Supportive Leadership In Web3
Hello Lisbon community!
We are thrilled to invite you for an exciting conversation about the structure of leadership in the Web3 space.
In Web2 and the industrial era before it, leadership often meant command and control: one person at the top making decisions, everyone else executing.
But in Web3 — where decentralization, autonomy, and collaboration are the core principles — directive leadership doesn’t just fail, it slows us down.
Sound familiar?
🔹 Every DAO vote or decision bottlenecks because no one dares to act without “permission.”
🔹 Contributors wait for direction instead of stepping into initiative.
🔹 Creativity stalls because mistakes feel unsafe in public.
🔹 Founders and core teams carry the weight of everyone’s responsibility.
That might have worked in hierarchical organizations. But in today’s fluid, purpose-driven, decentralized world — it breaks.
🌀 What if leadership wasn’t about directing… but about supporting emergence, autonomy, and collective intelligence? What if we could create collaborative cultures where every contributor thrives and leadership becomes a distributed practice, not a single role?
Workshop
An immersive and interactive workshop exploring how leadership shows up in Web3 ecosystems — from DAOs to start-ups to your own team, relationships, and daily life.
We’ll map the difference between directive vs. supportive leadership, and practice how these dynamics play out in decentralized spaces where coordination, trust, and shared purpose are essential.
🧭 You’ll Leave With:
Awareness of how directive habits unconsciously block autonomy, creativity, and trust — even in “decentralized” settings.
A felt sense of supportive leadership — what it looks like, sounds like, and feels like in action.
Tools to ask better questions, unlock ownership, and distribute leadership without losing coherence.
Practices for building psychological safety and adaptive decision-making in fast-moving teams.
A collaborative playbook you can bring back to your DAO, project, or organization.
About Our Speaker
María José Figueroa – Vision & Strategy Founder of COIREA, María José helps organizations and decentralized teams align leadership, purpose, and regeneration. She facilitates transformative group processes that shift cultures from control to coherence, building the foundations for resilient, human-centered Web3 ecosystems.