Don't touch my toys - InnerSource lessons from our childhood
summary
Code hoarding maps to child toy guarding: ownership pride, fear of loss, and middle‑management incentives block sharing. The solution is concrete: provide an open self‑service platform that anyone can use in minutes, publish clear collaboration guidelines and recognition (town halls, rewards), train contributors, and appoint integrators/connectors to consolidate duplicate design systems, ML platforms and tools. Leadership must lead by example and change incentives; without that, platform and training fail because local “kingdoms” keep resources locked.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:11Children’s sharing challenges
- 3:43Adults’ sharing struggles
- 5:30Improving sharing in companies
- 7:20Organizational barriers
- 8:49Leadership’s role
- 10:11Middle layer’s impact
- 11:59Integrators and connectors
- 13:48Key takeaways
- 14:52Q&A
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