Bri Leever - Designing your life, being community-led, and one hundred coffee chats - 029

The Mycelium Network Podcast

In this episode of the Mycelium Network podcast, host Schalk Neethling speaks with Bri Leever, a brand community strategist and owner of Ember consulting. Bri emphasizes the importance of building a community-led approach to problem-solving and the importance of patience and nurturing the seeds of your community instead of trying to be the one with all of the answers. She stresses the value of being transparent, balancing empathy with authority, and providing value to the community over time.

Bri shares some of the challenges she faced while building her business and highlights the importance of maintaining a positive attitude, taking calculated risks, and continuing to learn and grow. Listeners will come away from this episode with valuable insights into building a thriving community and designing a fulfilling life.

The Mycelium Network podcast is made with Riverside.

Transcripts of the episode are available on GitHub.

Continue the conversation on Discord.

Links

• Bri Leever on LinkedIn


• Ember Consulting


• Bri Leever on Youtube


• Beginner Maps podcast


• The IKEA effect


• Lessons from another year running my business(es)


• What’s your community’s super power?


• Heartbeat


• Circle


• Gradual


• Lego Ideas Community


• Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds


• Designing your life

Recorded and produced by Mechanical Ink.

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