[OSList] OpenSpace Agility: How Agile can be successful. First Workshop in Germany, June from 13th to 15th

Sat Mar 5 05:54:29 PST 2016

Hi Thomas
and colleagues who are following this thread,

I hope you are open to having an exploration on this list about your concept
of OpenSpace Agility and the offer you are creating. I see that you are a
Art of Hosting professional, so I assume you have explored a lot about
openness, spirit, holistic approach, and the essence behind inviting and
engaging participation. And from your exploration, you have your own unique
conclusions, as do we each from our personal reflections and contemplations
as social scientists.

I see that you say that you assume we know the power of Open Space, World
Café and other approaches. I don’t agree with that assumption and I choose
to speak up because when someone assumes that ‘we’ believe something, I
think silence is a form of agreement. I suggest we are only in our infancy
in understanding the power of these approaches and there is so much more to
learn. I am curious about what you believe the power is.

I see that you say that you assume we know the limitations of these methods
in the daily work of an organization. Again, I don’t agree with that
assumption as applying to myself. I am curious about what you believe the
limitations are.

I have experienced methods such as Open Space, World Café etc to be rooted
in a holistic perspective. I have experienced Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other
related methods to be rooted in a reductionist perspective. Each has its
place and its usefulness based on the business goal. I am curious about how
you are bridging the mix of something that is holistic in nature, to
something that is reductionist in nature. I assume this bridging is part of
your thinking so that there is not cognitive dissonance for the people
involved. I am also curious about the plan to increase the capacity of
leadership to cope with this mix.

I look forward to your answers.

Kind regards,

Birgitt

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Subject: [OSList] OpenSpace Agility: How Agile can be successful. First
Workshop in Germany, June from 13th to 15th

Hello everyone!

We would like to invite you to a new framework for organizational change:
OpenSpace Agility, made of OpenSpace and agile methods.

„Now, as long as I have known about Agile, Scrum, etc. – it has been clear
to me that „being Agile“ is simply being fully, consciously, intentionally
self organizing. That is total High Performance. And Open Space happens to
be (a) fast track to get „there“. Not by doing something unique, special, or
weird 
 but simply by being what we already are. Self organizing.“

Harrison Owen

Lean, Kanban, Scrum 
 all these young methods indicates the need for lean
and fast processes. On the other hand we know the power of Open Space, World
Café and other approaches, but also their limitations in the daily work of
an organization. Daniel Mezick, the pioneer of OpenSpace Agility found a way
to combine the strengths of both approaches. 

„OpenSpace Agility works for one simple reason: it generates extremely high
levels of engagement across your entire organization. This engagement is
essential to the success of your program and no other method generates more
engagement than the OpenSpace Agility method.”
Daniel Mezick

We’re happy to bring Daniel Mezick for the first time to Germany in June
this year, where he will teach us the concept and methods of OpenSpace
Agility (in english).

Who is invited:

- Leaders

- Scrumteams, ProductOwners and ScrumMasters

- People from HR department

- (AoH)Hosts, Facilitators and Consultants

If you’re looking for a framework which allows you to combine the Art of
Hosting approach with Agile, have a look at these websites:

- www.openspaceagility.de (in german)

-  <http://www.openspaceagility.com> www.openspaceagility.com

We would be happy to meet you in Munich from June, 13th to 15th

Thomas Jäger, Caroline Rennie and Rolf Schneidereit on behalf of the Hosting
team

Thomas Jäger

Art of Hosting Praktizierender

Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

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