Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
Innovation in a caring society must not only generate profit but create better outcomes for everyone. This is possible, but it requires care for people and planet to be valued as highly as capital – and for wellbeing to be incentivised as much as shareholder return.
Rachel Coldicutt • Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care
It is rare to meet someone who is fully connected to their core essence, but we know it right away when we do. These people have a certain luminosity to them, they emanate contentment and clarity, and they seem to have enough time.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
plaque at george sterling park. GS coined the phrase, “cool gray city of love”
I call these experiences our dark teachers. The lessons that hurt, scare, scar, wound, and almost destroy us are very often the things that make us who we are because they require us to muster what we thought we could not muster—courage, compassion, kindness, forgiveness, love, resilience, strength, generosity of spirit, ferocity of heart. The... See more
Happy Anniversary to This
A bunch of studies show that when we witness acts of kindness and pro-social cooperation by others we experience something called “moral elevation” - we are lifted into optimism and altruism and feel inclined to spread kindness onwards. I referred to the way awe works to connect us into our humanity a few chapters back. A global study showed that... See more
What if *this* could be amazing?
A generalizing specialist has a core competency which they know a lot about. At the same time, they are always learning and have a working knowledge of other areas. While a generalist has roughly the same knowledge of multiple areas, a generalizing specialist has one deep area of expertise and a few shallow ones. We have the option of developing a... See more
Shane Parrish • The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled
In addition to tracking the impact your program is having on the organizations you’re supporting and the beneficiaries they serve, track the halo effect your program is having on your own community .
I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to... See more
I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to... See more
David Spinks • How to Activate your Community for Impact
“Other people might not understand who you’re becoming, or why you’re choosing what you choose, or what you’re doing during your seasons of emergence. The good news is that you don’t need anyone’s understanding to live into your truest next chapter. You don’t need anyone’s permission or validation. You don’t need anyone’s green light. You get to... See more