In his book, The Open Organization, Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst recognizes Vineet Nayar, former CEO of HCL Technologies, an IT consulting company based in India…
Working openly means designing for participation. "Designing for participation" is a way of providing people with insight into your project, which you've built from the start…
Organizations of all kinds have long struggled to accurately measure the performance of individual members. The typical approach is to assess an individual's performance…
For the past two months, I've worked as a field marketing intern at Red Hat. I knew the organization would differ starkly from the rank-centric hierarchy I'd experienced…
Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, once said, "Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must…
I was both nervous and excited to begin my intern experience at Red Hat. I followed a path slightly different from that of the typical intern, having worked previously in the…
At a previous organization, I had a good relationship with the administration staff. I purchased large amounts of goods, and that staff helped my team with our purchase orders…
Full disclosure: I'm not new to this whole "corporate book" thing. One of the executives at my previous employer published one. I got neither a free copy nor a signature. But…
I worked as a consultant for many years before becoming the CEO of Red Hat. One of the most surprising aspects of that work was that people would open up to me, an outsider…
Most people are familiar with university foreign exchange programs, where schools send their star students out into the world to collect experiences and learn beyond their…
Since launching the The Open Organization in June, I've received questions about why we chose to distribute the book via a traditional publisher. Some have wondered why we…
I'd like to invite you to join us for a virtual book club to discuss open leadership, organizational management, and other ideas from The Open Organization: Igniting Passion…