Becoming a worthy leader is like developing any other capability: it requires honest self-reflection, real openness to learning (which includes an openness to being wrong and to not knowing), and a willingness to change your behavior.

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By taking measures to increase trust, openness, and transparency, Nayar then gained support from his employees to change its business model and was able to nearly triple its annual revenues.

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Mostly importantly, and this is our key learning from 2009, no matter what we have to communicate, we are committed to doing it with transparency, openness and respect for the people impacted by the change.

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Asked if he believed Google could change tactics and restrict apps such as Home, he said it was theoretically possible, but highly unlikely for Google to do a "180-degree change" in its stance on Android's openness.

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Essentially, there's no incentive for the biggest social networks to have this kind of openness, because it would make it easier for their users to transfer to other networks, but Hansler says this will change.

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