<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">Thank you very much for posting Daniel,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">for your immediate comments and for prompting me to look into OAA and your work.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">I've been ruminating for some time how to best help clients transform their organisations, knowing that 'managing' the change won't work for the transitions they want (to more cocreative, collaborative, empowered states)... they are feeling this but I don't think it has really crystallised for them yet. I've been convinced there is work to be done but not sure I am in a position to do it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">I found little inspiration in change management, but I should have known I was looking in the wrong spot!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">Going away to digest what I can find...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#444444">Cheers</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><font color="#663300" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><i>John Baxter</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><i>CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator, Director of Realise consultancy</i></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://cocreateadl.com/localgov%E2%80%8B" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CoCreateADL.com</a> | <a href="http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jsbaxter.com.au</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><font color="#444444" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">0405 447 829</font><div style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline"><font color="#444444" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"> | </font></div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">@</span><a href="http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif" target="_blank">jsbaxter_</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><i><b><a href="http://citygrill.eventbrite.com.au" target="_blank">City Grill— An Election Forum More Magnificent Than Any Ever Seen</a>!</b>, Saturday 18 October 2014<br>Connect with your candidates, get your voice heard by joining with others in your community, and Influence the future of the city</i></div></div><div style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><i><br></i></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Suzanne,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your kind and encouraging response to these videos. It
means a lot.<br>
<br>
We presented the course "Agile Success with Open Agile Adoption" at
the Scrum Retreat in Raleigh NC on 10/27-28, sponsored and arranged
by the Scrum Alliance. This event offered a huge opportunity to
bring OAA with Open Space to the attention of about 85 external and
internal Agile coaches. These are influential connectors who
collectively touch thousands of people as they do their work. I
printed 100 copies of the Open Agile Adoption Handbook, and gifted
every single attendee with a copy. <br>
<br>
It is important to note at this time your observation, Suzanne:<br>
<br>
<big><big><i>"...introducing Agile in an Agile Open way is far
better than mandating it. The same would apply to all change
management approaches outside of Scrum and Agile. "</i></big></big><br>
<br>
<br>
YES, and, so interesting: others in the USA and Europe have made the
very same observation. Coaches in Europe are using the OAA approach
to introduce non-Agile process change. And early reports indicate it
is working great. The OAA approach is broadly applicable, as the
'introducer' of any kind of process change. <br>
<br>
In light of the foregoing, the following developments are well
underway:<br>
<br>
1. The core structure (begin in Open Space, experimentation with
new-process for 3++ months, then another Open Space to terminate a
passage rite structure) has been isolated as a base class or
foundation, called Prime/OS. This is now being published under an
open source license, with all that open-source licensing implies. I
have spoken about this here, in some detail, earlier. The core idea
is found here:
<a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/" target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/</a><br>
<br>
2. OAA is built on top of Prime/OS and is in fact a derivative work.
As such, OAA is also being published under an open source license,
per the rules of the Prime/OS license. You can see that here:
<a href="http://www.prime-os.com" target="_blank">www.prime-os.com</a>. What this means is that innovators are strongly
encouraged to innovate, using Prime/OS as a foundation. Also to
modify it and thus to improve it. OAA is an instance of an
application that inherits Prime/OS as a basic foundation. The "OS"
in Prime/OS stands for Open Space and Open Source.<br>
<br>
3. Others who wish to create innovative derivative works like OAA
are strongly encouraged to do so. As such they are first required to
honor the terms of the Prime/OS open source license, or opt-out.
