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Hi Everyone, <br>
<br>
Lots of folks want to change the world of work, and few if any
people are offering a very specific set of steps to actually get
there. I have some very definite thoughts on this, and they appear
below, written as briefly as possible with respect for your valuable
time. <br>
<br>
You are invited to help answer this question: How can we improve
this idea?<br>
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Hacking Culture with Open Space : Open Agile Adoption<br>
===================================<br>
<br>
Cracking the world of work open, and creating an inviting
workplace... is a game. The best move now is to exploit available
entry points. A perfect & readily available entry point is the
now-mainstream "adoption of Agile software development methods. "<br>
<br>
Org all over the world must create and use software to operate. No
other options. A "must do, or die" situation. Orgs all over the
world are trying to be more effective in writing the necessary
business software & systems. And they are having huge trouble!
They think Agile can help. These organizations have no idea that
what they are REALLY getting into here is: CULTURE CHANGE. <br>
<br>
All the orgs want to "do more with less", to "go faster", to "be
more productive", etc and think Agile can help with these goals. It
can, provided they are ready to move to a truly Open culture. Most
are not. <br>
<br>
The perfect tool for cracking this problem is Open Space. By using
Open Space meetings inside mainstream Agile adoptions, we can crack
it open. This is because the Open Space meeting format is
super-effective, and VERY engaging. When Open Space meetings are
used in Agile adoptions, they are attended by business people who
are patrons and sponsors of IT. These business people then return to
the ambient culture of the organization...<br>
<br>
This then is the secret leverage point: once the business people
experience Open Space and the good results that can come from a
rapid & lasting Agile adoption, the genie is out of the bottle,
the horse is out of the barn, and a wider cultural change can be
ignited.<br>
<br>
The mainstreaming of Agile represents a huge entry point for Open
Space.<br>
<br>
Open Agile Adoption (OAA) is a simple and ready-now. "A-B-C"
technique or getting a good & lasting Agile adoption using Open
Space. OAA is a tactic in a wider strategy, a means to an end. A
start. The beginning. OAA exploits an opportunity, namely: the fact
that Agile is now mainstream. And the fact that Agile most Agile
adoptions are in crisis and need help...specifically because of
mandated collaboration. Engagement is the name of the Agile-adoption
game, not mandates (far from it!) ...and nothing is better than Open
Space for for creating engagement, via the incredible magic of
invitation.<br>
<br>
Our cover story is that OAA is about Agile adoption when in fact
Agile adoption is about cultural change. Therefore, OAA is really
about cultural change. OAA is really about hacking culture with
Open Space... inside Agile adoptions. OAA recognizes the crisis in
IT, and the now-mainstream adoption of Agile methods, and the
problems Agile adoptions are having throughout the world. It injects
Open Space into troubled Agile adoptions and makes them better. <br>
<br>
What this all means is very simple: If we cannot successfully bring
something as wonderful and useful and effective and FUN as Open
Space into the Agile adoption crisis-space, it is unlikely any
headway can be made whatsoever elsewhere. The crisis is clear &
the timeframe for taking action is "yesterday". This seems like a
great and opportune moment for Open Space...<br>
<br>
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“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is
excellent.” ― <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
...For typical organizations with soul-sucking culture, Open Agile
Adoption with Open Space probably represents the best tactic now for
kicking off a wider, enterprise level conversation about Openness.<br>
<br>
I must underscore that the OAA technique is a tactical play, and a
means to an end. It's not an end in itself, except in the short
run. It is probably the very best play we have now... to get the
right conversations going across an entire enterprise. <br>
<br>
From there, anything is possible. <br>
<br>
How can we improve this idea?<br>
<br>
See also: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com">www.OpenAgileAdoption.com</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/20/13 3:23 PM, Suzanne Daigle
wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Dan,
