These interactive modules are designed for ASF Incubator mentors to explore real-world situations and decision-making challenges. Each story is drawn from anonymised case studies of past podlings and allows you to test your judgment in realistic, branching mentoring scenarios.
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Purpose: Build mentoring confidence through guided reflection and practice. Educational content; some details are simplified for clarity. |
Practicing The Apache Way
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🎮 Practicing The Apache Way — short interactive exercises exploring real-world mentoring and governance situations in the ASF Incubator
Interactive Modules
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🎮 Brand and Governance Blur — when a project’s public identity and company branding begin to overlap
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🎮 Conflicting Mentor Advice — how mentors can coordinate when giving different guidance
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🎮 Cross-List Release Vote Confusion — when unclear communication leads to duplicate or conflicting votes
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🎮 Cultural Misunderstanding — recognising and resolving cross-cultural communication issues
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🎮 Lazy Consensus Gone Wrong — when silence is misread as agreement
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🎮 Mentor Dependency — supporting rather than steering a developing community
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🎮 The Employer-Dominated Podling — maintaining independence when one company leads most activity
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🎮 The Heated Thread — de-escalating tensions while keeping discussion transparent
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🎮 The Silent Mentor — handling mentor absence or inactivity during key stages