Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
“I come not to teach but to awaken”
- Meher Baba
On day one, they define a political institution as “a socially created constraint on human action.” That definition has always stuck with me. This means that we can make them and remake them. But it also means that whatever institution we create, people are going to use those institutions strategically to try to achieve whatever ends they're trying... See more
A reproducible testing process is more valuable than any one idea. Innovate here first.
All things equal, a team with more shots at bat will win against a team with an audacious vision.
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Neely Center Design Code for Social Media
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Brown and Jaźwińska posit that there are some counterforces in the publisher toolkit, including owned-and-operated platforms and cultivating more direct relationships with audiences.
Thriving places don’t have purposes and missions, but they’re not hostile to them. They are somewhere between benignly indifferent to mildly (but not over-eagerly) welcoming towards missionary energies. Think of storied city like New York or Rome or Bangkok. These are places that catalyze mission-driven activities of various sorts, but don’t... See more
Mission vs creating the conditions