Kartik Subbarao

I recently had the opportunity to contribute to two Hacks on the Management Innovation Exchange (MIX): Build a Strengths-Based Culture, by Josh Allan Dykstra Open the processes and the “books”, by Susan Resnick West These are part of the Communities of Passion Hackathon Pilot being led by Chris Grams. I’ve enjoyed collaborating on this effort!

[ This article is also published on opensource.com ] In a July 2010 post on opensource.com, Jonathan Opp wrote about the nature of giving and participating in a gift culture/economy. One point that he mentions is the benefit of giving freely, without strings attached. I’d like to expand on that, since I think there’s a [...]

4/14/2011 UPDATE: Here are some interviews with me and other M-Prize folks: http://www.managementexchange.com/blog/voices-mix-human-capital-m-prize-winners 2/1/2011 UPDATE: My submission has been selected as one of the semifinalists for the HCI Human Capital M-Prize: http://www.managementexchange.com/blog/10-ways-unleash-best-and-ignite-passion-your-people I’ve been following the Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) website for a while now, and there are a lot of great ideas that are [...]

In Transforming Your Company with Open Source (slide 9), I list some of the distinctive characteristics of four fundamental dimensions of companies: PEOPLE   Talent and Skills Organizational Knowledge and Wisdom Social Networks Communities of Practice Values and Ethics TECHNOLOGY   Enabling Possibilities Creating/Designing Products and Services Invention and Innovation Productivity Tools Platforms Managing Realities [...]

Update: 9/28/2009: Added slides Here are the slides from my LinuxCon 2009 presentation on ways to transform your organization with open source. It builds on insights from Open Source and Interdependent IT and many other areas. Transforming Your Company with Open Source Make sure to browse through the notes for the slides as well. You [...]

In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey presents a maturity continuum that progresses from dependence, to independence, and then to interdependence. Covey concisely observes: “Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own effort. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the [...]

Commerce and community play important roles in open source ecosystems. Companies are great at building capital and targeting it towards focused goals through products and services. Communities are great at bringing together like-minded people from all walks of life and advancing their common ideals. Together, commerce and community can be an unstoppable force for turning [...]

One of the most enriching experiences of my career at Hewlett-Packard was serving as Global Lead for HP’s Open Source and Linux Profession (OSLP). The OSLP is HP’s company-wide community of practice for open source technologists, with thousands of members worldwide. Working to build the OSLP gave me insights into the value that an internal [...]