Mapping Ties: Stories of Togetherness at Work

About Mapping Ties: Stories of Togetherness at Work

Where community builders share their stories of crafting, nurturing, and growing communities from within.🌱 / We don’t have enough stories of success from companies building internal communities / We don’t know enough about the challenges such projects are facing / We don’t know “what good looks like” and what’s holding us back / We don’t celebrate the organisations and people who pave the way often enough Mapping Ties is changing that. Hosted by Anamaria Dorgo.

Publisher

Anamaria Dorgo

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Nov 2023

Latest episode

10 May 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 May 2026

   Unlocking the power of social learning in communities with Travis Tennessen

   Today I’m joined by Travis Tennessen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-tennessen-562bb9170/?skipRedirect=true), director of the Center for Community Learning at Western Washington University and writer of The Joy of Convening (https://joyofconvening.substack.com/) newsletter. Travis has spent more than 10 years helping people create spaces where communities can come together, share what they’re working on, and learn from each other. His work is rooted in a simple idea: when people feel heard, supported, and connected, better conversations happen. In this episode, we talk about how to bring people together in a way that feels real and useful. Travis shares how he designs group experiences, why trust matters so much, and how small tools can make a big difference in helping people open up. We also talk about “Talk Tiles (https://www.cefellows.org/tiles),” a simple conversation tool built around eight themes: feelings, possibilities, actions, changes, support, identity, importance, and place. These prompts help people reflect, share, and listen without making the conversation feel forced. This conversation is for anyone who brings people together, whether you work with a community, run events, lead a team, teach, organize, or care about creating better spaces for people to connect.

2. 

   8 Feb 2026

   Inside LEGO's Agile Coaches Community with Preben Arentoft, Michael Bang and Ben Dunn

   In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Preben Arentoft (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prebentaarentoft/), Ben Dunn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-dunn-a799b285/), and Michael Bang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bang-0603232/) about what it really took to build a community of agile coaches within LEGO Group. I asked how the community first came together, what helped it grow, and what kept people coming back. They also shared why they chose to keep things simple at the outset rather than over-structure the community, and how that helped it stay relevant as it expanded across teams and locations. To keep it real, they also shared what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned along the way about helping people connect, learn from each other, and improve how they work. I hope you’ll love it as much as I did.

3. 

   11 Jan 2026

   A closer look at ESG and ERG at work with Nathalie Pannequin

   In this episode, I talked with Nathalie Pannequin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaliepannequin/overlay/about-this-profile/) , a consultant in ESG, corporate culture, and employer branding, and the former Global Head of ESG at Ogury, about her transition from marketing to ESG leadership. If ESG doesn’t sound familiar to you, that’s ok, I had to look it up too. It stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, which is a framework companies and investors use to evaluate how responsibly a business operates—not just how profitable it is. In this conversation, we explore the transition from centrally organized campaigns to volunteer-led Employee Resource Groups, and how that can empower employees to take ownership and drive meaningful change within their organizations. We talked about: Why community matters even more in uncertain times How small actions can spark lasting change The power of employee-led initiatives Creating safe spaces for conversations that aren’t always easy Enjoy!

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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