<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Dan (and Harold),<br><br></div>Like WOW, wow, and wow! Thank you for bursting on the scene Dan...and Harold thank you for your "blow my socks" response. <br><br></div>And Dan the answer is yes, yes and yes to your request!<br>
<br></div><div>Here's why even though I still somewhat feel I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to Agile and Scrum -- as the non technology person. Yet I am drawn, have been drawn since attending a Scrum Alliance conference in Orlando in 2010 that Harrison facilitated which then led to my own "blow my socks" Open Space that I facilitated on Scrum BEYOND Software in Phoenix that year, something that I felt passionately about which never left me to this day!<br>
<br></div><div>Dan you have provided a LOT of information, a LOT of food for thought. I have not even started reading through it all; some I know quite intimately, the "Gallup engagement" stuff, and Harrison's Spirit book which moved me even more or as much as his Open Space Technology User's guide and Wave Rider. And then more recently I have had the great joy of reading your book <b>The Culture Game</b> which has started to answer my big craving to expose and invite clients to adopt "the practices" of Agile/Scrum in tandem with Open Space not just for technology systems application but in leadership and management in the workplace. <br>
<br></div><div>I feel I have suffered a lot since being exposed to Open Space, sometimes I still do. The source of my suffering is that since knowing Open Space, I cannot unknow it. I also know it has that same effect on others who experience Open Space. They say "ignorance is bliss"; well for me ignorance is being unconscious and unaware and not that blissful. Until Open Space, it's pretty much how I led my life. Successful and dutiful but totally unaware of what it might feel like to "be in life", to speak up and speak out, to choose what I would do and not do, living by the "law of 2 feet" and relishing those 5 principles as a way of life. With Open Space I truly started living and it knocks my socks off every day. It's like a whole new world, an infinite world of being in the moment and beyond has opened up...of vibrant lived experiences, of new friends around the world (many on the OS list), of closer relationships with family and friends and a "deep knowing" that together we can make a difference. <br>
<br></div><div>Now here where the continued suffering comes in. For me Open Space was not enough in the sense that I knew the power and potential of what get's awakened inside people when they experience Open Space, I knew that they could not unknow it and unknow what it ignited inside of them that takes them to their true self and I also knew the misery and solitude we often feel when we go back to the "traditional hierarchical way of working". We want that regular life at work to be more like Open Space and suddenly it becomes intolerable to be living in the command/control world. <br>
<br>Yes we can reopen space and keep opening space but somehow I was also looking for simple practices and ways of working that would mirror the spirit of Open Space in the everyday execution of our work. <br><br>I had never heard of Agile and Scrum until Orlando. My first experience of it was not a "head thing" of learning the practices, it was this "excited feel" at this 3 day conference of a community... a technology community (Tobias Mayer, Gerry Kirk, Derek Wade, Lyssa Adkins, Harold Shinsato and others) who were so passionate and so engaged with each other, engaged about learning, engaged about excellence in the application of their work, and dynamically engaged in games, in improv, and a whole bunch more. It then dawned on me that "dah", those geeks, the trailblazing ones with whom I had worked side by side in my career, who were independent thinkers, doing large system change like in changing the world and connecting people and silos, were onto something and had been onto something for quite a while. Heck for me they were like the new leaders in the workplace, the Zappos like folks and they could teach us a heck of a lot. Right under my nose and I had not noticed. Move over OD and HR, let's start learning from the geeks and have some fun. Some of those great IT folks were applying teamwork every day, doing THEIR thing, not always talking about it but really doing it. <br>
