Reflections

As MindOpen puts the conditions in place to implement democratic management as an organization, we are excited to tap into resources made available in the movement. Recently, our intern Mia had the opportunity to join one of the excellent offerings from the Democracy at Work initiative. Here are her reflections: Why Effective Communication Matters Effective communication is something many of us feel we’re good at, until we find ourselves in difficult conversations. After taki

The MindOpen Learning Strategies Newsletter: I've never liked the term "buy-in" for organizational change. It sounds extractive—like we're manipulating people into something rather than building together. Language reveals what we value. Of course, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understood this. He spoke truth to power, and was targeted for it. In 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, he made his first major statement against the Vietnam War, naming "the giant triplets of ra

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