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Open Source and Corporate Culture.

by Gil Yehuda on September 12, 2011

in Open Source


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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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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What you should learn from the E2.0 folks.

by Gil Yehuda on November 10, 2010

in Enterprise 2.0


I could not keep myself away from the E2.0 Conference.  I live nearby and I find that there is much to learn from this industry.  I also love the people who operate in this space.  Not only does this space attract good people, they are smart and nice people. But what does this mean to [...]

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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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I finished reading Empowered last week and I share the following book review with you.  I posted an edited version of this review on Amazon. I first want to disclose some information which may color my review.   I received the book for free in return for a commitment to the authors to publish a review [...]

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