How can open leadership practices help you build high-performing teams and influence the course of your organization's transformation? As a leader, how do you give your team the best chance to make an impact? How do you form and empower long-lived teams and set them on the path for greatness? At Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, we use open leadership practices to help clients quickly transform a group of people into a high-performing, long-lived team that delivers on innovation and transformation challenges. The Open Innovation Labs engagements kick start product ambitions and the teams behind them in a matter of weeks. In this session, we'll walk participants through: - The process and practices of forming these strong teams. - How to empower the teams and give them intent. - How to sustain team performance over long periods of time. - How to create space and build application programming interfaces (APIs) for teams inside the organization that may not be ready for the new ways of working. We're sharing our open leadership best practices in hopes that it will help your organization.

1. SET YOUR TEAMS ON THE PATH TO
GREATNESS WITH OPEN
LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
Jeremy Brown - Director, Open Innovation Labs - EMEA @tenfourty
Val Yonchev - Engagement Lead, Open Innovation Labs @valyonchev
7 May 2019

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SO, WHO ARE THESE TWO?
Jeremy @tenfourty
I lead the Open Innovation Labs in EMEA
Val @valyonchev
I’m an Engagement Lead in the Open Innovation
Labs

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WHAT IS THE OPEN
ORGANISATION?

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OPEN SOURCE IS MORE THAN CODE.
IT’S CULTURE.
OPEN SOURCE
CULTURE
Engaged communities
more rapidly adapt change
Transparency forces
honesty and authenticity
Open standards
preserve business agility
Shared problems
are solved faster

5. Culture
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6. What is an Open Organisation?
Photo by Erik Odiin on Unsplash

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JIM WHITEHURST, RED HAT CEO
CONVENTIONAL ORGANIZATION
“TOP DOWN”
OPEN ORGANIZATION
“BOTTOM UP”
WHAT
HOW
WHY
WHAT
HOW
WHY
SETTING DIRECTION
GETTING THINGS DONE
MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING
COMMAND AND
CONTROL
CENTRAL
PLANNING
TITLE AND
RANK
HIERARCHY
PROMOTION
AND PAY
CATALYZING
INCLUSIVE
DECISION-MAKING
MERITOCRACY
LET THE
SPARKS FLY
PURPOSE
AND PASSION
ENGAGEMENT
THE OPEN ORGANIZATION

8. OPEN
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9. OPEN
Transparency
Inclusivity
AdaptabilityCollaboration
Community
https://opensource.com/open-organization/resources/open-org-definition

10. OPEN
Transparency
Inclusivity
AdaptabilityCollaboration
Community

11. High
performing
teams are
the result
of the
context
they
operate in

12. High performing teams are the result of
the context they operate in
Leadership sets the context
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WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM OUR TEAM
IS TRYING TO SOLVE?

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WHY OPEN INNOVATION LABS?
BECAUSE OUR CUSTOMERS ASKED FOR IT!
- Red Hat Strategic Advisory Board - 2015
Show us. We need a way to experience Red Hat technology and culture
in a tangible, hands-on way …

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SHARING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT
Open, Residential, Immersive

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WHAT IS OPEN LEADERSHIP?

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THE OPEN LEADER
Command and Control
Tells
Power exerted
Self
Hordes and Controls
Uncertainty is a threat to be controlled
Micromanagers
Operate in hiding
Decisions are closed
Position of power
Head of the team
Retains authority
Trust
Shows
Power Distributed
Selfless
Engage by sharing information and
context
Embrace uncertainty
Trust their followers to do the right thing
at the right time
Decisions are open and context shared
Role an individual plays in an organisation
Member of the team
Granting Authority
Control
Communication
Autonomy
Empowerment
Trust

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THE OPEN LEADER
A compliance based position of authority
Position - Manager, Boss
Everyone is a leader
Merit based on your contributions

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PRACTICES WE HAVE FOUND
USEFUL WHEN
APPLYING OPEN LEADERSHIP

20. High performing teams are the result of the
context they operate in
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TEAMS. IT’S ALL ABOUT TEAMS

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BUILD & LEAD A COMMUNITY
● Shared Purpose - Finding Your Why
● Give Intent
● Shared Values
● Shared Principles
● Create Organizational Clarity

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IMPACT MAPPING

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IMPACT MAPPING

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INCLUSIVITY
● Building Cross-Functional Teams
● Inclusive Practices - Everyone Contributes
● Design For Open Feedback
● Open Decision Making
● Share Ownership
● Safety & Wellbeing

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INCLUSIVE PRACTICES

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PRIORITY SLIDERS

28. INVITE EVERYONE IN
FOR REVIEWS & “WALK THE WALLS”

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TRANSPARENCY
● Open Decision Making
● Visual Work
● Focus on Impacts & Outcomes vs Outputs
● Create Safety

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TARGET OUTCOMES

31. RADIATE EVERYTHING

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CONTINUOUS DELIVERY PIPELINES
TRANSPARENCY & HONEST FEEDBACK

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COLLABORATION
● Long-lived Product Teams
● Lead From The Back
● Recognition Of Teams vs Individuals
● Product Over Project

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ADAPTABILITY
● Made For Change
● Social Agreements
● Learning Through Experimentation
● Assumptions & Hypothesis Testing

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Social Contract

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SOCIAL CONTRACThttps://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/social-contract/

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WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE
PRACTICES?
https://openpracticelibrary.com

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ONE MORE THING...

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TEAMS. IT’S STILL ALL ABOUT TEAMS

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41. High performing teams are the result of
the context they operate in
Leadership sets the context
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