Reviews & Buzz
Unique Format
Leadership rarely comes with a playbook, but Open When comes close. These thoughtful letters offer practical guidance and genuine wisdom for the moments leaders inevitably face. The choose-your-moment format makes this book one you won’t just read once, you’ll return to it whenever leadership gets real.
– Robyn Marcotte, Founder & Former CEO, Aha Leadership
Illustrative Frameworks
Open When is a refreshing approach to the genre. Offering brief, poignant, and deeply practical insights about a range of leadership topics, this is a book that will follow me from my home office to the workplace and back. Camille’s smart organization of content, use of illustrative frameworks, and from-the-heart personal experiences make this an effortless read worth returning to again and again.
– Michelle Austin, Managing Director, Sanger Leadership Center, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Navigate the Unpredictable
Much like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy helps travelers navigate an unpredicatable universe, this book serves as a practical guide for leaders navigating the complexities of building strong, purpose-driven organizations and teams. It is packed with clear insights, digestible summaries and thoughtful coaching, which I experienced first-hand in working with Camille. At its core, this engage as you need guide-book is a fluid framework on how to build organizations that are purposeful, prosperous, and resilient.
– Lisa Brink, VP Client Consulting, Human8
Balancing Business & Humanity
This is so much more than a book on leadership (and it's a great one at that). In it Nicita Higley pours in decades of wisdom with a rare balance of generosity, depth, warmth and clarity - so that whatever leadership stage you're at you'll feel immediately seen and heard, and find something to use straight away. She makes the strongest case I've seen for why high expectations and humanity can coexist, and why taking a people-first approach is the best commercial decision any leader can make. And she does all this without ever letting culture become a buzzword.
– Naomi Regan, Co-Founder, CAPE People Development, Author of Beyond Small Talk
Meets You Where You Are
Camille Nicita Higley has created a leadership guide that meets you where leadership actually happens – not in theory, but in the real moments of decision, doubt, growth, and responsibility. Open When recognizes that leadership is not just about driving results, it’s about how we show up, build trust, and create environments where others can thrive.
– Adrian Lewis, CEO Forgotten Harvest
Powerful Letters
Camille is a leader who built for a sustainable, successful future, even in the midst of massive change. The way the she communicates the what, how and when of leadership in different circumstances is simple yet very powerful: through Open When letters - the letters you wish were sitting in your drawer when you come up against a challenge that you've never seen before; the letters that guide your thinking and give you confidence, all the time grounded in the human elements of leadership.
If you read nothing else, read this book and keep it in your drawer. It will sustain you throughout your leadership journey in ways you could never have imagined.
- Simon Chadwick, Managing Partner, Cambiar Consulting