Kathy Flint

Thinking "outside the box" leads to successful solutions... Yes, but I find the work to be more like unpacking all the little boxes that you can see (so far) and figuring out how to re-combine them in different ways to make something better. I'm a software engineer and application architect by training and profession. It was in 1996 that I issued my first telnet connection to a computer across the country and got a response back. I almost fell off my chair with excitement, so that's how that all started. It was way back in grade school when I got tired of the playground bully and backed him off with a mad-scared-shove-duck. To my surprise (and relief!) he walked away and life got better for a few of us. Ruthlessly pragmatic and fearfully idealistic, my professional work is today focused on building the capacity of our social leaders through targeted open source technology solutions. Here's to a better world for all of us. P.S. Truth is, a person is always inside a box that's just a little bigger than their field of vision can comprehend. You'll never get outside the box, but never stop working to make your box bigger, hold more people, and raise up greater ideas.