Intelligent CIO LATAM Issue 21 | Page 45

CIO OPINION
Companies forced to adopt this way of working also had to adapt their technological infrastructure and find ways to create closeness despite being far away .
At Red Hat , remote work , and today , a hybrid approach , was not a surprise since it has always supported this way of relating based on open-source codes . thanks to flexibility and willingness that we managed to overcome the uncertainty of the pandemic .
And like everything , it required great work of leaders and teams to get to where we are now . This is how
A hybrid normalcy
Today we enter a new normalcy that has become hybrid . We face obstacles and build experiences by merging in-person , virtual and on-demand elements . To continue in the game , we must prioritize flexibility – which is the main factor of our culture .
Open-source software thrived under a community of developers who worked remotely and asynchronously but with shared goals . Before the pandemic , more than 30 % of Red Hatters already worked in that format .
Over the years , we have built teams and achieved goals , regardless of where we physically were . It was
Red Hatters in an internal company celebration
Red Hat Brazil ’ s new offices are examples of that evolution , with innovative and intelligent spaces that seek to enhance connections .
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