Open Source Leadership Summit 2019

Adopting an open source practice is a vital part of your digital cloud transformation. All members of the organization can and should contribute to open source activities just like all members of the organization contribute to the culture of the organization. The key challenge is to encourage the building of an open source community while managing the day to day goals of the organization.

Within this talk, Ben delivers the first five steps he took to build an open source practice with no budget in an organization that is highly regulated with legacy technology and that has a desire to change.

Developing an open source practice is no longer just another fanciful idea. An open source strategy can deliver quantitative and qualitative measurements. It is becoming more imperative for companies to cultivate learning and retention so they can compete for talent and stay in business.