Details on open source licensing here:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license</a><br>
<br>
4. There are others with substantial "culture tech" that will soon
be announcing availability of their work under open source
licensing. This is an emerging movement, and is not a flash in the
pan. "Culture technology wants to be free." <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
It is important to understand that the opt-in invitational approach,
inspired by Open Space (with the goal being learning via
experimentation, with the only constraint being the 12 principles of
the Agile Manifesto) is considered a heresy by the mainstream of the
Agile movement. Repeat, this is considered heresy, as in "it cant
work. It will not sell." <br>
<br>
Really? <br>
<br>
<br>
The "mainstreaming" of mandated Agile practices and forced-Agile
adoptions and related Agile coaching is a huge industry now. There
are lots of transactions and very few genuine transformations at
scale. Yet the top-down mandate is easily generating at least $US
100MM per annum. I know of 2 outfits that are generating over 20MM
each. This 100MM number is quite conservative. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
One consequence of OAA is that new demand for OST facilitation is
being generated. The OAA method guides coaches to avoid the OST
Facilitator role completely, in service to the org's overall
learning. The guidance is to bring a skilled Facilitator in,
instead. Coaches become "members of the family" and as such probably
cannot be effective in the OST facilitator role. Since a typical OAA
implementaton includes at least 3 OST events, the arithmetic is very
simple: 1000 OAA implementations worldwide per year implies 3000 or
more OST events inside organizations. OAA's guidance to coaches is
to bring a new Facilitator into each event. This translates into
much higher demand for skilled OST Facilitator services. <br>
<br>
It appears the Agile coaching community is about to tip, away from
mandates and towards invitations. At the Scrum Coaching Retreat, I
have found a core group of about 20 of the 80 attending who totally,
totally get this and are making moves. The rest are getting
introduced to the concepts via the book. <br>
<br>
This story is emerging, and the early adopters who bring this
forward are writing it. It's these coaches from the Scrum Retreat
and others who are IN. They are the emerging <i>authors</i> of the
story and also the emerging <i>characters</i> in the story. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The next thing to happen is the publication of many short
testimonial videos along the lines of the 2 I have posted today.
These will be posted as public YouTube videos that anyone anywhere
can embed in their blogs and web pages. <br>
<br>
These are some exciting times we live in. <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Daniel<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 10/29/14 7:20 PM, Suzanne Daigle
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<div>Dan,<br>
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No questions on "what the heck" you are doing just unabashed
kudos on these very compelling videos. A great gift! Why
was I so hooked? Because of the seriousness of the
discussions, the level of detail shared which demonstrates
unequivocally the value and impact of Open Space to the work
at hand. I also appreciated the comments around the
difficulties of adjusting to the level of autonomy and
freedom that is such a contrast to how organizations
traditionally operate. You opened the space beautifully in
the interviews which made it very safe for the interviewees
to share so honestly and openly. <br>
<br>
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<div>These videos also make the point in ways that words and
assertions may not do as well, that introducing Agile in an
Agile Open way is far better than mandating it. The same
would apply to all change management approaches outside of
Scrum and Agile. </div>
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<div>I was also so pleased to hear how what Agile was doing
was also being felt by other areas (engineering I think is
what one of the interviewees quoted). I guess it is time
for me to say: glad you've stuck to your guns. You were
right which I never doubted though you also know how
passionate I am introducing Open Space to other parts of the
organization. Your work will indeed pave the way. Bravo! <br>
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Giving you full credit, do I have your permission to share
these with clients? I look forward to seeing the other
videos. <br>
<br>
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Thanks again Dan. So very very cool!<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Daniel
Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Here are two short
videos of people telling the tale of Open Agile Adoption
in their own words. <br>
<br>
The Open Agile Adoption process (<a href="http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com" target="_blank">http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com</a>)
begins and ends in Open Space. In between, people <i><b>play</b></i>...er,
I mean <i>experiment</i>...with Agile practices. For 3 or
4 months. <br>
<br>
They are free. <br>
<br>
However, the game does have one small constraint: the
Agile Manifesto. So long as what they are doing does not
obviously conflict with the Agile Manifesto principles,
they are absolutely free to try absolutely any new
practice they want to try, in service to continuous
improvement.<br>
<br>
<br>
Video #1: Length 13 minutes. <br>
A UX/Experience Design pro explains his skepticism and
ultimate shift... powered by Open Space.<br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527506795968069632" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527506795968069632</a><br>
<br>
Video #2: Length 15 minutes.<br>
A Product person explains what he thinks and feels before
and after the Open Agile Adoption process.<br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527566037211176960" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527566037211176960</a><br>
<br>
Dozens more videos are on the way. <br>
<br>
I hope you find these 2 initial narratives interesting,
and I welcome your questions about what the heck I am
doing.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
New to the Manifesto? Here it is:<br>
<a href="http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html" target="_blank">http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html</a><br>
<br>
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