There are a lot of misconceptions about what open means, when it is the right strategy to apply, and the fundamental tradeoffs that go…
The Open Organization Definition
Openness is becoming increasingly central to the ways groups and teams of all sizes are working together to achieve shared goals. And today, the most forward-thinking organizations—whatever their missions—are embracing openness as a necessary orientation toward success. They've seen that openness can lead to:
The Difference Between Openness and Vulnerability
OPEN (Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy)
OPEN is a grassroots advocacy nonprofit working to advance legal rights and cultural acceptance for non-monogamous families and relationships of all varieties.
Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns. Openness, they claim, is an absolute good, from which all other virtues flow, not to be questioned or criticized. It doesn’t matter if that openness enables evil in the world, without openness we
Explainer: what is the open movement?
You’ll have read on this site, and perhaps others, about the push towards “open access” for journal articles. But what is open access, and how does it fit into the wider “open movement”? The topic has…
Open Game
Open Game[1] (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a generic term for a family of chess openings beginning with the moves:
Cataloguing and theorising open research practices in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Problematising and diversifying ‘Open Science’
Background Discourses of ‘Open Science’ have been criticised for privileging the quantitative and positivist methodologies of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research at the expense of qualitative, interpretive, critical-theoretical, practice-based, and other forms of research more common in the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS). Methods In this article, which emerged from a work component of the MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences) project, we document the process, outcomes and practical implications of work to develop a catalogue of open research practices in these disciplines, which proceeded via a wide-ranging literature review followed by targeted desk research and a conceptual mapping exercise. Results Key findings include the fact that open research practices in AHSS are diverse, extending beyond the suite of practices emphasised within dominant accounts of Open Science. We identify among these practices a range of forms of openness including those focused on mobilising the involvement and expert knowledge of diverse participants and communities. Conclusions Presenting a typology of forms of openness in AHSS that is consistent with the epistemic logics of these disciplines, we conclude that openness in AHSS is highly situated and context-dependent, as well as resisting quantification and binary measurement. Drawing on these conclusions, we offer a series of recommendations for institutions, open research monitoring initiatives, funders, publishers, learned societies and researchers to enhance the inclusivity of their policy and practice around openness.
Being Open by Design
“We were born as a radically open, radically participatory organization, unbound to traditional corporate structure. We played a role in…
A Framework of Open Practices
This is the second in a series of posts describing findings from industry research into best practices around open, collaborative methods…
Reframing “Open Source AI” with Meredith Whittaker: AI Impact Summit 2026
Some Thoughts on the Open Web
The Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there.
Openness vs Strategy
The rants and raves of Simon Wardley on Evolution, Technology, Economics and Business
“Not simply to be open, but to make openness feel inevitable.” Last Year, I Wrote About Podcasts. This Year, I Went In Search of Them. A blog post based on my talk from AtmosphereConf.
In Search of Podcasts
knotbin.leaflet.pubOne of my long held convictions is most people don't care about concepts like "openness" or "decentralization" or "interoperability" (people are busy!) but they do care about what those enable. It's the job of the much smaller number of people who do care to build the experience people will love.
