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Building Cultural Infrastructure & Governance for Equitable Tech Movements
The Tech We Want is on a mission to create a transformative tech ecosystem by uniting, empowering and amplifying marginalized leaders, advocates, and entrepreneurs in the tech industry. Our mission is to collectively foster a future where everyone can thrive by collaboratively experimenting with and funding innovative cultural and economic infrastructures.
Tech Confidential is a panel series that brings together tech founders, investors, operators and organizers to discuss the work of building visionary alternatives that center human thriving and responsible innovation. Drawing on three years of work of building The Tech We Want, the series examines the emergent questions and challenges of building a new economy.
*Episode 2: Building Cultural Infrastructure & Governance for Equitable Tech Movements*
In this episode, Jocelyn Macdougall, lead facilitator of The Tech We Want, discusses with panelists Coraline Ada Ehmke, Marco Rogers, and Aniyia Williams the essential cultural infrastructure and governance practices needed for building equitable tech communities and institutions.
They delve into their personal experiences, conflicts, and the importance of establishing relational trust and collective accountability. The panelists share insights on open source communities, the role of values and governance, and the challenges of co-creating cultural infrastructure. This episode provides a deep dive into the work of making tech spaces more inclusive and just.
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Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to The Tech We Want
00:50 Meet the Panelists
02:40 Defining Cultural Infrastructure
03:55 Open Source and Cultural Infrastructure
10:05 Personal Stories of Cultural Infrastructure
14:15 Challenges in Implementing Cultural Infrastructure
24:17 The Role of Employee Resource Groups
28:45 Facing Disappointment and Conflict in the Workplace
30:21 Navigating Corporate Values and Realities
32:01 Legal Ramifications and Corporate Culture
36:07 The Role of Governance and Accountability
41:19 Building Trust and Relationships in Tech Communities
55:12 Challenges of Co-Governance and Community Expansion
57:09 Conclusion and Future Directions
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By The Tech We WantThe Tech We Want is on a mission to create a transformative tech ecosystem by uniting, empowering and amplifying marginalized leaders, advocates, and entrepreneurs in the tech industry. Our mission is to collectively foster a future where everyone can thrive by collaboratively experimenting with and funding innovative cultural and economic infrastructures.
Tech Confidential is a panel series that brings together tech founders, investors, operators and organizers to discuss the work of building visionary alternatives that center human thriving and responsible innovation. Drawing on three years of work of building The Tech We Want, the series examines the emergent questions and challenges of building a new economy.
*Episode 2: Building Cultural Infrastructure & Governance for Equitable Tech Movements*
In this episode, Jocelyn Macdougall, lead facilitator of The Tech We Want, discusses with panelists Coraline Ada Ehmke, Marco Rogers, and Aniyia Williams the essential cultural infrastructure and governance practices needed for building equitable tech communities and institutions.
They delve into their personal experiences, conflicts, and the importance of establishing relational trust and collective accountability. The panelists share insights on open source communities, the role of values and governance, and the challenges of co-creating cultural infrastructure. This episode provides a deep dive into the work of making tech spaces more inclusive and just.
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Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to The Tech We Want
00:50 Meet the Panelists
02:40 Defining Cultural Infrastructure
03:55 Open Source and Cultural Infrastructure
10:05 Personal Stories of Cultural Infrastructure
14:15 Challenges in Implementing Cultural Infrastructure
24:17 The Role of Employee Resource Groups
28:45 Facing Disappointment and Conflict in the Workplace
30:21 Navigating Corporate Values and Realities
32:01 Legal Ramifications and Corporate Culture
36:07 The Role of Governance and Accountability
41:19 Building Trust and Relationships in Tech Communities
55:12 Challenges of Co-Governance and Community Expansion
57:09 Conclusion and Future Directions