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Learn how to address the sustainability challenges facing technical standards organizations in this 39-minute conference talk from the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit. Explore the "greybeard problem" where founding members of standards bodies can become gatekeepers that stifle innovation and create hostile environments for new contributors. Discover practical solutions for overcoming these antipatterns through organizational reinvention, implementation of agile processes like retrospectives, and fostering inclusive, diverse working environments. Gain insights from real-world techniques successfully employed by the W3C and Technical Architecture Group to maintain vibrant, responsive standards communities that can adapt to technological and social changes while remaining welcoming to innovators and fresh perspectives.
