Darrell O’Donnell

Ayra Cards & First Person Project Visit the post for more.

Ayra Cards and the First Person Project

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needed this one.

I had a dollar bill stuck in a ratty version of Meditations. I was productively procrastinating and pulled this book off the shelf and opened it.

Scaling Trust through Organizational Identity At GDC 2025, two sessions featuring Ayra’s Darrell O’Donnell spotlighted how lightweight, scalable, and inclusive credential designs can help nano- and micro-businesses transition from informal roo…

Organization ID - from formal-only to supporting less formal approaches.

From #GlobalDigitalCollaboration in #Geneva in early July.

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Ayra tapped by Customer Commons to develop the governance framework for the First Person Network.

Ayra tapped by Customer Commons to develop the governance framework for the First Person Network.

The leaders I heard that from didn't respond in the moment. I think the note caught them off guard. It was much later - usually in person - when they mentioned what it means.

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But years later, I have repeatedly heard "you have no idea how badly I needed that then".

But we all know just how badly they needed to hear it.

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We are learning from each other all the time. But we rarely ever tell each other that.

It's lonely and discouraging.

I have sent many of these notes. I don't expect anything back. My peers are busy AF and accomplishing amazing things.

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If you're working with top leaders - do this...

Send a note of thanks and encouragement.

Tell them what you have learned from them. Tell them you appreciate them.

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Why Enterprises Should Care About Digital Credentials (Even If It’s Complicated) Learn why businesses should adopt digital credentials and how they combat fraud while navigating complex environments.

Why Enterprises Should Care About Digital Credentials (Even If It’s Complicated) sphericalcowconsulting.com/2025/03/25/d...

Ayra: What it is—and is not Visit the post for more.

Ayra: What it is—and is not ayra.forum/ayra-what-it...

Ayra’s post-Davos Debrief Visit the post for more.

Ayra's post-Davos Debrief ayra.forum/ayras-post-d...

Trust has been burning down rapidly, particularly in the digital world. AI has thrown gasoline on the fire.

Ayra was created to rebuild digital trust.

YouTube video by Ayra Ayra is the new GAN

Ayra is the new GAN...

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Awesome

Just wow.

from This is Strategy - Seth Godin

@sethgodin.bsky.social

agreed - we've put "decentalrize" and "decentralization" in our "Lazy Words and Phrases" list. By themselves the words are unhelpful. Everything has points of centralization. The questions becomes "Is it sufficiently decentralized on a particular axis?" and "Is it inappropriately centralized on ..."

“Pressure is a privilege. It comes to those who earn it.” - Billie Jean King

#zug #switzerland #GAN

Bhutan Innovation Forum INVITING INTERNATIONAL: Mindful Entrepreneurs, Sustainability Experts, Innovators & Conscious Leaders

After 8 mos working with the Government of Bhutan in 2022 to help draft their National Digital Identity Act based on #SSI ( #self-sovereign-identity ), I finally have the chance to visit in person Oct 1-3 at the Bhutan Innovation Forum. A dream trip! www.bhutan-innovation-forum.org/gVaxoo?refid...

Cory Doctorow at Defcon

Dis-Enshittify or Die

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Amazing stuff happening with the Trust Over IP - and I wonder how well an AT Protocol could take advantage of it.

Wondering where the lions are.