Posts in chronological order with tag Red Hat

Reflections on Matthew Szulik and closing the ‘executive gap’

by David Burney August 27, 2010

Almost exactly two years ago I left Red Hat to start what would become New Kind. I’d been there for four and a half years. It was wonderful and challenging; one of the great adventures of my life.
There are several reasons it was so rewarding:
+ I was working on meaningful work. We were proving that [...]

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Does your organization need a “no policy” policy?

by Chris Grams August 17, 2010

Daniel Pink published an interesting piece over the weekend in The Telegraph about Netflix’s innovative corporate policy of not having a vacation policy.
Meaning, employees don’t have a set number of days they get off each year, but instead can take vacation whenever they want. From the article:
At Netflix, the vacation policy is [...]

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Is your culture made of gold or fool’s gold?

by Chris Grams August 4, 2010

When I hear people talk about how awesome their organizational culture is, I often find myself wondering what sort of “great” culture it is.
For me, great cultures fall into two categories: entitlement and mission-driven. Those “best places to work” lists don’t usually make a distinction, but I do. Here is the [...]

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