"At the end of the day, empowering our teams is really just about confronting and dismantling the structural things that disempower them." @honeygolightly #fwd50 @fwd50
If you'd like to catch up on #fwd50 Mastodon posts from the past few days, check out https://fedidevs.com/fwd50 ! You can filter by date and account as well. Thanks to everyone posting here! 🎉 @fwd50
Always “bring the human into the work.” So much focus on user needs, loving your users, but Riley reminded us that our teams are human, too. #FWD50
Indeed, the best teams I’ve been on have “loved” each other as much as their users. Caring for each other, having each others’ backs, and generally focused on health and belonging.
"You're always navigating the tightrope of, respecting the institution that you're trying to subvert." The brilliant @honeygolightly at #fwd50 @fwd50
"When we take our teams' experience for granted, we set up subconscious expectations to accept substandard public service." @honeygolightly #fwd50
Find you a crew that stans you the way #FWD50 celebrates @honeygolightly
@honeygolightly speaking at #fwd50 is using the example of digital teams but a lot of what she is talking about applies to every functional area in government
Leaving YOW en route home from #FWD50, feeling equal parts physically drained & psychoemotionally re-invigorated. In particular, referring to one of the inimitable @honeygolightly’s slides, inviting us into a next phase, feeling motivated to contribute to cultivating what comes next.…
Loving (and crying through) Riley Ohler’s #FWD50 talk “Designing My Grief” - services are about the human experience. Love. Connection. Community.
