TL;DR — Three Catalyst-supported groups have been exploring different collective, inclusive and relational ways of working together; from creative mapping to collaborative funding and community management. They’ve done and learned heaps that will inform their own work and beyond, as part of the next phase of Catalyst. Plus — we’re…

Between the click of the light and the start of the dream… It’s over a month since I last published something. Is that a gap or a space? Gap implies a deficiency, something missing, whereas space feels intentional, abundant, full of possibility. I’m going to go with space. I’ve been…

The amazing outputs from Hera Hussain and the team at Chayn about their open, co-created strategy process, today’s update from Careful Industries’ Rachel Coldicutt as well as this fab piece about making work visible from Cassie Robinson that features in this all-new open working toolkit, have given me renewed determination…

Weeknotes feels over-ambitious but I’m determined to keep things moving — this is a summary of the last three weeks. Some was written two weeks ago, so it’s a bit of a hodgepodge. What I’ve been up to Lots of group sessions and events, some of which I experimented turning…

Values shape our decisions. They help us ‘be the change we want to see in the world’, if we’re paying attention and truly living them. They’re also the lens through which we interpret all sorts of data, whether we realise it or not. …

This piece is a public ‘note to self’. More cathartic diary entry than useful blog, but given the subject matter I thought it fitting to publish to hold myself accountable. Thanks to the ever-excellent Dama (my Tech for Good London Meetup co-organiser) for giving me the nudge I needed and…

We look at some of the brilliant platforms and initiatives rapidly set up to help people and organisations contribute their digital, data and design skills during the COVID-19 crisis. — We are working hard to ensure these different efforts are co-ordinated effectively where possible, but in the meantime we wanted to share what we know, to help others looking to help. Here’s an overview of the current opportunities we’re aware of to deploy those digital teams and skills…

A collective agreement by and for social tech/tech for good agencies. We are living through an unprecedented global crisis. As the COVID-19 virus spreads and the pandemic unfolds, we are uncertain about the future. Extraordinary challenges require extraordinary responses and all of us need to put our talents, skills, and…

To mark today’s Global Climate Strike, a few civil society community organisers (me, Ab Brightman, Cassie Robinson and Dama Sathianathan) have put together the beginnings of a rough compilation of resources and links around climate-relevant tech for good: bit.ly/TechForGoodResponsesToClimateCrisis It seems there are several disparate efforts going on to map this…