<p class="">Lots of “birthing” going on!<span style=""> </span>Congratulations
to you and Roberta on your new grand-daughter Clara Louise.<span
style=""> </span>Also congratulations on the “speed of
light” birthing work that you are doing on Agile Adoption
with Open Space.<span style=""> </span><b style="">Count
me in on a Maestro learning session. </b>Let us know if I
or others can help make this happen.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="">I’m excited to be one of the 600 to 700 people who
will be present in Paris to hear your keynote. The timing
for this couldn’t be better and the message will certainly
land with many. Yes on Open Space! Yes on Agile/Scrum! Yes
on new ways of working together for the future! In the US,
the Generational shift with 78 Million Baby Boomers and an
almost equal number of Millennials onboarding the workplace,
is, in itself, an urgent Call to Action to be opening space
and innovating new ways to work together.</p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""></span>Jasmina Nikolic,
from the University of Belgrade in Serbia and the future
host of WOSonOS2014,<span style=""> </span>and Karl Royle,
from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK, <span
style=""> </span>will also be at Scrum Alliance Paris.<span
style=""> </span>They will be co-presenting and sharing
their applied experiences using Agile methodologies, Scrum,
Kanban and the related “Open Space Technology” in schools
and higher education as non-technology professionals. </p>
<p class="">And yes, Christine Koehler in Paris is organizing
an informal get-together (Stammtisch like) with OS and Agile
folks on the Sunday afternoon prior to the Scrum Alliance
conference.<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="">So there is lot of buzz in the air; we will be
part of your support team and thank you for igniting so
much! <br>
</p>
<p class="">Personally, I’ve been drawn to the trio
combination of Open Space, Agile and Scrum since 2010. I had
the good fortune to attend a Scrum Alliance Open Space that
Harrison was facilitating in Orlando with over 350 people –
I helped run the newsroom. It was almost as life-changing
for me as my first exposure to Open Space. I saw Emergence
in Open Space and possibilities of Convergence in
Scrum/Agile ways of working. <span style=""> </span>A few
months later, I attended a mega Agile conference (close to
1000 people) also in Orlando and I was blown away by the
energy and passion of people I met. <span style=""></span>I
even facilitated a mini Open Space early morning one day. </p>
<p class="">Later that same year, I facilitated an Open Space
on “Scrum beyond Software” in Phoenix with 50 people. Scrum
Alliance was sponsoring the event. Organized by Tobias
Mayer, Gerry Kirk and others. <span style=""> </span>It
was seminal for many of us who were there and the offshoots
of that 2-event and the one-day training with Lyssa Adkins
are still happening.<br>
</p>
<p class="">What attracted me then and to this day to
Agile/Scrum was the vibrancy, passion and commitment of many
in the technology community around their work, one that
mirrors ours in the Open Space community. <span style=""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="">I still can’t help but imagine all that Open
Space/Agile/Scrum might offer to the World of Work.<span
style=""> </span>There
is much that attracts me from the iterative approaches to
get to action and achieve results, the collaborative and
highly democratic focus on team, the retrospectives, user
stories, the visual boards, and the continuous sharing and
learning. <span style=""> </span>Not to say that it is all
perfect – yet it seems miles ahead of the traditional,
hierarchical command/control and silo ways of working that
still dominate too many of our organizations today.<span
style=""> </span>Plus when you think of connecting Open
Space with Agile and Scrum (people and process), what a
movement that could be! <br>
</p>
<p class="">On September 19<sup>th</sup>, I will be
facilitating at the annual New York City Agile Event.<span
style=""> </span>It is sold-out already with 350 people
attending. <span style=""> </span>Guest speakers in the
morning; Open Space in the afternoon. <span style=""> </span>Looking
forward to it very much!</p>
<p class="">While in the New York area, I will also be
participating in a 2-day Scrum weekend training program on <b
style="">September 14-15<sup>th</sup></b> with <b
style="">Devon Morris, Scrum Master</b>, who was at
WOSonOS and who trained a number of University of South
Florida Millennials after our Open Space event in Florida.
