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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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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It’s my second blogaversary. Over the past two years I have shared with you thoughts on the Enterprise 2.0 marketplace, as well as thoughts on Open Source, Personal Branding, and other random musings on technology, culture, and workplace behaviors. I have published 130 posts so far (averaging just over one post a week), and received well [...]
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Recently someone asked me about OpenWashing. Let me share my thoughts here. OpenWashing is a derogatory term for companies who pretend to “do open source.” (We’ll discuss what that could mean.) The term is related to WhiteWashing (censoring information in order to “fix” history) and GreenWashing (portraying your product to be more environmentally sensitive than it [...]
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The speech I linked to in my last post highlighted three social forces: the hierarchical delegation of power via governance the horizontal dispensation of wealth via the marketplace and the social behaviors associated with community membership. The third force, the Community, operates differently than the other two – as it does not manage contractual goods [...]
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As I passed the clearance table at the bookstore, I saw a book whose title caught my eye, and was cheap – so I mindlessly grabbed it on my way to the checkout line. At home I found that it was by a Methodist minister, and was about leadership challenges in a diverse congregation. Turns [...]
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