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Greetings to you,<br>
<br>
In Paris this week at the Global Scrum Gathering I plan to issue
certain warning about specific failure patterns I have experienced
when working with Open Space inside Agile adoptions. I can tell you
right now that Open Space by itself is not a panacea for the complex
problems associated with Agile adoption. <br>
<br>
Agile is actually a cover story about the wider act of bringing
culture change (a new and unfamiliar game) to an enterprise
situation (the old story we all want to cling to). The SPIRIT book
pretty much spells out the problem. <br>
<br>
I've learned that there are actually more ways to fail with Open
Space in Agile adoptions than there are ways to succeed. There are
many ways to stumble when trying this. I'll be enumerating some of
these subtle Agile-related pitfalls and traps in the Paris keynote
on Tuesday, and in upcoming blog posts. Simply holding one or more
canonical Open Space meetings (with full pre-planning and post
processing) is not enough to neutralize the forces that oppose
healthy and well Agile adoptions. The game mechanics, storytelling
and passage-rite-structure elements must be present and robust for
Open Space to be an effective tool in Agile adoptions. Open Space
and these elements are composed in harmony with each other in the
Open Agile Adoption technique.<br>
<br>
If you offer training in Open Space for Facilitators and/or
Sponsors, I invite you to send me your links and I will make sure
they are added to the list of resources I am beginning to compile at
OpenAgileAdoption.com. I plan to list in the Paris slides some
specific French-language OST course offerings from French-speaking
instructors located in Europe, and Quebec.<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
Dan<br>
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