They loved it. <span style=""> </span>I am also doing a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.udemy.com/visual-time-management/?refCode=SlFGIAcOITVBFgl7TAwQOxwQRDQcERBhUB1FLhsMFilcFkU1TE5XOFIcTyRMWFcFXCVfGDkOBgBcJV4bXCQbFmZCRyMAMwAuXCUYDTksAyhpOVEbPVMdLlxGXSU5Vx8WZkJHIwAzHG5M&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email">Udemy
Personal
Kanban on-line program</a> with Gerry Kirk that has been
absolutely terrific.<span style=""> </span>For those who
may be interested in Devon’s and/or Gerry’s training, please
let me know.<span style=""> </span>They are offering their
program at significantly reduced rates for anyone in the
Open Space community. <span style=""> </span>For me it’s
been a way to dig in a little deeper, to learn and to apply
these approaches in my own life. </p>
<p class="">You may also be interested in checking out the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wj7fectd8ggavkh/WOSonOS%202013_%20Book%20of%20Proceedings.pdf">WOSonOS2013
Book of Proceedings</a>: session 15 (page 37-39) and
session 27 (page 85-90), the first initiated by Devon and
Jasmina, the second by Devon. Lots of attendees and lots of
interest!</p>
<br>
</div>
Suzanne<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Daniel
Mezick <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net" target="_blank">dan@newtechusa.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <big><big>Hi
Christine,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your kind note. I love your story of
French Open Space!<br>
<br>
I am very encouraged by your narrative of Orange
Business Services in France. Let us gather these
stories from throughout the world, and socialize them,
celebrate them, and publicize them without delay. <br>
<br>
With that in mind, I would love to share this very
French story of </big></big><big><big>Orange Business
Services at the Scrum Gathering keynote in Paris. Do
you think Rafael can be contacted to share some
pictures of these events, and the wider narrative? If
he allows, I am happy to share this story. Will you
contact him and explore the idea?<br>
<br>
In the USA there have been some reports of uses of
Open Space here and there. However there is no known
body of knowledge or known A-B-C procedure for
applying Open Space to the work of adopting Agile. And
so in Paris I plan to enumerate Steps which I know to
work, from some experience. <br>
<br>
The spirit in most workplaces is quite dead. Open
Space can help it come alive. I think that in Agile
adoptions, the **mandate** of practices promotes a
kind of down-spirit, while the act of **invitation**
lifts the spirit. <br>
<br>
I think that THIS is what we might need to
communicate: that **invitation** is the name of the
new game. And also that Open Space is where leaders
can learn how **invitation** can generate much better
results through much more engagement. And how Open
Space helps let this happen...<br>
<br>
<br>
Open Agile Adoption and Liminality<br>
<br>
The hypothesis is that Agile creates an endless flow
of destabilizing liminality, complete with large and
ongoing feelings of fear, worry, and triggering
anxiety. Everyone involved (leaders, managers,
workers) experience this triggering anxiety together.
And not just when Agile is 1st introduced. Genuine
Agile produces a huge amount of continuous learning
& therefore continuous change.<br>
<br>
A core hypothesis of Open Agile Adoption is that
continuous learning creates continuous liminality. <br>
<br>
If this is true, then we already know what to do: we
must borrow the concept of the passage rite from
cultural anthropology, and put it to work. This is a
core idea found in the Open Agile Adoption technique.
<br>
<br>
References: <br>
<br>
On Liminality: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/liminality/"
target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/liminality/</a><br>
On Passage Rites: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/on-passage-rites/"
target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/on-passage-rites/</a><br>
On Invitation: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/people-then-practices/"
target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/people-then-practices/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
The Game<br>
<br>
The goal: <br>
To transform the world of work. In a big way. Beyond
software! <br>
To get rid of "down-spirit" and encourage "up-spirit."
<br>
We often call this state of being "genuine engagement
at work."<br>
<br>
The best strategy for playing that I can think of now,
goes like this: <br>
<br>
1/ Use Open Space to address the absolutely huge
opening of opportunity presented by failed Agile
adoptions.<br>
<br>
2/ Demonstrate an absolutely dramatic improvement in
Agile adoption results, when and where Open Space is
utilized<br>
<br>
3/ Notice that about 40% of the people attending Open
Space meetings in Agile adoptions are people from the
business side who do connect in some way with
Information Tech.<br>
<br>
Now, these business people are THE BRIDGE into the
wider system of the business organization. So if we do
an amazing job of improving Agile adoptions, we may
then be invited to come and play bigger. And well
beyond software. I have some experience with this
already!<br>
<br>
So the 1st step is to make a very big impact inside
the IT/Agile adoption space. Then, onward from there.
