Let’s ...

Let’s face it. Shit’s gettin’ real-- fast. On a daily basis, each one of us faces the reality of living through systemic collapse of most of our social, economic and environmental systems. The topic itself is not fun to dwell upon or even let pass through your consciousness as a fleeting possibility, but the reality of our situation is clear. And it falls upon those of us in roles of leadership to be diligent and cognizant of how we lead and the impacts of our actions on those we lead. Let’s ...

Rarely in this life are we able to do professional work that has direct impact on our communities, on the core technical infrastructure of the internet and also on the direction of our future financial instruments. Even more rare…to do such powerful work with a group of humans who are essentially family. After spending multiple careers doing various types of impact work involving visual communications and narrative production, I have inadvertently stumbled into an intersection of humanity, te...

Rarely in this life are we able to do professional work that has direct impact on our communities, on the core technical infrastructure of the internet and also on the direction of our future financial instruments. Even more rare…to do such powerful work with a group of humans who are essentially family. After spending multiple careers doing various types of impact work involving visual communications and narrative production, I have inadvertently stumbled into an intersection of humanity, te...

I recently concluded a 30 year adventure in academia and obtained an undergraduate degree in Yoga. I know, it’s as strange to type that as it was to experience it. The TL;DR is that about every 10 years, I return to academia for a few years and study something that I’m passionate about. The first round was outdoor recreation, the second round was photojournalism and political science and the third round-- yoga with a minor in religion. The say I’m a lifelong learner is a gross understatement....

I recently concluded a 30 year adventure in academia and obtained an undergraduate degree in Yoga. I know, it’s as strange to type that as it was to experience it. The TL;DR is that about every 10 years, I return to academia for a few years and study something that I’m passionate about. The first round was outdoor recreation, the second round was photojournalism and political science and the third round-- yoga with a minor in religion. The say I’m a lifelong learner is a gross understatement....

How do you lead through chaos? Carefully. Strategically. Consciously. With transparency. In community. But what most of the general population doesn’t understand, and even those within the industry who have stumbled into our beautiful little hurricane of chaos that is web3, is that information silos can NOT exist in decentralization. We straight up built this emerging tech as a direct rebellion against the corruption and abuse of humans and the shattering of our communities using information ...

How do you lead through chaos? Carefully. Strategically. Consciously. With transparency. In community. But what most of the general population doesn’t understand, and even those within the industry who have stumbled into our beautiful little hurricane of chaos that is web3, is that information silos can NOT exist in decentralization. We straight up built this emerging tech as a direct rebellion against the corruption and abuse of humans and the shattering of our communities using information ...

Sounds simple, right? “Self care matters” is an obvious statement, yet I still managed to completely ignore this fundamental principle of being a healthy human throughout 2023 as I entered my first corporate job after 25+ years as a working professional. For the past 10 months, I’ve worked so hard and so relentlessly, without regard for my well being that I’ve broken my body. On multiple fronts. I’ve also rekt my nervous system. And I deployed self-care practices as an after thought when I re...

Sounds simple, right? “Self care matters” is an obvious statement, yet I still managed to completely ignore this fundamental principle of being a healthy human throughout 2023 as I entered my first corporate job after 25+ years as a working professional. For the past 10 months, I’ve worked so hard and so relentlessly, without regard for my well being that I’ve broken my body. On multiple fronts. I’ve also rekt my nervous system. And I deployed self-care practices as an after thought when I re...

We face a perfect storm of chaos, as a collective, that is in our face every single day. One need only open their news app and bear witness to a new reality of perpetual weather disasters as Mother Nature rebels against the pain we’ve inflicted upon the planet we call home. For those of us in roles of leadership, this reality hits close to home on a daily basis. Our role is to support the humans in our organizations so they can thrive and accomplish their goals and our collective missions wit...

