Consensus Company Retreat - October 2022

5 minute read Published: 31 Oct, 2022 Author: Derek Laventure

Last week our fully remote team gathered in person at a beautiful spot in Prince Edward County, Ontario, for our second annual company retreat. Our first iteration in 2021 was a resounding success, and we decided to do it again this year. In both cases, we took advantage of the high-bandwidth nature of being together in physical space to hold a variety of big picture conversations about our accomplishments, direction and goals.

As we try to do in all our work, we sought to iterate and improve …

Aligned Governance for a Values-Driven Company

8 minute read Published: 28 Jan, 2022 Author: Seonaid Lee

I admit it. I’m here for the politics.

I might be unique in this perspective, but in my not-so-humble opinion… Tech is tech.

Languages are languages, frameworks are frameworks, and infrastructure is infrastructure. I can get any number of those at any number of places.

I joined Consensus directly because of its positions on values, decision making, and the role of technology in society.

We’re a non-standard bunch with a significant number of philosophy and social sciences …