Leadership Lessons Learned from Joomla - Open Source Days 2011

Leading large OSS projectswith 100% volunteer leadershipMarch 5, 2011

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek2God morgen Open Source Days!

130 slides in about 40 minutes!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek33.25 slides per minute

Ryan, where is your friend??Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek4

Hold please.Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek5

Much better!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek6

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek7Who am I?

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek10Who am I?Ryan OzimekCommon Americanboy’sname in the1970’sPolishheritage

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek11Where do I live?

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek12Where do I live?

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek13What’s my job?

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek14Ryan != developer

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek15What’s my job?

What’s Joomla?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek16

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek17Being president has its benefits

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek18Being president has its benefits

Being president has its benefitsBut most importantly…Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek19

Being president has its benefitsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek20

My goal for todayOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek21

Let’s dive in to the scary stuffOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek22

The freaky economics of it allOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek23

Reality check on motivationOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek24

Reality check on motivationTheir findings…Carrots and sticks work, but…Really only works when the task requires rudimentary cognitive skillsEven crazier...At some point, when you provide higher monetary rewards for more critical thinking tasks, you actually get WORSE resultsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek25

Reality check on motivationWhat really motivates people for more complex tasks are three key things AutonomyAbility to direct one’s own lifeMasteryInnate urge to get better at stuffPurposeThe desire and aim for bettermentOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek26

Reality check on motivationDoes this sound familiar to folks in the room here?Isn’t this what open source software development is all about?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek27

Extremely bright peopleOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek28

Already busy with their livesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek29

Dedicating tons of timeOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek30

For how much?For FREE!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek31

I’m no genius myselfRSA Animatehttp://bit.ly/what-motivates-peopleNice video.Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek32

A higher purposeOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek33

A higher purposeI believe that people are acting economically irrationally because… they want to contribute to something bigger than themselvesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek34

“Making a dent in the universe”Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek35

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek36My core open source value>The relationships we build aremore important than the tools

An overview of today’s partyMy short open source storyA short history of Joomla!Lessons learned, pitfalls to avoid, success achievedStump thepresenter questions from the audienceOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek37

My short open source story…because where you come from says a lot about who you are…Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek38

My short open sourcestoryOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek39

My short open sourcestoryOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek47“Rooting out inefficiencies in non-profits”

My short open source storyOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek48

My short open source storyOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek49

My short open sourcestoryOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek52Joomla!Day West 2007

My short open sourcestoryOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek53Joomla!Day East 2007

My short open sourcestoryEvents Team LeaderCapital Committee ChairOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek54

Why did I tell you this story?Nobody in this room is simply a consumer of open source softwareOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek56

Why did I tell you this story?All of us have unique talentsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek57

Why did I tell you this story?We are more than users…Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek58

We are empoweredcontributors!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek59

Why did I tell you this story?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek60

A long short history of JoomlaOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek61

The unique birth of a projectOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek62

The unique birth of a projectOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek63

Starting off as an orphanOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek642001

Open source patriotsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek65

Declaration of independenceOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek66

My small contributionOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek67

Real people, not avatarsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek68

A new eraOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek692005

What a ride since then!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek70

Incredible growth of usersOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek716,351 new users each month

Incredible growth of developersOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek72Average 113 new add-ons per month

Incredible growth in installationsJoomla powers 2.7% of the top 1 million sites on the WebOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek73

Joomla is a massive ship…Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek74

…and we’re small boats too.Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek75

Volunteers lead by passionIf you’re not going to pay people, you need to use other motivatorsAutonomyMasteryPurposeOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek76

Joomla’s missionOur mission is to provide a flexible platform for digital publishing and collaboration.Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek77

Joomla’s visionPeople publishing and collaborating in their communities and around the worldSoftware that is free, secure, and high-qualityA community that is enjoyable and rewarding to participate inOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek78

Joomla’s valuesFreedomEqualityTrustCommunityCollaborationUsabilityOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek79

Start with mission, vision, valuesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek80http://bit.ly/jmission

Start with mission, vision, valuesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek81

Start with mission, vision, valuesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek82

How did we get here?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek83

Organization leadership typesTwo typical types of leadership for open source projectsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek84

Organization leadership typesOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek85

The uniqueness of Joomla!Paraphrasing the great Allen Gunn:I want to help out Joomla because if you can succeed, there's hope for distributed leadership models of all types in the open source world.Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek88Allen GunnAspiration Tech

An important mantraOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek89

Joomla’s leadership evolutionOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek90

The new leadership’s beginningOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek91CoreTeam20+ members

The new leadership’s beginningOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek923 membersOpenSourceMattersCoreTeam20+ members

The new leadership’s beginningOpen Source Matters(non-profit organization)LegalFinancialCore TeamEverything elseOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek93WeakStrong

The new leadership’s beginningOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek94WGWGWGLeaderLeaderCoreTeamLeaderWGWGLeaderLeaderWorking Groups

Successes of WG modelBreakup of large tasks into smaller tasks with specific teams devoted to themProvided a leadership model for each of the key teamsEnabled us to hit key successes in the framework moving from our fork of Mambo to a true new frameworkOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek95

What happens over time?End of the revolution party, the hangover period beginsPeople start to realize that they’ve missed other things they were supposed to do in lifeNurturing new leaders takes timeLeaders need to leave theirresponsibilities to others…who now have really full workloadsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek96

Key challenge of the WG modelAs people left, there wasn’t enough backfill to help outPeople started taking on too many tasks, working groups started becoming inactivePut simply: major burnout, and slow collapse of the WG modelOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek97

Complicating factorsHistory of quiet developmentClosed core team mailing listGreat key developers lead the project for many yearsLead to burn-outInterpersonal challenges made it difficult to make the significant changes necessary, quicklyOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek98

Lessons learnedNeed to simplify the working group structures, mold into larger groupsBuild leadership teams rather than individual rolesSpeak more publically, less on private “core team list”Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek99

The result?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek100ProductionLeadershipTeamCommunityLeadershipTeamOpenSourceMattersSignificant reorganization

Cautious patriotsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek101

A change of course for OSMOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek102

A change of course for OSMOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek103

Keep it simpleOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek104

TEA!TransparencyEmpowermentAccountabilityOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek105

Simple idea starts the changeOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek106

Request feedback from leadersOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek107

Reflect on lessons learnedOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek108

Set high goalsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek109

Leadership coaching, delegationOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek110

Accomplishments?Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek111

Restored fiscal healthOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek112

Improved trademark processTMOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek113

Better communicationsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek114

Onboarding new leadersOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek115

Onboarding new leadersOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek116

Onboarding new leadersFOSSPOLS survey found that in 2006, women represented < 1.5% of contributors and leaders in open source projectsIn the beginning, 0% of our board members were womenIn 2010, 29% of our board members were womenOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek117

Focus on one thing at a timeOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek118

Focused on building systemsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek119

Moral of the storyWhat’s good for the non-profit of the organization might not be good for the other partsDivision of laborIncentives and motivationsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek120

Moral of the storyOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek121

Happy, energized contributors!Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek122

My open source motivationOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek123

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek124Tak Open Source Days!

Happy to answer questionsOpen Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek125

Open Source Days – Mar 5, 2011Ryan Ozimek - @cozimek126Feel free to contact me!Ryan OzimekPresidentOpen Source MattersTwitter: @cozimekryan.ozimek@opensourcematters.org

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