New horizons in the field of Open

After five and half years of leading in The Open Organization, I will be transitioning out of my roles as Open Organization Ambassador and Open Org TV Maintainer to begin pioneering the next phase of open. 

When I was first invited to join The Open Organization Community, both as Contributor and Ambassador, I found a group of people who were at the start of co-creating definitions, models, and criteria for what open could look like operationalized.  It was a gift to me personally as it aligned with work I had been doing previously, related to transformation and behaviors, but I had been lacking agreed-upon criteria in order to operationalize it. 

Being an integral part of co-creating the open principles, definitions, and maturity models deeply began to inform my individual work on creating the dimensions of Open Behaviors and applications of principles based on context.

I’ve been extremely proud of the work that I have been able to do and participate in with my Ambassador colleagues. And, I have had the privilege in my day-to-day work to see it being implemented and explored around the globe in a variety of contexts.

While I will miss my core team, I know friendships and connections will remain as this is one of the most beautiful gifts of community. I send a special thanks to my fellow Ambassadors for the fun times and the sharpening of ideas. And specifically to our longstanding champion Bryan Behrenshausen for his dedication to the community and especially to our core leadership team. I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful Community Architect, collaborator, and friend.