<blockquote>'Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, one of the world’s most revolutionary companies, shows how open principles of management—based on transparency, participation, and community—reinvent the organization for the fast-paced connected era. Whitehurst gives readers an insider’s look into how an open and innovative organizational model works. He shows how to leverage it to build community, respond quickly to opportunities, harness resources and talent both inside and outside the organization, and inspire, motivate, and empower people at all levels to act with accountability.'
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The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance, May 12, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote>'Whitehurst's hope is that the book helps to describe open-source principles as they apply to management. But overall the book is a contribution to the broader corpus of thought and management books on what is the most effective way to manage and lead an organization in the 21st century.'
- Sean Michael Kerner,
Red Hat CEO Applies Open-Source Principles to Management [VIDEO], June 29, 2015</blockquote>
Context (Open Source) - ' “A New World’s Manifesto.” Linux and FOSS are an important part and enabler of this transformation.'<blockquote>
'..open source collaborative process .. vision..'(Open Source) - Create Together, hitRECord '..the great rush of technology in the 21st century, is collaboration.'(Open Source) - Red Hat CEO: Go Ahead, Copy Our Software(Open Source) '..the industry said was impossible: selling free software .. freedom and flexibility.'(Management innovation) - The End of Management and the Rise of Organizational Democracy'..have organizations that are more and more adaptable and far more humane..''..You really have to be able to think about the post-bureaucratic world..'Beyond democracy - 'Open source .. to positively change our society..'(Open Source Medication) - To Heal - '..energy is critical to an understanding of how your cells work.'(The Monroe Institute) - 'Mission for Humanity' - Dr. Eben Alexander(Thymology - Haptopraxeology) - '..entrepreneurship .. actions he will carry out and estimates the future effect of those actions..'Leaders -
Story - Raven III _ Ocean of Love, part XVI - To experience interactions</blockquote>