We face a perfect storm of chaos, as a collective, that is in our face every single day. One need only open their news app and bear witness to a new reality of perpetual weather disasters as Mother Nature rebels against the pain we’ve inflicted upon the planet we call home. For those of us in roles of leadership, this reality hits close to home on a daily basis. Our role is to support the humans in our organizations so they can thrive and accomplish their goals and our collective missions wit...

Chaos. We are all dealing with some level of perpetual and unpredictable chaos— in our societal, personal and professional lives. For those of us working in emerging technological fields that are pushing the regulatory and monetary boundaries on policies that society has lived by for centuries, the chaos has multiple layers we can not predict or strategize our ways out of.That means that we must, as builders of such transformational infrastructure, embrace a new form of leadership. We can not...

Chaos. We are all dealing with some level of perpetual and unpredictable chaos— in our societal, personal and professional lives. For those of us working in emerging technological fields that are pushing the regulatory and monetary boundaries on policies that society has lived by for centuries, the chaos has multiple layers we can not predict or strategize our ways out of.That means that we must, as builders of such transformational infrastructure, embrace a new form of leadership. We can not...

For the past five months, I've been building an ambassador program for web3 developers with one of the most brilliant and kind minds I've ever met in the space. The process has been anything but easy and on a daily basis, our team navigates a plethora of uncertainties that are simply the norm in our ecosystem, along with a few random anomalies that are not. With the support of our team and colleagues, we are kicking off the first cohort of this program next week and our mission for ...

For the past five months, I've been building an ambassador program for web3 developers with one of the most brilliant and kind minds I've ever met in the space. The process has been anything but easy and on a daily basis, our team navigates a plethora of uncertainties that are simply the norm in our ecosystem, along with a few random anomalies that are not. With the support of our team and colleagues, we are kicking off the first cohort of this program next week and our mission for ...

Community surrounds us at all times. But how often do we, in the technical world, turn to our IRL communities and find the humanity we need? I ask this question because prior to returning to school and finding my own belonging in a contemplative academic/spiritual community that gathers during the school year in person, I was at a loss for a solid IRL community. For years, I’ve traveled in and out of IRL communities as a digital nomad. I float into a third place, usually a coffee shop or the ...

Community surrounds us at all times. But how often do we, in the technical world, turn to our IRL communities and find the humanity we need? I ask this question because prior to returning to school and finding my own belonging in a contemplative academic/spiritual community that gathers during the school year in person, I was at a loss for a solid IRL community. For years, I’ve traveled in and out of IRL communities as a digital nomad. I float into a third place, usually a coffee shop or the ...

JournoDAO attended the ONA23 conference last week to talk about two core missions of our DAO; 1) how decentralization and blockchain can help protect the industry from the waves of AI disinformation filling our timelines and 2) how do we restore journalism at the local level using decentralized technology stacks to protect our communities from the perilous impacts of news deserts. After having just spent the summer in Paris, post ETHCC and ETHGlobal Paris, and being accustomed to ETH conferen...

JournoDAO attended the ONA23 conference last week to talk about two core missions of our DAO; 1) how decentralization and blockchain can help protect the industry from the waves of AI disinformation filling our timelines and 2) how do we restore journalism at the local level using decentralized technology stacks to protect our communities from the perilous impacts of news deserts. After having just spent the summer in Paris, post ETHCC and ETHGlobal Paris, and being accustomed to ETH conferen...

I had the immense honor to speak at the Transformative Impact Summit this past weekend. To be in a room filled with change makers from around the globe at some of the most amazing organizations in web2 and web3 was a dream and I am filled with gratitude for those who supported my ability to attend this talk and for those who invited me to speak. My talk was titled "Restoring Our Humanity Through Community", located in the social justice track, and I spoke about how those of us in web3 communi...

I had the immense honor to speak at the Transformative Impact Summit this past weekend. To be in a room filled with change makers from around the globe at some of the most amazing organizations in web2 and web3 was a dream and I am filled with gratitude for those who supported my ability to attend this talk and for those who invited me to speak. My talk was titled "Restoring Our Humanity Through Community", located in the social justice track, and I spoke about how those of us in web3 communi...