The open organization : igniting passion and performance

This Is A Story Of Reinvention. Jim Whitehurst, Celebrated President And Ceo Of One Of The World's Most Revolutionary Software Companies, Tells First-hand His Journey From Traditional Manager (delta Air Lines, Boston Consulting Group) And Chief Problem Solver To Ceo Of One Of The Most Open Organizational Environments He'd Ever Encountered. This Challenging Transition, And What Whitehurst Learned In The Interim, Has Paved The Way For A New Way Of Managing-one This Modern Leader Sees As The Only Way Companies Will Successfully Function In The Future. Whitehurst Says Beyond Embracing The Technology That Has So Far Disrupted Entire Industries, Companies Must Now Adapt Their Management And Organizational Design To Better Fit The Information Age. His Mantra? Adapt Or Die. Indeed, The Successful Company Whitehurst Leads-the Open Source Giant Red Hat-has Become The Organizational Poster Child For How To Reboot, Redesign, And Reinvent An Organization For A Decentralized, Digital Age.^ Based On Open Source Principles Of Transparency, Participation, And Collaboration, Open Management Challenges Conventional Business Ideas About What Companies Are, How They Run, And How They Make Money. This Book Provides The Blueprint For Putting It Into Practice In Your Own Firm. He Covers Challenges That Have Been Missing From The Conversation To Date, Among Them: How To Scale Engagement; How To Have Healthy Debates That Net Progress; And How To Attract And Keep The Social Generation Of Workers. Through A Mix Of Vibrant Stories, Candid Lessons, And Tested Processes, Whitehurst Shows How Red Hat Has Blown The Traditional Operating Model To Pieces By Emerging Out Of A Pure Bottom Up Culture And Learning How To Execute It At Scale. And He Explains What Other Companies Are, And Need To Be Doing To Bring This Open Style Into All Facets Of The Organization.^ By Showing How To Apply Open Source Methods To Everything From Structure, Management, And Strategy To A Firm's Customer And Partner Relationships, Leaders And Teams Will Now Have The Tools Needed To Reach A New Level Of Work. And With That New Level Of Work Comes Unparalleled Success. The Open Organization Is Your New Resource For Doing Business Differently. Get Ready To Make Traditional Management Thinking Obsolete-- This Is A Story Of Reinvention. Jim Whitehurst, Celebrated President And Ceo Of One Of The World's Most Revolutionary Software Companies, Tells First-hand His Journey From Traditional Manager (delta Air Lines, Boston Consulting Group) And Chief Problem Solver To Ceo Of One Of The Most Open Organizational Environments He'd Ever Encountered. This Challenging Transition, And What Whitehurst Learned In The Interim, Has Paved The Way For A New Way Of Managing--one This Modern Leader Sees As The Only Way Companies Will Successfully Function In The Future. Whitehurst Says Beyond Embracing The Technology That Has So Far Disrupted Entire Industries, Companies Must Now Adapt Their Management And Organizational Design To Better Fit The Information Age. His Mantra? Adapt Or Die. Indeed, The Successful Company Whitehurst Leads--the Open Source Giant Red Hat--has Become The Organizational Poster Child For How To Reboot, Redesign, And Reinvent An Organization For A Decentralized, Digital Age. Based On Open Source Principles Of Transparency, Participation, And Collaboration, Open Management Challenges Conventional Business Ideas About What Companies Are, How They Run, And How They Make Money. This Book Provides The Blueprint For Putting It Into Practice In Your Own Firm. He Covers Challenges That Have Been Missing From The Conversation To Date, Among Them: How To Scale Engagement; How To Have Healthy Debates That Net Progress; And How To Attract And Keep The Social Generation Of Workers-- Why Opening Up Your Organization Matters. Pt. 1. Why: Motivating And Inspiring. Igniting Passion -- Building Engagement. Pt. 2. How: Getting Things Done. Choosing Meritocracy, Not Democracy. Pt. 3. What: Setting Direction. Making Inclusive Decisions -- Catalyzing Direction. Jim Whitehurst. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 209-210) And Index. A blueprint for reinvention. Todays leaders know that spped and agility are the keys to any companys success, and yet many are frustrated that their organizations cant move fast enough to stay competitive. The typical chain of command is too slow; internal resources are too limited; people are already executing beyond normal expectations. As the pace accelerates, how do you inspire peoples energy and creativity? How do you collaborate with customers, vendors, and partners to keep your organization on the cutting edge? What kind of organization matches the speed and complexity that businesses must masterand how do you build that organization? Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, one of the worlds most revolutionary companies, shows how open principles of managementbased on transparency, participation, and communityreinvent the organization for the fast-paced connected era. Whitehurst gives readers an insiders 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. The Open Organization is a must-read for leaders struggling to adapt their management practices to the values of the digital and social age. Brimming with Whitehursts personal stories and candid advice for leading an open organization, as well as with instructive examples from employees and managers at Red Hat and companies such as Google, The Body Shop, and Whole Foods, this book provides the blueprint for reinventing your organization. "This is a story of reinvention. Jim Whitehurst, celebrated president and CEO of one of the world's most revolutionary software companies, tells first-hand his journey from traditional manager (Delta Air Lines, Boston Consulting Group) and "chief" problem solver to CEO of one of the most open organizational environments he'd ever encountered. This challenging transition, and what Whitehurst learned in the interim, has paved the way for a new way of managing--one this modern leader sees as the only way companies will successfully function in the future. Whitehurst says beyond embracing the technology that has so far disrupted entire industries, companies must now adapt their management and organizational design to better fit the Information Age. His mantra? "Adapt or die." Indeed, the successful company Whitehurst leads--the open source giant Red Hat--has become the organizational poster child for how to reboot, redesign, and reinvent an organization for a decentralized, digital age. Based on open source principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration, "open management" challenges conventional business ideas about what companies are, how they run, and how they make money. This book provides the blueprint for putting it into practice in your own firm. He covers challenges that have been missing from the conversation to date, among them: how to scale engagement; how to have healthy debates that net progress; and how to attract and keep the "Social Generation" of workers"--Descripción del editor