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

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