Jim Whitehurst
Former Red Hat CEO | Open Source Leadership & Digital Transformation
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Jim Whitehurst is the former CEO of Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source software solutions. Under his leadership, Red Hat became the first $1 billion open source software company.
Whitehurst previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Delta Air Lines, where he led the company's turnaround. He is the author of the bestselling book 'The Open Organization', which explores how open principles can help leaders build engaged, high-performing teams.
Whitehurst's keynotes provide a unique perspective on the future of work, empowering audiences to foster more collaborative, adaptive organizations.
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What I learned from giving up everything I knew as a leader
As the former Chief Operating Officer of Delta, Jim Whitehurst thought he knew the rules for how to lead. "I thought I was the person ultimately responsible for solving the problems facing my organization. I was the one who was supposed to bring order and structure," he says. His world was turned upside down when he left Delta to become CEO of Red Hat, an open-source software company. Whitehurst shares what he learned when he took this leap of faith and joined a company unlike any he'd ever seen.
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