> Instead of asking what might go wrong, in a pre-mortem we assume that the project has failed, and the question is what did go wrong. The difference might appear subtle, but the change in mindset is actually profound. This illusion of outcome certainty makes it safe for those who are knowledgeable about the initiative and concerned about its weaknesses but…

> Bacardi Jackson, a senior supervising attorney for children’s rights for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said designating those kids as potential criminals could have a “circular effect.” They would likely receive even more attention from school resource officers and as a result, face additional discipline. [source](https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/school-data/)

> Most cisgender people are unaware of the fact that the millimeter wave scanners operate according to a binary and cis-normative gender construct; most trans* people know, because it directly affects our lives. [source](https://design-justice.pubpub.org/pub/ap8rgw5e/release/1?from=8018&to=8227)

> While the philanthropic community is rightly focused on countering surveillance and limiting the power of platforms through legislation, this agenda runs the risk of continually “playing defense” without offering an affirmative vision to work toward. This critical defensive work needs to be complemented with a wave of funding focused on experimentation around what might…

> Like any tool, Slack is a learned skill. DeLanghe says Slack has employees who start without prior experience of the software, or who are used to using desk phones. And while much of the company’s informal policies and tricks are covered during the onboarding process, she always recommends having a safeguard as well. >…

> It was not an arrow on the ground, pointing to a clue in a wall. It was just some random bits of wood. They did not discover an arrow. They created it. They saw random pieces of wood and applied their intelligence to it, and this is everything.It’s easy for people to forget that…

> The key to ensuring you can be equitably hospitable to your virtual students, so they are not second-class citizens, is to have one person sitting in the class who is responsible for ensuring virtual folks can hear, are connected, can speak (this onsite buddy can be a TA or a volunteer student, on rotation?).…

> Countless consultants also believe that coaching works with most folks. However, the psychopathic person normally ends up learning the coach’s tools and manipulating him or her for their own purpose. This obviously aggravates the problem.  > > “Coaching a psychopath is as dangerous as giving a loaded weapon to an orangutan” [source](https://www.infoq.com/articles/psychopats-narcissists-agile-change/)

> The basic idea is, why do we constantly tell students they cannot repurpose previous assignments in other courses if it can be used in our courses? It doesn’t make sense. I cite myself in my writing, I repurpose my slides for different presentations, c’mon. It’s like telling students basically that what they’ve done before…

> The privilege of creating OERs is often not afforded to people who represent or work with marginalized students which can lead to an under-representation of resources that address the needs of those students. Think back to MOOCS–massive open online courses–think about who the top MOOC providers were. They weren’t community colleges, who have a…