Agile adoptions represent the biggest opening of
opportunity, now. <br>
<br>
<br>
What We Might Do Next<br>
<br>
We do have a very tough road ahead of us. The emerging
approach to create a genuine movement toward
widespread use of Open Space inside Agile adoptions
seems to have these elements:<br>
<br>
1/ Gather Stories: Gather stories from throughout the
world about the use of Open Space to assist success in
Agile adoptions<br>
<br>
2/ Tell Stories: Tell these existing stories in
specific places where Agile people gather (online
venues and conference events)<br>
<br>
3/ Provide Tools: Provide the tools now, that people
need to do this themselves (A-B-C guidance and access
to skilled Facilitation)<br>
<br>
4/ Celebrate Results: Publicize (by being wise in the
leveraged use of social media)<br>
<br>
5/ Release It: Help it happen and then Let-It-Happen,
without trying too hard <br>
<br>
Whew, this got kind of long. Thanks again for your
note! And<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
Dan<br>
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<div>On 8/20/13 6:07 AM, christine koehler wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Dan<br>
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Congratulations for your lovely buddha
grand-daughter !<br>
<br>
</div>
Thank you for your story. As a French Open
Space practitioner who heard for so many
years that French and Open Space were not
made to get together, I am always happy to
hear exactely opposite stories ;-)<br>
</div>
Today as Michael Pannwitz says, we are the
most fast growing community in the Open
Space World.<br>
</div>
<br>
Now I can tell you the story of Open Space and
Agile in France.. Indeed it's an old love
story : <br>
<br>
</div>
<div>In 2004, a small and diverse group of
people launched the Open Space Institute of
France. One of them was an engineer, and had
already adopted agility : Raphael Pierquin.
So, the first Open Space event in the IT
community in France was held for Orange
Business Services, a subsidiary of our
historical telecommunication corporation
France Telecom, after Raphael introduced
there Agility. This happened in 2005 I think.
<br>
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Since that he organizes each year the Agile Open
gathering using Open Space and the software
company he co-founded is run with Open Space
principles.<br>
When in 2009 I co-organized with Luc Bizeul the
first European Open Space on Open Space, half of
the participants were agile folks.<br>
<br>
My guess is that this explains why the core
members of the French Agile community are quite
familiar with Open Space and that you got
retweeted from over here :-).<br>
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<div>These days as I personaly want to
understand more about agility, but if
possible concretely and not from books
(and also not from software development as
I am not a tech lady), I joined a group of
a dozen Agile people who are wondering why
agile principles don't go further and
transform organizations : they/we form the
Stoos movement. One of the organizer of
your French training on OpenAgileAdoption
after the Scrum gathering in Paris is Oana
Juncu, who belongs to this group. We live
in a small world. <br>
<br>
</div>
<div>I'd be happy to connect the
Agile/Scrum/OpenSpace communities from
France and abroad on Sunday, sept 22, just
before the Scrum Gathering starts. <br>
Invitation is on its way, and it looks I
need to find a bigger place already..
Thank you Suzanne for encouraging me to do
that.<br>
</div>
<div>I'll post more details soon.<br>
<br>
Hope to meet you there<br>
<br>
</div>
<div>Christine <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at
6:38 PM, Daniel Mezick <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net"
target="_blank">dan@newtechusa.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Good morning
OST-List!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Little do I
know…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">In 2012 I write
THE CULTURE GAME (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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”. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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"></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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Then I got this
interesting invitation. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">You can help in
the following ways:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/"
target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">8/7/13:
session, Agile2013</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">9/24/13:
keynote, Global Scrum Gathering, Paris</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">11/6/13:
keynote, Agile Tour, Quebec City Quebec
CA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">I hope you like
this story, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">and I hope you
want it to continue, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">and I hope want
to help write it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Kind Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Daniel Mezick</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">203 915 7248<span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Related Links:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">GALLUP Link on
(dis) engagement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>$350 billion
per year in lost productivity.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">SPIRIT Link
(Harrison Owen book)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/Spirit.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.com/Spirit.pdf</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Open Agile
Adoption Link</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com"
target="_blank">www.OpenAgileAdoption.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Mandated
Collaboration Link</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-recipe-for-botched-agile-adoptions/"
target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-recipe-for-botched-agile-adoptions/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Scrum Gathering
Link (click ‘keynotes’ and then click
“right arrow”…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Agile2013 Link</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Agile Tour
Quebec City keynote Link</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Open Agile
Adoption Group on Facebook</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/"
target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/204037609756665/</a><br>
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