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๐ Hi, I'm Casey Alexander Gollan!
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I am a collaborative leader with a decade of experience building
organizations, transforming operations, and growing communities at
the intersection of technology, art and design, and education.
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๐ผ I currently work in Research Operations as Project Manager for
Insights + Data & Technology at IBM.
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Some previous highlights of my career have included:
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Figma,
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contributing to a pilot of continuous research at Figma,
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NYU,
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leading operations at New York University's AI Now
Institute,
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SFPC,
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helping establish the School for Poetic Computation,
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Atavist,
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doing digital production and QA for multi-platform
experimental publisher Atavist,
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OpenNews Source,
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copy editing a blog on data journalism in newsrooms for
OpenNews Source,
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20x200,
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working as a product designer and front-end developer for
e-commerce innovator 20x200,
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and independent consulting.
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and running an independent design and technology
consultancy whose work has been exhibited at the Vienna
Biennale, V&A Museum, and ArkDes.
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๐จโ๐จ In my work as an artist and educator, I've
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taught,
- taught at The Cooper Union,
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exhibited,
- exhibited at the Whitney Museum,
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been awarded a fellowship,
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been awarded a fellowship at The New School's Center
for Art and Politics,
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and lectured.
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and lectured at Yale University and Between Bridges
Galerie in Berlin.
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๐ป As a designer and technologist,
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I publish
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was selected to participate in Triple Canopyโs
inaugural Networked Publishing Intensive,
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and write.
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my writing has been published by Rhizome at The New
Museum.
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๐ I've studied
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art and design,
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art and design at The Cooper Union (where I received
my Bachelor of Fine Arts),
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cooperatives,
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Platform Cooperatives Now with Mondragon University
and The New School,
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design ops,
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DesignOps: Scaling UX Design and User Research with
Nielsen Norman Group,
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history of capitalism,
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Economic Methods for Historians Workshop (a.k.a.
History of Capitalism Summer Camp) at Cornell
University ILR School,
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feminist business,
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PathMinding: Get Aligned + Accountable in Your
Feminist Business with C.V. Harquail,
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sociocracy,
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The Theory and Practice of Sociocracy in Cooperatives
with Sociocracy For All,
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anti-racism,
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Real Talk: Communication Strategies for a White
Anti-Racist Welcome Wagon with AORTA (Anti-Oppression
Resource and Training Alliance),
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remote work,
- How to Manage a Remote Team by Gitlab,
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values,
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A Humble Laboratory - Running a Lab Based on Your
Values by CLEAR Lab (Civic Laboratory for
Environmental Action Research),
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democratic management,
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Democratic Management Skills with The Democracy at
Work Institute,
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non-violent communication,
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Introduction to Nonviolent Communication with NYCNVC,
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decentralized organizing,
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Patterns for Decentralized Organizing with The Hum,
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decision-making,
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Cooperative Decision-Making with Loomio Cooperative
and Round Sky Solutions,
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agile and scrum,
- Intro to Agile and Scrum with General Assembly,
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participatory governance,
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vTaiwan Open Consultation & Participation Officers
Training with g0v,
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publishing,
- New School Publishing Institute,
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people management,
- People Management Intensive with Anne Libby,
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and I am still always looking to learn something new.
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Here's how to reach me by
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and where (else) to find me:
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๐ชจ * p.s. About the rocks. These are the "Monument to Finnish
Sisu". ๐ซ๐ฎ
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As an anonymous internet user once asked, on a now defunct
blogspot: "What is so compelling about this pile of rocks
that would inspire me to look at this picture so many times on
any given day?"
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Sisu is a word from the Finnish language that is
"ekphrastically untranslatable". (This means that
there isnโt a word quite like it in the English language.)
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It stands for a combination of resilience, determination,
making a plan and sticking to it, and continuing on
against the odds. It has often been described as similar
to "grit" or "equanimity" but โ I love
this part โ with a โgrimmer quality of stress management.โ