Open When

Open When... You're Navigating the Moments That Define Your Leadership
From start-up to scale, through change, growth, and uncertainty.

Leadership isn't a straight line, it's a series of moments.
Moments of courage, doubt, clarity, and reinvention.

In Open When, leadership advisor and former CEO Camille Nicita Higley offers guidance for the moments that shape not only who you are as a leader but the health and future of the organization you lead.

Written as a collection of letters, this book meets you where you are: in the decisions that carry weight, the conversations that matter, and the inflection points that test your clarity and resolve.

Grounded in three decades of lived leadership experience, building, scaling, transforming, and ultimately selling a business, these letters read like a trusted voice in the room. Honest. Practical. Steady when things feel uncertain. Each one blends perspective, real-world experience, and tools you can use right away.

Inside you'll find:

• The Flywheel Framework: a human-centered system for building a healthy, sustainable organization: Great People, Great Work, Great Clients, Great Impact
• Open When Letters: timely perspective and guidance designed to meet you in the moment and help you move forward with clarity and confidence
• Practical tools: simple prompts, playbooks, and frameworks that help you turn insight into action
• From My Journey: real stories drawn from lived experience, offering perspective, encouragement, and hard-earned lessons