Originally published on Jan 29, 2019 I ve been guiding and advising future leaders for many years, as a mentor and overall advocate, and my advice hasn t changed much in that time. My concept of good leadership is informed by being a woman in a male-dominated field, a person of color in a primarily white-dominated world, [ ]
I m always on the hunt for a good German bread recipe. If you ve had the chance to visit Germany, you know there are many types of breads and what feels like 99 kinds of rolls. While I ve tried to make Roggenbrötchen and Kurbiskern, the one I excel the most at is Laugenbrötchen or pretzel rolls. [ ]
This week marks my last as the Executive Director of the WordPress project. My time with WordPress has transformed me, both as a leader and an advocate. There’s still more to do in our shared quest to secure a self-sustaining future of the open source project that we all love, and my belief in our [ ]
Gather round and let me tell you an amazing story about the time (yesterday) that I interrupted a murder (eagle/osprey/flying predator vs bunny). I was making dinner yesterday and my dog came into the kitchen. She looked insistent which is how she looks 80% of her waking hours. I decided to let her out into [ ]
I bought myself a new bicycle a few weeks back, right before a bit of back to back travel. I’m a returning rider who hasn’t spent any meaningful time on a bike since I was a child, and at first I was mostly worried about looking foolish. Side Note: Worries over looking foolish are in [ ]
Through the month of June, the WP Minute will donate 20% of its Thrive Tee from proceeds to the WordPress Foundation.
A throwback flash talk from 2016! Let it remind you that you can do tough things, but:
I get a lot of WordPress swag over the course of the year. They are all charming reminders of specific events, but this year I got two that I especially loved.
Every once in a while, the WP Briefing episode about disagreements and decisions gets a big bump in listens. Right now it s in the middle of one of those surges. I often go back to old reference materials because I need to remind myself the best ways of moving forward in a difficult moment. So, [ ]
At this point I assume we all have seen the episode of Silicon Valley where Gavin says the bear is sticky with honey . While I found that entire plot line (?) incredibly funny, it also made me think about the way that we as leaders sometimes offer information to the people we lead. When we [ ]