#22 Julie Penner, Techstars: Building Teams With the Process+Leader Loop and Vulnerability-Based Trust
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future (Patreon, Soundcloud, Youtube, iTunes), I interview Julie Penner, a Director of Techstars Boulder who read 100 books this year. We chat about the loop between lean processes + leadership, the power of vulnerability-based trust, and “building your company from the inside out”. As always, let me know if you have any feedback!
Books referenced:
- Strengths Finder 2.0
- An Everyone Culture
- Radical Candor
- Let Your Life Speak
- 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
- Never Split the Difference
- Crucial Conversations
- Rising Strong
- Nonviolent Communication
- 5 Love Languages
- Spiral Dynamics
- Reinventing Organizations
- Secure and Insecure Attachment (article)
If you liked this, then check out #16: Grow Your Startup and Communicate More Effectively with Actionable Takeaways from These 19 Books.
Thanks to Mike Goldin, John Desmond, Colin Wielga, Harry Lindmark, Joe Urgo, John Lindmark, Jacob Zax, Katie Powell, Jonathan Isaac, Brady McKenna, Jeff Snyder, Ryan X Charles, Chris Edmonds, Ned Mills, Kenji Williams, Scott Levi, Peter Rodgers, Keith Klundt, Andrew O’Neill, and Kenzie Jacobs for supporting me on Patreon!
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About Me: My name is Rhys Lindmark and I’m a social entrepreneur. I’m Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future by: a) Empowering the Colorado Blockchain community (check out our ETHDenver hackathon!), b) Developing the Ethereum Commons as a Meta Community Manager and c) Hosting a systems podcast with experts. I’m an alumnus of Techstars Boulder 2015 (Edify). Please reach out if you’d like to connect or have feedback! I’m curious about what you’re working on. You can support me on Patreon, follow me on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.
Disclaimer: I own less than $100 of any given cryptocurrency, so my monetary incentive is not directly aligned with Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.
