Organizational democracy and me
Friday, July 11th, 2008I help people work together in companies. I do organizational democracy. We like towns, cities and countries to be democratic, and companies can be, too.
Originally my background is in theater. I did playwriting and producing, and loved helping people get on stage who were passionate and excellent at their work.
In 2005 I wanted to see the world, so I lived in Galveston, TX and Hays, KS, where I learned what it means to care about the people you pass on the street, and what it means to feel like a town is yours, even when you don’t literally own it. I went to a lot of town hall meetings and a lot of companies and community groups.
Then I came back to New York, was marketing director at a company that sold TV’s, got frustrated with the assembly-line style of passing work along and no one being proud of it, got people together in teams, and we got work done which everyone had thought was impossible. At the end of our first project, I got tears in my eyes as the subway rolled over the Brooklyn Bridge going back home.
Since 1998 I’ve been paid to work at or with over 100 companies in various roles, so I’m knowledgeable about many work styles. And over the past four years I’ve gained passion and experience from my work in organizational democracy.
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