<br></div><div>So in recent years, I started educated myself on Scrum and Agile and Personal Kanban and started connecting with the Technology folks. I am still in the early stages...artifacts, backlog, retrospectives, etc. etc. There is rigor in those practices, practices which at first blush can seem counter to the Law of 2 feet and Open Space principles and yet in the same way that it needs rigor and true teamwork to fly a plane, go to the moon and do brain surgery, it is a rigor that leads to accomplishment, and pride and working and being together. It is non-hierarchical and multi-talented in that everyone gets to do what they are uniquely good at, taking responsibility for doing what we say we are going to do. This too is at the heart of Open Space. <br>
<br>So Dan I'm in!! At our World Open Space, there was lots of talk and shared learning about Agile and Scrum. Devon Morris, a Scrum Master even invited some of our University Millennials to attend one of his trainings for free with his clients. They LOVED it! Jasmina Nikolic who was at the Scrum beyond Software Open Space in Phoenix in 2010 has been busting the gates in higher education reform in Serbia and with other European universities using the "combination" of Open Space and Scrum/Agile practices. <br>
<br></div><div>So in answer to your invitation <span style="font-size:18pt">"I am asking for
help. Will
you help me socialize the idea that Open Space is essential for
creating rapid
and lasting Agile adoptions?"</span> I say yes...yes... yes with one caveat <br><br></div><div>Instead of limiting it to rapid and lasting Agile adoptions, I want to say "rapid and lasting" transformation in the workplace shifting from our industrial model of management and leadership to an Open Space/Agile way of working that has the greatness of innovation and creativity, the joy of life and the rigor of brain surgery -- the dance between chaos and order. <br>
<br></div><div>I have joined your Facebook group; I will be facilitating Open Space at Agile NYC in September, Jasmina, Chuni and others (non tech folks) will be attending and I'm also planning to go to Paris where you will be speaking and where Jasmina will be speaking too! <br>
<br></div><div>At our World Open Space we had a theme... The World is Waiting... are We Ready? Well Dan, the world is not only waiting for a blow your socks, bust the gates and let's get into Open Space world, but it's also waiting for our communities to come together (Agile has been using Open Space for quite a while and many in our Open Space community are IT folks), well I'm hoping that a bunch of us non-tech folks start hanging out together more and more so we can transform the workplace in ways where we will blow the sock off of those "Gallup poll engagement numbers" and start having some fun at work while achieving the Waveriding High Performance that Harrison keeps inviting us too. By the way, another gang that told us THEY were ready at WOSonOS were the Millennials. And they've been taking to Open Space, Agile and Scrum like ducks to water. <br>
<br></div><div>Phew... sorry folks this was long but that's what happens when passion and purpose collide. Keeps you awake at night for the excitement of it all!<br><br>Suzanne<br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br><br>
</div><div><br><br></div><div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Harold Shinsato <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Daniel,<br>
<br>
There are quite a few on this list that are either leaders in the
Agile community or know a fair about scrum and agile.<br>
<br>
And then there are those who know very little.<br>
<br>
What has been fascinating and exciting for me has been the amount
of synergy available between the two communities - and nothing has
blown my socks off more than what you are describing here. I
*felt* & *sensed* that Open Space was a critical way for
organizations to move towards a much better adoption of agile
ideas. But you've described the essential nature of the need here
that gives words to my feeling about it. Open Space is *the* core
ingredient for successful agile adoption.<br>
<br>
But why should the OST community care?<br>
<br>
For the sake of those that know little about Agile/Scrum/Lean in
the world of software - perhaps this little story will convey it.
I made my way to Texas last year for the biggest annual Agile
Software conference, Agile 2012. It was at the Gaylord Hotel in
Dallas, Texas. I was drawn to the Open Jam, a space the conference
organizers devote every year for an Open Space like session area.
It wasn't perfect, but it was popular and I visited there often.
