Just a couple of weeks ago now, I led a workshop at Techqueria's Digital Summit on using play to build communities of care at work.
You can watch the full replay and follow along on the miro board, too!
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#workingintech #latineheritage #workplacewellbeing
This week's reading is about making meaning at work!
#WorkingInTech #TechInMichigan #SoftSkillsMatter
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4 Witchy Work Weeks in! It's still a little cringe, but it's worth it to share some of the ways I think we could all be growing this week. Namely - rest! #workingintech #techinmichigan
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This week's tarot for tech is all about noticing what's not working and making space for growth. #workingintech #tarotfortech #softskills
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I can't tell the future but I can help you see some opportunities for growth this week!
#workingintech #tarotfortech #softskills
"Quiet cracking" is the new buzzword for the state of working while unhappy, struggling, and stunted. Cool cool cool.
Dealing with the symptoms means we're sweeping dust and rubble while the ceiling caves in. Point to and examine the cracks in this exploitative system instead. #workingintech
You're not alone. Even the smallest drop of water becomes the wave. This is how we keep striving towards change. Not all at once, but together, one tiny act at a time. Special thanks to our campfire panelist, Michael Budram, and our community, The Party, for co creating this document. Interested in future campfires? Keep up with The Party's adventures by following HuMindWise for more play, rebellion, and community for folks in tech. At the bottom, a wave coming in from the right corner.
You're not alone. 🌊
Even the smallest drop of water becomes the wave.
Special thanks to Michael Budram for being our panelist this week, and for our community members who did the hard work.
The Party is currently in alpha, but soon to open to more folks!
Share your tiny acts of rebellion below!
What's the tiniest act of rebellion you're willing to take this week for your peace and joy?
Think: what's the tiniest act of rebellion you can do this week? Something that brings you peace, joy, or aligns with your values?
A collective rebellion. Tiny acts are part of collection resistance, through care, truth telling, finding joy in hard times, and refusal. Rest can be rebellion. Questioning can be rebellion. Preparation can be rebellion. Community can be rebellion. At the bottom, a doodle of a group of people joining hands
Tiny rebellions become collective resistance. We start by:
→ Telling the truth
→ Finding joy
→ Refusing to perform
→ Resting
→ Preparing
→ Building community
So what is the win? The win is living true to your values and principles, finding your people, and slowly breaking down systems. When people see you standing up for your values and principles, they know who you are. If you're willing to take a chance, maybe be disliked, you will find people who will help you rebel against those things more consistently. At the bottom, a doodle of a person helping another person up from the floor.
So what's the win then? It's about what you can live with, finding your people, and breaking systems down over time.
Tiny is subjective. Accompanied by a doodle of a person acting as a scale. Tiny acts of rebellion exist on a scale. They are the smallest unit of rebellion the is doable for you. The word unit is emphasized. A lot of people feel overwhelmed and so, they don't do anything. The phrase they don't do anything is emphasized. Followed by a line visualizing a spectrum from left to right. On this spectrum, from left to right, we have examples: taking a bathroom break, blocking your lunch hour, refusing to smile, showing emotions or discomfort in front of others, dressing to affirm your gender or cultural identity, refusing to manipulate users by design, quitting a job.
But the size of a tiny act of rebellion varies. What's more important is taking action and choosing the acts that make the most sense for you.
Every rebellion comes at a cost. Accompanied by a scale weighing a doodle of a heart and a doodle of money. An easy way to tell if it's a rebellion is if the act costs you in some way. Being honest can cost you. So can resting or refusing to perform. Costs of rebellion can be: being labeled as difficult, being sidelined, loss of promotions, retaliation, seen as less intelligent, ostracized, even fired. Next to the text, a doodle of a person starting at a brick wall
For it to be a rebellion, there must be a cost. That's how you know it's a rebellion. Those costs can be very real and very heavy.
They're all tiny rebellions. They're rooted in principles or values. Tiny acts of rebellion help you make peace with yourself in the shitty systems we're forced to live in. At the bottom, a doodle of a person holding up a heart
They're all examples of tiny acts of rebellion
What do these have in common? accompanied by an image of a magnifying glass in a pair of hands. A list: saying no to a meeting, calling out racism, refusing to life, resting, advocating for an excluded colleague, asking a question, reading a banned book At the bottom, three speech bubbles act as a venn diagram, with the center where they all overlap filled in
What do these have in common...?
What is a tiny act of rebellion? accompanied by a doodle of drop of water. Tiny acts of rebellion are political emotional embodied relational. They help us resist the pressure to conform or stay silent. At the bottom, a doodle of a fist in the air
What is a tiny act of rebellion?
The intro slide reads Tiny Acts of Rebellion - Small, intentional choices that help us resist dehumanizing systems at work, in culture, and in daily life
This week at The Party, our community of care for folks working in tech, we held out first campfire! Based on the topic of the month, tiny acts of rebellion, we told stories, journaled, and reflected on what it means to us.
Here's what we learned ⬇️
#workingintech #techforgood #techlife
Tarot for tech folks? I've drawn 3 cards to explore the ways we work, reframe how we think, and consider what we need for more workplace wellbeing this week.
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#techlife #playful
This month in Soft Skills, Big Feels...It seems that a lot of folks are reflecting on the state of tech recently.
I've rounded up some of my favorite links and added my own bit of reflection. Also, an update on the upcoming community of care, The Party!
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Today, I gave my first ever talk on games, featuring lesser known gems in the role playing space. I was nervous but it was a blast! I even did a mini demo of Honey Heist, and had the chat act as gamemaster. Un-bear-ivably fun!
Thinking about running it again soon, maybe with a few new surprises!
I asked a real life artist (@iseriouslylovebluecircles on insta) to create an action figure that reflects who I am, complete with some of my favorite things! See how many you can identify. Do we have any in common? Note the socks: fuzzy, cozy, and based on a real pair, too.
Find meaning today with this free worksheet to help connect what matters to you + what you do at work.
Hate Mondays a little less → meaningquest.humindwise.com
#JoyAtWork #Tech
What do a vampire, a criminal bear, and an aggressive butterfly have in common? Find out May 23rd at 12pm ET!
This is for anyone who loves games, stories, or fun chaos. If you work in tech, you’ll also discover some new ways to up your soft skills!
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A picture of Lissy looking up at a butterfly illustration in their hand with the text "Is this a joy?" at the top of the image
You don’t have to wait for a full on existential crisis to remember what joy feels like.
This worksheet is $free.99 and helps folks working in tech playfully reconnect with joy, even between back to back meetings, shifty roadmaps, and endless tickets.
Accept the quest → joyquest.humindwise.com
On the left, a video feed shows me speaking, while on the right, a screen share displays a doodle person named Theo. A scenario is described on the left about Theo replaying giving a bad presentation at work and on the right, a thought sent by the client that reads "Focus on what I can control, and let go of what I can't." The OBS overlay frames both video and screen share elements together.
Last week, I designed a game where my client took on the role of the deity of presentations and picked affirmations to send to folks in distress. At the end, they said:
"If I’d say these to a friend, I should probably say them to myself, too."
EXACTLY. Be kind to yourself.
#impostersyndrome
I don't know who needs to hear this today but self-care isn't selfish.
I see what you did there... 😆
Hi! 👋 Sneak peek of something I’m working on: a workshop that starts in the office and ends in the stars. Part of a bigger journey to bring peace, joy, & balance to work by setting clear goals and developing the skills to make it happen. ✨
#WorkplaceWellbeing #SoftSkills #Miro
I don't know who needs to hear this but : You're not in trouble and nobody is mad at you, relax your jaw
Slightly related...
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