Open Source Leadership with Vicky Brasseur

May 28th, 2026

44 mins 22 secs

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About this Episode

You can't fire a volunteer. So how do you lead one? Vicky Brasseur — author, OSS strategist, and "open source minister without portfolio" — joins Jay Faulkner on the GROSS Out Podcast to discuss wielding influence without authority: ethical manipulation, director-ready business cases, and the succession planning most projects ignore until it's too late. Plus, Vicky's unflinching take on how the LLM boom is damaging open source — flooding maintainers with low-quality PRs, gutting mentorship, and burning resources without accountability. No fluff. Just the long game.

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For a video version of this podcast, check out https://youtu.be/CEp-I7st02A.

The GR-OSS OUT Podcast is produced by Ben Wiley.