[OSList] Dan Mezick - Keynote Speaker at Scrum Alliance Paris

[Daniel Mezick]

I believe that people in the Agile/IT world (and people in general) tend 
to "medicate" their pains/worries/etc with processes. tools. frameworks. 
certifications. etc.

I have some writing on this. It appears here:
http://scrum.jeffsutherland.com/2011/12/medication.html

Dan

On 9/24/13 11:59 AM, Harold Shinsato wrote:
> Dear Suzanne,
>
> Thanks for the account! I just downloaded the Spirit PDF. I thought I 
> had read it already - but it's different than the book "The Power of 
> Spirit". I've only read a few pages - powerful! I prefer paper - so I 
> also found a signed copy on Amazon.
>
> Thank you so much for understanding the power of what these (sometimes 
> annoying and anti-social) propeller heads, nerds, and geeks have been 
> up to - and how much the really good ones have been seeing that it's 
> all really a *PEOPLE* issue.
>
> And now - someone like Dan - get's that it's even more - a *SPIRIT* 
> issue! What Harrison has been trying to say for decades.
>
> I invite and encourage more folks to sign up for Dan's Agile primer on 
> October 14. This stuff only started in the software world. Yes, the 
> roots go back to Toyota, W. Edwards Deming, and probably Adam and 
> prehistoric shamans if you swim up that river far enough! But it's 
> going everywhere - and it's going to need (our) SPIRIT.
>
> Thank you, Suzanne, for facilitating several awesome conversations in 
> the Agile/Scrum/Lean world - like Scrum Beyond Software, Agile Day 
> NYC, a morning Open Jam mini Open Space at Agile 2010 - and more I 
> wasn't able to attend. Thank you thank you for being a wonderful 
> supporter of helping these two communities benefit from each other!
>
>     Blessings!
>     Harold
>
> On 9/24/13 6:24 AM, Suzanne Daigle wrote:
>> Riveting, humorous and serious, and super invitational with a 
>> powerful message behind it!  Dan Mezick did a super job presenting 
>> his Open Agile Adoption approach.  As it is with Open Space, you can 
>> never truly understand Open Space hearing it described. I'd say the 
>> same applies to Dan; you can never truly get Dan with his passion, 
>> conviction and depth of experience working with teams, in Scrum with 
>> Open Space until he engages you in person. His recent written posts 
>> could not fully capture what he shared today. The in-person version 
>> with his story telling and logic was very engaging.  I know his 
>> presentation will be available to all soon.  I would not even want to 
>> try to capture the essence of it here.  What I can say he that he 
>> made a compelling case for a heartfelt and smart collaboration 
>> between Scrum and Open Space -- two communities that share many 
>> values and who are committed to assuring high performance and joy in 
>> the doing. Jasmina Nikolic and I were both very ignited as were the 
>> 400 folks who were here.
>>
>> Bravo Dan... and I wish we had google analytics attached to the 
>> download of Harrison's Spirit book cause I'm thinking that there will 
>> be a slew of them based on Dan's enthusiastic nudging that it is a 
>> book to read. And yes Harrison, he even included your disclaimer... 
>> that it's a tough read!
>>
>> Tomorrow, Adam Weisbart facilitates the full day of Open Space.  The 
>> Theme is "Prioritize Passion". The invitation captures the spirit and 
>> essence of what this conference has been all about and I just can't 
>> wait to participate. I know that are equally excited about tomorrow.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Suzanne   (and Jasmina...but I don't quite know where she is right now).
>>
>> P.S.  Jasmina Nikolic and her colleague Karl Royle also did a great 
>> job yesterday presenting their topic Scrum in Schools where they too 
>> discussed the value of Open Space to open space...!
>>
>> -- 
>> Suzanne Daigle
>> NuFocus Strategic Group
>> 7159 Victoria Circle
>> University Park, FL 34201
>> FL 941-359-8877;
>> CT 203-722-2009
>> www.nufocusgroup.com <http://www.nufocusgroup.com>
>> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com <mailto:s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com>
>> twitter @suzannedaigle
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Harold Shinsato
> harold at shinsato.com <mailto:harold at shinsato.com>
> http://shinsato.com
> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>
>
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