+1 to Jake. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Jake Orlowitz <jorlow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oliver wrote: > > "The Foundation I would return to is not an organisation with a flat > structure. In fact, it could be an organisation that looks a lot like > this one, because I don't believe reporting lines or titles have as > much of an impact on dynamics as we think they do. What *does* have an > impact is how we recognise the value of emotional labour, how we > recognise our implicit biases and advantages, and how honest we are > with each other: not just in terms of what we *say* but in terms of > how we *listen*. In other words, the litmus test for me is: what > happens when the socially and politically weakest person in the > organisation has an idea?" > > --- > > My thoughts: > > It was always clear that Oliver was a genius, both analytically and > sardonically superior to most of us. We always had a leg up on him > though, because he said some wacky and reckless things as a young lad > as part of his relentless diatribes. > > It has been an enormous privilege to watch him turn into a genius of > culture and people as well. To see someone so smart apply the same > rigor and ferocious focus to thinking about an entire systems (rather > than only where they fit in it) and all of its links (especially those > weakest or most vulnerable), is just phenomenal. > > It also makes me sad, because we've lost him. His only kindness was > leaving just as he was clearly going to surpass us all in both > intelligence and humanity. > > Bye Oliver. Keep your head way up. > > -Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Anna Stillwell Major Gifts Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