The one session I put up on the board was an "Ignite" or "Pecha
Kucha". That would be 90 minutes of very short talks. Even though
I put it up, I didn't show up at the start time. But when I did
show up, there had already been about 10 talks already. One of the
talks I witnessed was by a traditionally geeky looking gentleman
who said that Agile was a "Liberation Theology". Those words
resonated deeply with me, both as truth, and as humor.<br>
<br>
He didn't have to explain. I'd lived the oppression of the
software world before Agile Software ideas. Heavy pre-planned
schedules that were never accurate - usually involving warring
specialized subgroups and a forced death march at the end where
developers and testers would work massive overtime (often out of
fear) in order to make unreasonable schedules that they had little
or no part in creating. It can often seem like a dungeon, and the
refreshing ideas of Agile often inspire religious fervor. But the
oppression unfortunately is perhaps still the rule. EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF ATTEMPTS TO PRACTICE AGILE/LEAN/SCRUM! But the community
continues to work at getting people to adopt these ideas well, as
opposed to badly. Dan is right. Open Space is a core piece that
can enable it to work well.<br>
<br>
Again, why should the OST community care?<br>
<br>
Most Open Space facilitators want to make a difference and they
love bringing that sense of engagement that can people can only
choose for themselves when they sense the freedom (and
responsibility) to do so.<br>
<br>
The way software is built, designed, and deployed continues to
make deeper and more profound impacts on our planet. It's like the
mind of the human race is becoming more and more tangible and even
designable - because of how code makes the processes of our
thinking visible. And makes it possible to consciously change and
redesign it, to make it work for everyone.<br>
<br>
A deep bow to your work, Daniel. I will be seeing you in Tennessee
at Agile 2013 in 10 days or so. This is a great time to be awake
to the Spirit of Open Space, Agile, Scrum, Lean, and many of the
profound forward shifts that are beginning to collaborate in an
invitational way. I look forward to the party that we're all being
invited to!<br>
<br>
Blessings,<br>
Harold<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 7/25/13 10:38 AM, Daniel Mezick wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Good morning
OST-List!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I am Daniel
Mezick, probably someone you never heard of. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><br>
I’m an executive & Agile coach that seeks (and
occasionally obtains) work in that section of the USA between
NYC and Boston. I live in CT. I have a story to tell you…and
an invitation…<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<big><big>Open and Agile </big></big><br>
<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">…about 4 years
ago I start experimenting with Open Space, using it inside
public <a href="http://www.AgileBoston.org" target="_blank">www.AgileBoston.org</a>
conference events. I study OST more. In 2010 we at Agile
Boston innovate by getting the 80-page proceeding from a large
public OST event rendered to a PDF and shipped to all
participants in less than 24 hours. (We employ a rapid
transcription service to render the per-session outputs to
text and images, then create a WORD doc and PDF.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I actually did
not know what the hell I was doing. I just knew it was a
generally good idea to socialize Open Space in Boston. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Little do I
know…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">In late 2010,
by Googling around I discover the free-download PDF of the
SPIRIT book by HO. Reading that changes everything for me. I
realize that OST is really about development and
transformation in organizations, NOT simply for public
conferences and general education. (This is how the “Agile
community” currently uses Open Space.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">As a
consultant to organizations, I realize that the SPIRIT book
for some reason is completely overlooked by the Agile
community, and that this book had the seeds of success in it.
The “secret sauce”. I begin experimenting with bringing Open
Space meetings into my Agile coaching engagements. The basic
hypothesis is that the introduction of change (Agile in this
case) creates alarming levels of anxiety and worry. And, that
Open Space might actually help reduce worry and fear.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">From late 2010
to the present day, I begin experimenting with using Open
Space in service to rapid and lasting Agile adoptions. By
diving into this work with willing clients, I begin to realize
the power of Open Space… with them. We find that we can reduce
the anxiety of change via the power and mystery of
“invitation.” I begin to study and build upon work from Ed
Seykota (“testing for willingness”), Michael Herman
(“invitation”), Harrison Owen (the SPIRIT book), others. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">In 2011 I do a
few more experiments and begin pulling ideas from cultural
anthropology (Victor Turner), from positive psychology (Tony
Hsieh’s application of Martin Seligman’s work) and from the
art and science of game design (Jane McGonigal).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">In 2012 I
write THE CULTURE GAME (<a href="http://www.TheCultureGame.com" target="_blank">www.TheCultureGame.com</a>),
a book about how to help your organization get smarter. At
this point I have worked with OST in more than a few
organizations. In that book I write a chapter, chapter 21, and
give it the title “Open The Space”. That chapter contains
several “easter eggs” which a few astute readers find and
begin using. I start to get emails from around the world about
that chapter. In that chapter I reference many of Harrison’s
works, I disclose some of the Open Agile Adoption technique.<span> </span>In that chapter, I
specifically provide the link to the SPIRIT book. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">By late 2012,
I have confirmation of several hypotheses. The first is that
without engagement, we have nothing. That seems very obvious,
yet the current Agile literature has little or nothing to say
about the role of engagement in effective Agile adoptions.
