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Courage: Initial, Repeatable, Defined, Managed, Optimizing
- Individual Courage: "The willingness to proclaim oneself or a project 'open.'"
- Initial: An initial interest/desire has been expressed in being open or joining an open initiative.
- Repeatable: The individual understands and has expressed the value of openness.
- Defined: The benefit(s) of openness for the individual has been articulated.
- Managed: Expectations of openness for the individual have been established.
- Optimizing: The individual continually updates the previous.
- Organizational Courage: "The willingness to declare an organization or project open."
- Initial: An initial interest/desire has been expressed in being open or joining an open initiative.
- Repeatable: The organization understands and has expressed the value of openness.
- Defined: The benefit(s) of openness for the organization has been articulated.
- Managed: Expectations of openness for the organization has been established.
- Optimizing: The organization continually updates the previous.
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The organization regularly and articulates the promise of openness, but does not allow those outside of the original founders or invited guests to participate. For example, a personal blog on openness. |
Participation
- Individual Participation: "The active involvement with or within an organization that has identified itself to be open."
- Initial: The individual has publicly associated themselves with an organization.
- Repeatable: The individual engages consistently with the organization and consistently references their involvement.
(Participation is at least documented sufficiently such that repeating the same steps may be attempted) - Defined: The individual has established a specific role with or within the organization.
(Participation is defined/confirmed as a standard business process) - Managed: The individual has undertaken specific responsibilities with the organization.
(Participation is quantitatively managed in accordance with agreed-upon metrics) - Optimizing: The individual assesses and validates/redefines their role and responsibilities in the organization.
(Participation management includes deliberate participation optimization/improvement)
- Organizational Participation: "The willingness to invite and admit any individual or other organization to engage with the organization"
- Initial: The organization has publicly declared anyone can engage with it.
- Repeatable: The organization engages consistently with any interested party, and consistently declares the ability for engagement of interested parties.
- Defined: the organization recognizes standard roles within the organization
- Managed: the organization has established responsibilities associated with roles.
- Optimizing: The individual assesses and validates/redefines their role and responsibilities in the organization.
Honesty
- Individual: "Participants engage directly (i.e. straightforwardly), truthfully and authentically with the organization."
- Organizational: "The organization engages directly (i.e. straightforwardly), truthfully and authentically with the participants."
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