In our latest episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Chris Baynham-Hughes, Head of Red Hat Open Innovation Labs (EMEA). Chris is a seasoned leader and advocate for open leadership. From exploring the key characteristics of open leadership to discussing the balance between speed and deliberation in decision-making, this episode is packed with insights that every leader can benefit from.
Here's a sneak peek of what you’ll hear:
0:12 : Welcome and introduction : Chris Baynham-Hughes
2:26 : About Open Leadership
2:52 : Five Characteristics of Open Leadership
3:14 : What does Open Leadership mean to Chris
5:21 : Team First Approach
6:33 : Chris’s 4 Key questions , the four foundations of collaboration
8:09 : Hypotheses and Experiments
10:51: Solution vs Problem Focussed
13:28: Best Self Approach
16:54 : Deliberation over Speed : Decision making in Open Organisations
18:35 : Going slow to go fast
19:05: Being Busy vs Being Impactful
19:28 : Mix-up between an “idea” and a “purpose”
20:01 : Respect & Compassion
21:17 : some reflections on. “Culture”
21:51 : About Open Practice Library
24:12 : Getting people onboard”
24:42 : Transforming Traditional Engineering Functions
26:32: Build Advocacy for bottom-up change
27:20: Tell Stories
27:57: Intent Based Leadership (plus a book reference)
30:31 : About the practice “ Visualisation of Work”
31:57 : About the practice “Walk-the-Walls”
34:03 : Do principles of open hold true in today’s day and age?
36:28 : We/Our/Us V I/ME/Myself
37:21 : Relationship between Discomfort & Growth
41:30 : About Failing
44:41: Enabling Contraints
45:59 : About consequences of “too much choice”
46:28: About Open Leadership Characteristic that Chris is developing and strengthening
47:02: Chris’s Confession
48:07: Chris recommends two most handy-dandy tools for collaboration
49:18: Chris’s parting advice
53:18: How to connect with Chris
2 окт 2024
