### Editor's Note ### Hi friends,
Today is a day I've been anticipating for quite some time. Brook Manville just released initial findings from his research on the concept of "meritocracy" in open organizations, and he's sharing his insights with our community in a new piece called "A New Perspective on Meritocracy." In this article, Brook offers a model for understanding the factors that influence ways a meritocratic system of organizational governance might function in various contexts. Brook was kind enough to open his research process to me, and I've learned quite a bit watching him conduct some fascinating conversations with leaders and practitioners over the past few months. I've written a companion piece to Brook's, "What we (think we) know about meritocracies," and we've just published that, too. Both articles are now live. Please enjoy, and do post or send us your feedback! In other important news, last week's articles on "assuming positive intent" from Sam Knuth and Jim Whitehurst continue to draw readers after LXer [1] and LinuxToday [2] syndicated the pieces (respectively). Thanks to our awesome community for helping circulate this great writing. –B [1] http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/239044/index.html [2] http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/want-to-be-a-great-leader-assume-positive-intent-170216062022.html ### New Today ### Brook Manville: "A new perspective on meritocracy" https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/2/new-perspective-meritocracy red.ht/2kH49wd Sample social media: .@brookmanville reports on early findings from his research into #meritocracy: red.ht/2kH49wd #TheOpenOrg A new perspective on #meritocracy: The Iron Rectangle, courtesy of @brookmanville. red.ht/2kH49wd #TheOpenOrg Understanding the role merit plays in open organizations requires more research, red.ht/2kH49wd #TheOpenOrg ++++++++++ Bryan Behrenshausen: "What we (think we) know about meritocracies" https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/2/what-we-think-we-know-about-meritocracies red.ht/2lq9LI0 Sample social media: Thinking more deliberately about organizational governance can help us make a better case for openness. red.ht/2lq9LI0 #TheOpenOrg What does a #meritocracy do? From @semioticrobotic: red.ht/2lq9LI0 #TheOpenOrg We need to better understand how #meritocracy attaches itself to programs that do all sorts of things in its name. red.ht/2lq9LI0 #TheOpenOrg ### Previously Published ### Jim Whitehurst: "Want to be a great leader? Assume positive intent" https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/2/assuming-positive-intent First day page views: 181 ### Site Stats ### Page views yesterday: 466 Total page views for the month: 10,484 Page views from newsletter: Field Guide downloads: 2 Total Field Guide downloads for the month: 37 Catalyst-In-Chief downloads: 0 Total Catalyst-In-Chief downloads for the month: 21 Leaders Manual downloads: 5 Leaders Manual downloads for the month: 126 ### Social Media Stats ### @TheOpenOrg Twitter followers: 3,817 (-9) @JWhitehurst Twitter followers: 15,082 (+11) Facebook likes: 524 (-1) ### Full Daily Stats ### https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/196RzNrhAiHRBcZHtrDYYKy0I9m8Bqa67K9OOPbDxuME/edit?pli=1#gid=46325027 _______________________________________________ Openorg-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list
