How to convince your left brain (or manager) to follow the Open Source path that your right brain desires
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The document is a presentation by Bertrand Delacrétaz discussing how to persuade individuals (particularly managers) to embrace open source practices that appeal to both analytical and creative mindsets. It highlights the benefits of contributing to open source, such as improved programming skills, better communication in collaborative environments, and personal growth through multicultural experiences. Delacrétaz emphasizes that participation in open source leads to happier individuals and higher-quality outcomes in software development.
How to convince your left brain (or manager) to follow the Open Source path that your right brain desires
- 1. Illustrations: Adobe Stock, unless specified - slides revision 2020.03.04-B How to convince your left brain (or manager) to follow the Open Source path that your right brain desires. Bertrand Delacrétaz - Principal Scientist, Adobe Research Switzerland, Bâle Member and former Director, Apache Software Foundation :: @bdelacretaz :: grep.codeconsult.ch Remote presentation for FOSS Backstage 2020, http://20.foss-backstage.de
- 2. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin left and right brain ... your manager and yourself?
- 3. The Music School Improve through friendly competition Make mistakes in public (and fix them) Listen to great players Travel the world Picture: Ad in Guitar Magazine, 1989, from Musicians Institute, www.mi.edu
- 4. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin My right brain wants Autonomy Mastery Purpose
- 5. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin My left brain wants Food Clothing Shelter
- 6. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Can we demonstrate benefits to both sides?
- 7. YES we can
- 9. Serious, solid, critical projects... lead to better programmers? (taking the Apache Software Foundation as one example, among many others)
- 10. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Friendly peer competition and critical purpose foster high quality code Mistakes in public? You bet, let's fix them! Like at the music school...
- 11. Better Programmers! Who are exposed to high quality code with collaborative refinement and often exposed to above average programmers (also: happier through great results)
- 13. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Asynchronous Collaboration An essential skill in today's distributed work environments Learn to express problems clearly and work in small, manageable units.
- 14. Better Communicators! Who collaborate asynchronously in "low-emotional bandwidth" environments. (also: happier through efficiency and concrete results)
- 15. Travel is the best education?
- 16. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Multi-Cultural Communities
- 17. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Travel the World!
- 18. Travel is the best education! become a better (and happier) person by traveling, either actually or virtually
- 19. Coda
- 20. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin Coda Contributing to Open Source communities leads to Better Programmers Who refine critical software collaboratively, with friendly competition in open environments. Better Communicators Who collaborate asynchronously in low-bandwidth environments. Better Persons By working in multi-cultural environments and "traveling the world", either virtually or actually. I'm @bdelacretaz, get in touch! more talks at https://pinboard.in/u:bdelacretaz/t:pressbook/ Do both sides of your brain like this?
- 21. How to convince your left brain... Bertrand Delacrétaz, Adobe :: @bdelacretaz :: FOSS Backstage 2020, Berlin I'm @bdelacretaz, please get in touch! more talks at https://pinboard.in/u:bdelacretaz/t:pressbook/ more info at https://grep.codeconsult.ch/about-me/