Thought Pieces

Open as a Strategy for Philanthropy and Social Change   Philanthropic and charitable institutions seek to alleviate and solve social problems. It is private practice for public good. If we... Read More – ‘Open Strategy’.

Open source, open access and open educational resources are a positively disruptive force on markets and have increased choice for citizens in many different ways. Be it the manner in which you... Read More – ‘The How of Open’.

We have many different selves and present them in different ways to the world. We craft personas appropriate to various aspects of our lives. These are not static, but ever evolving and layered in... Read More – ‘Privacy’.

Over the years we have reviewed (and funded) many, many proposals and fellowship applications. In the current incarnation of the Foundation we support individuals to implement their idea for social... Read More – ‘Application Pointers’.

Openness is at the core of the Foundation's experiment in the world. Our founder  and funder, Mark Shuttleworth, achieved great commercial success by building his first enterprise on existing free... Read More – ‘Openness’.