The Open Organization

Open Organization

Join the open organization community conversation about open organizational design and culture. Read more about the ways open principles like transparency, collaboration, and community are changing the way we work, manage, and lead.

A brief guide to hiring with culture in mind

Open. Transparent. Collaborative. Fast-paced. Constant change. Those are words that I’d use to describe the work culture I've lived in for the last 13 years as a Red Hat…

Marketing openness: Does sharing have a stigma?

To avoid disruption, stay open

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…

How to respond to direct, harsh criticism at work

I recently received an email from a colleague that, among other things, suggested that I was "playing a shell game." I tend to pride myself on being transparent and honest, so…

The gift and curse of CEO ego

A CEO's pride and determination can be a company's greatest asset or its greatest weakness. So how does a company ensure that it functions as the former and not the latter…

Set aside ego for the sake of a shared goal

Time and again, The Open Organization (and all of the community-driven materials surrounding it) highlights the importance of driving organizational change through…

Community-powered marketing succeeds where traditional marketing fails

It's time for us B2B marketers to stop being so transactional and impersonal—to stop believing that buyers' purchase decisions are completely rational. Buyers, after all, are…

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