A blog about collaboration, trust, open source, workplace, and community behaviors.
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Trust implies you are with me and not against me. But how to do you signal that you are trustworthy? Turns out that trust has two opposing elements. Sometimes it is about what you share, sometimes about what you don’t share. In my work, I encounter projects that must be kept protected from prying eyes. Yet, [...]
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An often overlooked benefit of open source is its impact on corporate culture. Open source helps corporations engender an ethos of openness which impacts more than code itself. At Yahoo! where I work, and elsewhere, I see three aspects of these changes: Information abundance changes the economics of information management. OSS can commoditize and standardize [...]
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In a world of limited resources, the path the wealth is to control the resources. What about in a world of surplus? I’ve been trying to understand the nature of surplus and how it impacts the digital age. So I’m going to share and ask for your thoughts too. First of all, let’s understand that [...]
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Have you ever asked “Why didn’t you share X with me/us?” and then heard the answer “Well, we were going to, but was not ready for prime time.” Doesn’t that irk you? What does this answer really mean? I observed this conversation pattern in two situations recently, so I figured I’d share my thoughts with [...]
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What happens on the inside gets seen by the outside. You think there are walls protecting your privacy. I came across two examples of this in the past two days — and this inspired me to share this thought with you. In both cases I realized that what you say behind the closed doors impacts [...]
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Two years ago I posted a short post that picked up from an HBR article on leadership flaws. I posed the question if Enterprise 2.0 initiatives can thrive in environments where toxic leadership reigns. My first reaction was no, and then I thought about ways to get to yes. One of the flaws of flawed leadership [...]
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Ask a software developer who writes code for a living, who owns the code she writes. She will usually respond with an uncomfortable face. On the one hand, many developers feel ownership of their creations. On the other hand, many have signed intellectual property agreements with their employer that basically says the company owns the [...]
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