“I think one of the most important things for executives is: don’t be afraid to fail and be open to the best idea which can come from anywhere”.

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode in which Paul Cormier - President & CEO of Red Hat - tells Hendrik Deckers his story of a successful transition from an engineer to a leader of a 20 000 employee company. He discusses open source software (OSS) and how the idea of “open” helps create a culture where the best idea always wins. Having a background in engineering, Paul underlines how important a properly laid out architecture is to an enterprise and explains the role of the CIO in a data-centric business.