--- title: Jean Russell tags: - bios --- ![](/imgs/profilepic/jean.jpg) Jean M Russell hacks social technology (software, hardware, and wetware), aiming toward more ethical social organisms. Jean moonlights as a currency designer, participatory process facilitator, and maven midwife of the living edge of Thrivability. Jean functioned as project lead for the *Holo* ICO, which raised 30,000 ETH (valued at $22M at that time). In 2016 with Herman Wagter, she published *[Cultivating Flows: How Ideas Become Thriving Organizations](https://www.cultivatingflows.com/)*, which explored, via leading edge practitioners, what patterns enable healthy emergence. In 2013, Jean published *[Thrivability: Breaking Through to a World That Works](https://www.triarchypress.net/thrivability.html)*, also with Triarchy Press. Jean received an honorable mention on the *Enrich List* as one of the top 200 people enriching our path to a sustainable future. She is also listed as one of *100 Women Globally Co-creating a P2P Society*. Known as @thrivable or @nurturegirl where such conventions apply. Known as Benevolent Trickster among friends.