Why Open Leadership Has Become Essential

You would not be reading this if open source software did not exist. Without open source standards, the Internet would not exist. This article would not exist. Those of you whose parents met on Match.com would not exist. All of you should be thankful for open source software. Now, as the world has changed, open source softwares principles of openness, transparency and meritocracy have become essential standards for leadership in general.

Mike Milinkovich of Eclipse, a community for individuals and organizations who wish to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software, took me through his thoughts on those principles during a conversation at the HATCH experience.

Openness

Open source software design is open to all comers. Anyone can contribute. Everyone is invited to contribute. This is about the wisdom of crowds with each contributing in their own way.

Transparency

Complete transparency. To every line of code. To every project parameter. To every decision. The objective is for anyone coming in to be able to see what has been done before and why. This way newcomers can get onboard and contribute faster.

Meritocracy

Everyone has to earn his or her way in. Those most committed and most deserving are invited in once they have earned those invitations.

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Why Open Leadership Has Become Essential