Second is that there is no engagement without <i>psychological safety</i>
sufficient <i><u>to</u></i>
engage. Third, safety (and a general sense of well-being) is a
largely a function of creating an “inviting structure”. By
structure I mean: a clear goal, or purpose…and a clear set of
rules…and a great, always-on feedback system and the big
one…”opt-in participation”. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I started
ranting on Twitter and on my blog about how “mandated
collaboration” in Agile adoptions is at best misguided. How
mandated practices may be...harmful. Remember by this point I
have my experience and case data. I am speaking from some
experience. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">At first, no
one seemed to hear me. But after a while, I start getting
ReTweets a lot. And people started talking back to me from
around the world and there is conversation. Questions.
Insights. I start connecting with all kinds of people around
this idea. Some of the ReTweets are from people with French
names who Tweet in French AND English.<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">So here I am
with this more-than-pretty-good technique that incorporates
Open Space. And I am kind of feeding out provocative questions
about Agile coaching, and talking a lot about invitation, and
about the futility of mandates…I also make some radical
assertions. This goes on for a while. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Then I got
this interesting invitation. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">It’s an invite
to come and <i>keynote</i> the Global Scrum<span> </span>Gathering in Paris France
in September of 2013. The invite is from some of those French
people who ReTweet my Tweets. They tell me I can talk about
absolutely anything I deem important, and ask me to “come and
play” with them. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">It takes me
about 2 minutes to make up my mind. As soon as this happens, I
know it is one of these providential-type events that becomes
a defining moment. I gather up all my notes and start crafting
the speech. I also immediately contact Harrison Owen, and
bring all my work and notes up to his place in Camden to talk,
and explain OAA with Open Space to him, and seek his guidance.
That was back in early July. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">And so: here
we are. I’m going over there to Paris to talk about Open Agile
Adoption with Open Space to six hundred Agile and Scrum
practitioners. Many of them are coaches. The OAA technique
incorporates OST, storytelling, play, and some ancient and
proven tribal patterns for managing change, specifically the <i>rite of passage</i>
pattern. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">There is a
list of links at the bottom of this note, so you can get a
sense of what I am presenting. Over July and August I am
planning to explain the whole technique to you and everyone
else, holding back the case data and the toolkit until 9/24 in
Paris, when I deliver the actual speech. On that day, the
toolkit and all the tools become free to the world via an open
source license and a free download. The intent is to provide a
body of work that others can immediately use and more
importantly, improve upon. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">We know that
people are only 25 or 30 percent engaged at work. (see related
link below.) Open Space is a profoundly useful way to double
or even triple engagement from there. The hypothesis of Open
Agile Adoption is that <i>a safe space is required for true
group learning</i> to take root. And that Open Space is the
primary tool for constructing that kind of place. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">The keynote
address is designed to resonate before and after the event.
Before the event, INFOQ.com is publishing articles, videos and
interviews on Open Agile Adoption. During the event, the
speech will be transcribed, videotaped and recorded by the
Scrum Alliance. After the event these Scrum Alliance artifacts
will be available to anyone in the world via the Scrum
Alliance. Also after the event I plan to make the case data
and Open Agile Adoption toolkit free to the world, such that
anyone with “a good head and a good heart” can do it and do it
well. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I’m taking a
page from Harrison’s playbook, and from his ethos, choosing to
make the entire body of know-how free to the world. I’m hoping
that Open Agile Adoption (and derivatives) become the standard
for implementing more rapid and lasting Agile adoptions…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">…Not everyone
is likely to be happy if this comes true. The Open Space
element has the potential to radically reduce the amount of
Agile coaching that is actually needed to get a rapid and
lasting Agile adoption. That reduces billable hours!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Further (and
of far more interest to you) is the idea that skilled OST
Facilitators are required to execute well with the Open Agile
Adoption technique. This has the potential to open up new
demand for those here with deep OST skills and experience. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">There is clear
potential for a certain “changing of the guard” in Agile
adoptions worldwide. There is potential for disruption...and
maybe a little bit of chaos. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">After the
Paris Scrum Gathering, I plan to offer short, plain-talk
seminars in how to do Open Agile Adoption. I do not plan to
teach Open Space facilitation in detail, because others in
this community are already doing this very well, and also
because there is more to Open Agile Adoption that just Open
Space. There are elements of storytelling, elements of a
passage rite, elements of gaming, play and more. I plan to
teach the overall OAA technique to people who want to learn
