Opening Space Empowers Staff to Talk about How We Work
At our annual management retreat, Open Space gave our managers the opportunity to raise concerns and make suggestions about how DDD can improve how we do business and better achieve our social mission. The chance to speak up to propose topics, to talk with peers about the issues that concern them most, and to report back to the full group was enormously empowering, and inspired all of us to action.
Experiential Learning in Hong Kong
While I was still in Thailand for the Global Social Venture Symposium, I told Mai Siriphongpanh, our COO in DDD, about my experience as a guest speaker at the Symposium. She congratulated me on my achievement, as she knew that I was really not comfortable with public speaking. Then she told me that she had a new challenge for me: To represent Laos and DDD at the GIFT Institute’s Young Leadership Program in Hong Kong.
