Hi, Mike

I like the direction you are heading with this concept of a more "user-friendly" leadership model.

As I scanned the various comments on this, I was impressed by two things:

1)  The caliber of the folks responding-you are attracting some very high-energy and thoughtful folks to this issue.  I firmly believe that the value of something can be determined generally by looking at who is connected to it.

2)  Your responding to each and every person.  This personal touch style of leadership is underrated, not often practiced especially in the larger corporations, but costs nothing more than a few minutes of our time.

As for the larger issue of open-source leadership, I say "why not?"  We have been talking for some years about moving away from the model of leadership as connected to a specific role or title and have increasingly focused on leadership as something that can and should be practiced at all levels by anyone who takes the iniative to do so.

I look forward to the next steps in this venture.

John
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