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So: <br>
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<li>We can't stop other people from corrupting OST, and</li>
<li>Those who might use OST to manipulate others eventually do pay
the piper. </li>
</ul>
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Both of those ideas make good, solid sense to me. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I think the next big thing involves converting the "Agile
Imposition" into the "Agile Invitation" through the use of Open
Space. <br>
<br>
The idea of invitation-over-imposition is definitely getting
traction in the Agile space. And who knows, it may soon become a
parade. <br>
<br>
Parades tend to attract a crowd.<br>
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<span class="updated dtstamp" title="1996-05-01T00:06:49Z">one way
to be a leader was to find a parade and jump in front of it." -Jim
Barksdale</span><br>
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<br>
Daniel<br>
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Related links:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/on-persuasion/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/on-persuasion/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/26/14 2:45 PM, 박영도 Spark.osk
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:j3thkjtcr50w3ribr3wjhp5q.1398537937495@email.android.com"
type="cite">hear hear<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Spark<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dan said – “As Open
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maintain the sanctity of Open Space, and prevent it from
becoming a tool of manipulation and control in Agile
adoptions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dan – I hear your
thought, and can’t help but appreciate your concern. But I
have to say, I think you are worrying needlessly. My reasons
are two. First, I really don’t think that “we” (individually
or all of us collectively) can do a thing about the miss-use
of Open Space if that is what some folks choose to do. And I
would agree that there is a very high likelihood that they
will try, if for no other reason than that “manipulation and
control” seems to be a driving force in management behavior
generally, so why not in Agile Adoptions? Speaking
personally, I just can’t bring myself to the point of
worrying about something I can do nothing about. Such worry
consumes massive amounts of time and energy that I would
rather expend elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">My second reason is
that I believe we have a very powerful Secret Agent. Open
Space itself. In every situation I have encountered, where
people have tried to make Open Space something it is
not...there is a very natural self correction. It may not
occur in the moment, but somewhere, sometime people come to
realize that whatever it was they thought they were doing,
it surely wasn’t Open Space. And of course, the real losers
are the managers and organizations that attempt to do the
dastardly deed. Sort of rough justice, but I never worry
about the “sanctity” of Open Space. That critter is alive
and well, been that way for eons, and shows no signs of
quitting. I can’t quite say the same for a lot of
contemporary organizations and managers, but people do make
their choices. As the saying goes...You can lead a horse to
water, but you can’t make him drink.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Agile Adoptions, Open Space,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">There is a
fellow named Ed Seykota. He innovates. He has 2 pairs of
models: a pair for 1-to-1 relationships, and a pair for
group & system level relationships. His models confirm
and align with the philosophies and assumptions which form
the foundation of Open Space:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span
class="auto-style78"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span
class="auto-style78"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>All
systems are open</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span
class="auto-style78"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span
class="auto-style78"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>All
systems are self-organizing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The Models</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">(1) </span></span><strong><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">intimacy-centric</span></strong><span
class="auto-style78"> and </span><strong><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">control-centric</span></strong><span
class="auto-style78"> models for relationships;</span><br>
In a control-centric relationship, the parties go for
control. They use manipulation, force, threats, guilt, etc.
to get each other to "behave" properly. In an
intimacy-centric relationship, the parties go for connection.
Every event becomes an opportunity to become closer and more
intimate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><br>
<span class="auto-style78">(2) </span><strong><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">causal</span></strong><span
class="auto-style78"> and </span><strong><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">system</span></strong><span
class="auto-style78"> models for dynamic behavior. </span><br>
In the causal model, we have a cause and an effect. You flip
the switch and the light goes on. In the system model, you
have inter-relating elements that co-evolve as their effects
on each other change. Some examples of systems are a
thermostat that intends to keep the temperature in the room
constant and a futures market that intends to find a price
that balances supply, demand and other speculative interests.
Politicians typically apply the causal model to economic
situations so as to find a convenient "cause" that justifies
expenditures on their pet projects.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Now, what is
interesting & concerning (to me) is the way the
so-called Agile institutions tacitly support the
control-centric model for relationships and the causal
model for dynamic behavior, in Agile adoptions. Throughout
the world.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I am an
Agile consultant. I choose to focus my attention on
finding ways to reduce the number of coaching days, such
that organizations can reach a state of self-sustaining,
“freestanding” agility faster. And here is what I have
discovered: to speed up the process of change, the people
in the situation have to actually <i>consent</i> to the
change. They must be <i>willing</i>. They must be
choosing <i>freely</i>. High Performance in Agile
adoptions is a function of <i>opt-in willingness to
proceed</i> on the part of the people who actually do
the work. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Sound
familiar?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Typical
Agile adoptions today are implemented as imposed and
mandated process change. By “management”. By "formally
authorized leadership." This is the control-centric model
for relationships. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Typical
Agile adoptions today are implemented as imposed, mandated
process change. The assumption is that if we can just
"make them do this or that", we can “cause” improvement in
the organization. This is the causal model for system
behavior. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">This is a
very serious problem in our world, and one that the
so-called Agile institutions are just not addressing. The
Agile Alliance, for example, has various policy
statements. Yet the Agile Alliance has no policy statement
whatsoever regarding the harmful, mandated imposition of
Agile practices. This amounts to a rubber-stamping of the
control-centric, causal, imposed-Agile “status quo” that
we see in the world today. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Open Space
can help with Agile adoptions, but only if the Facilitator
is unwilling to implement the control-centric model for
relationships, and only if the Facilitator is unwilling to
implement the causal model for social-system behavior.
Well-intentioned management often just does not see it
that way. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I’m
concerned that we are entering a period where, absent any
clear position statement on mandated-Agile from the
so-called Agile institutions, we can expect trouble in the
way Open Space evolves in the Agile-adoption marketplace.
As Open Space Facilitators, we (and we alone) are in a
position to maintain the sanctity of Open Space, and
prevent it from becoming a tool of manipulation and
control in Agile adoptions. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Daniel</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Related
Link: The Agile Imposition</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/AgileImposition.html">http://martinfowler.com/bliki/AgileImposition.html</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Related
Link: Sample Agile Alliance policy statement on
certification</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.agilealliance.org/news/agile-certification-a-position-statement/">http://www.agilealliance.org/news/agile-certification-a-position-statement/</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Control vs
Intimacy Model for 1-to-1 Relationships; Causal vs System
Model for Groups</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="auto-style77"><span class="auto-style78"><span
style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a
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href="http://www.seykota.com/tt/workshops/examples.html">http://www.seykota.com/tt/workshops/examples.html</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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