Margaret Dawson - Red Hat - Authentic courageous leadership & shared vision for Open Transformation

Summary: In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Margaret Dawson, VP & CDO of Red Hat, talks with Hendrik Deckers about Open Transformation, how different types of organisations can succeed in their own transformation, the most exciting technologies today and her passion and drive to increase diversity in tech. Throughout this conversation, Margaret also shares all the ways her background and life journey have been shaping her leadership DNA. Dive into this interview to learn and be inspired by Margaret Dawson! TABLE OF CONTENTS 01:26 | Introduction and Margaret Dawson's background 04:06 | About Red Hat 05:00 | Open Transformation 06:44 | Open Culture & Open Leadership 09:09 | Open Culture – Examples of successful cultural change 10:58 | Open Culture – The role of diversity 12:09 | Female Digital Leadership 15:55 | Open Processes 18:07 | Open Technology & Open Architecture 20:50 | Open Technology & Open Architecture – The 3 layers 22:34 | Open Technology & Open Architecture – Open Hybrid Cloud 25:08 | Open Technology & Open Architecture – Exciting technologies for transformation 28:12 | Successful transformation in large organisations 29:57 | The CDO role in Red Hat 33:03 | Margaret’s management style 35:08 | Attracting talent at Red Hat 37:04 | Margaret’s leadership style 39:41 | MBTI Profile – The Advocate 43:29 | Margaret’s sources of happiness 46:09 | Margaret’s core values 49:16 | Margaret’s mentors and learnings 52:47 | Margaret’s ups, downs and learnings in life 57:10 | Advice for people starting out