Driving InnerSource Way in the Enterprise
summary
Opened an internal Linux distribution to all departments (used across ~60 product lines), which stops silent forks, brings bug reports back, and enables direct contributions to upstream open source; published a midterm technology plan that attracted dozens of cross-unit comments but revealed slow internal review when contributors lack guidance; launched a markdown-based tech catalog with pull-request workflows and defined product owner / trusted committer roles; ran a grassroots markdown-to-presentation template that gained steady users; playbook mandates reply within 48 hours, measure and share metrics to secure budget and scale.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to InnerSource
- 3:01What is InnerSource
- 8:02InnerSource Way approach
- 11:00Case studies in InnerSource
- 23:37InnerSource playbook
- 25:46Promoting InnerSource in Japan
- 28:43Call to action
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