Open Sauce update

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

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James and I held a strategic overview and implentation meeting in the C-Suite this week. Nah we had a couple of pints of Guinness in the Slug and Lettuce actually.

We’re making headway putting together our Open Sauce workshop. I think I’ve persuaded a (very discerning) PR agency to act as hosts for a beta version next month.

We kicked around how much emphasis to put on blogging. James wants to cover RSS feeds and stuff and I’m eager to go about the big picture. We’re both right, probably.

I’m definitely gonna do some Improv activities as part of it. I don’t want us just to theorise about what it’s like to control less and engage more; Improv lets folks experience this in the moment. We’ll keep you posted.

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