it. In France in September, I am teaching two ½ day seminars
on 9/26 and 9/28 after the Scrum Gathering. When I return I
plan to continue teaching in the United States.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I am asking
for help. Will you help me socialize the idea that Open Space
is essential for creating rapid and lasting Agile adoptions? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">You can help
in the following ways:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">0/ Be playful,
and help me refine and improve Open Agile Adoption with others<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">1/ Learn more
about OAA via the provided links below. Then, ask me
questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">2/ Tell me if
you offer Open Space training courses, and send me your info,
so I can promote your course to Open Agile Adoption
practitioners. If you are a Facilitator for hire, I want to
talk to you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">3/ Examine the
work, and provide feedback as I disclose <span> </span>it over the next month.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">4/ Sign up for
the Facebook group Open Agile Adoption via this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">5/ Help me get
in front of Agile audiences to the extent you can. This year I
am speaking on Open Agile Adoption with Open Space at these
events (in date order):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">8/7/13:
session, Agile2013<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">9/24/13:
keynote, Global Scrum Gathering, Paris<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">11/6/13:
keynote, Agile Tour, Quebec City Quebec CA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I hope you
like this story, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">and I hope you
want it to continue, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">and I hope
want to help write it. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I am inviting
you to come and do that. Will you join me with others in
writing the next chapter of the Open Agile Adoption story? <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><br>
I hope you will consider doing exactly that. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Kind Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Daniel Mezick<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.DanielMezick.com" target="_blank">www.DanielMezick.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net" target="_blank">dan@newtechusa.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="tel:203%20915%207248" value="+12039157248" target="_blank">203 915 7248</a><span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Related Links:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">GALLUP Link on
(dis) engagement<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>$350 billion
per year in lost productivity.<u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/247/the-high-cost-of-disengaged-employees.aspx" target="_blank">http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/247/the-high-cost-of-disengaged-employees.aspx</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">SPIRIT Link
(Harrison Owen book)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/Spirit.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/Spirit.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Open Agile
Adoption Link<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com" target="_blank">www.OpenAgileAdoption.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Mandated
Collaboration Link<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-recipe-for-botched-agile-adoptions/" target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-recipe-for-botched-agile-adoptions/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Scrum
Gathering Link (click ‘keynotes’ and then click “right arrow”…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.scrumalliance.org/courses-events/events/global-gatherings/2013/paris-2013" target="_blank">http://www.scrumalliance.org/courses-events/events/global-gatherings/2013/paris-2013</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Agile2013 Link<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.agilequebec.ca/nouvelles/agile-tour-2013-keynote/" target="_blank">http://www.agilequebec.ca/nouvelles/agile-tour-2013-keynote/</a></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Agile Tour
Quebec City keynote Link<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.agilequebec.ca/nouvelles/agile-tour-2013-keynote/" target="_blank">http://www.agilequebec.ca/nouvelles/agile-tour-2013-keynote/</a></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Open Agile
Adoption Group on Facebook<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/</a><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div>-- <br>
<p>Daniel Mezick, President</p>
<p>New Technology Solutions Inc.</p>
<p><a href="tel:%28203%29%20915%207248" value="+12039157248" target="_blank">(203) 915 7248</a> (cell)</p>
<p><span><a href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/" target="_blank">Bio</a></span><span>. <a href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/" target="_blank"><span>Blog</span></a>.
<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span>Examine my new book:<span> </span><a href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/" target="_blank"><span>The Culture Game </span></a></span><span>: Tools for the Agile Manager</span><span>.</span></p>
<p>Explore Agile Team <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/" target="_blank"><span>Training</span></a> and <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/" target="_blank"><span>Coaching.</span></a></p>
<p>Explore the <a href="http://newtechusa.net//user-groups/ma/" target="_blank"><span>Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span> </span></p>
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