The Open Org Project
global open source knowledge community
About
The Open Organization is a community-driven project leading a global conversation about how open principles change how people work, manage, and lead. It is an upstream open-source project (previously) sponsored by Red Hat.
Community members generate knowledge and share strategies for building organizational cultures on principles like transparency, adaptability, collaboration, inclusivity, and community.
The Open Organization project was launched as an open knowledge community to research and articulate open characteristics to operationalize in organizations. We were an integral part of the leadership team stewarding the community, architecting community and concepts, and opening new creative channels to expand reach. Key contributions include characteristic articulation, maturity models, several books and the launching of the video channel, and governance models.
Contributions
Ambassador
Served the community as an Ambassador from January 2017 - March 2022
Thought Leadership
Contributed to opensource.com on open culture, open leadership & digital transformation (2016 - ongoing)
Books
Contributed to several books on open culture and preparing for working in the open
Producer, Editor & Project Maintainer
for Open Org TV channel; facilitating discussions, multimedia design, and episode production
Definitions & Models
Contributed to definitions of characteristics and shaping the maturity model as well as other resources
Community Architecture
Aided in shaping the direction of annual project work and governance models for our various programs
Multimedia Design
Created presentation and social templates for the community helping to shape the rebrand in 2019
As an ambassador, Jen has left an indelible mark on our project and our community. She was instrumental in crafting several documents vital to both our community identity and our ongoing work today—including the Open Organization Definition and Maturity Model. Her work is speckled throughout our book series, and she penned the introduction to the second edition of our Leaders Manual. And she has always served as an impassioned voice of our community, speaking at events across the world and bringing our work to receptive audiences in accessible and inviting ways.
Your contribution is immense and your vision - solid on what makes a healthy community. The video channel and much more would not have happened without you.