### Editor's Note ### Greetings, friends! Today we've published some new thinking and writing from Jim Whitehurst, who explains how (and why) traditional theories of management try to minimize collaboration—and why that's the wrong way to organize for innovation today.
The open organization ambassadors meet for their April meeting today. So expect an unusually concentrated level of brainwave activity to spike around 10 a.m. Eastern. You've been warned. –B ### New Today ### Jim Whitehurst: Why your people need to collide more—not less https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/4/management-coordination-collaboration red.ht/2GD2RNG Sample social media: When leaders stop worrying about organizational friction, people interact more—and innovation increases. It's time to stop coordinating and start colliding. red.ht/2GD2RNG #TheOpenOrg Working collaboratively has now become a necessity that managers need to foster, not eliminate. @JWhitehurst explains: red.ht/2GD2RNG #TheOpenOrg "If they're seeking greater innovation, managers need to encourage more interactions between people in different functional areas, not fewer," writes @JWhitehurst: red.ht/2GD2RNG #TheOpenOrg ### Previously Published ### Bryan Behrenshausen: "Tell us what to include in the next great leadership book" https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/4/write-leaders-manual-second-edition First day page views: 66 ### Traffic ### Page views yesterday: 869 Page views from Twitter yesterday: 26 Total page views for the month: 6,190 ### Downloads ### Workbook downloads: 1 Workbook downloads for the month: 24 Guide to IT Culture Change downloads: 20 Guide to IT Culture Change downloads for the month: 56 Leaders Manual downloads: 9 Leaders Manual downloads for the month: 36 Catalyst-In-Chief downloads: 6 Total Catalyst-In-Chief downloads for the month: 23 Field Guide downloads: 7 Total Field Guide downloads for the month: 37 ########## _______________________________________________ Openorg-list mailing list Openorg-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list
