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After attending Daniel Mezick's inaugural (and excellent) Open Agile
Adoption (OAA) workshop, I got to drive just a couple hours to a
beach in North Carolina. As I walked my head was swimming with how
powerful Open Space can be, how much the Agile space is at this
tipping point for realizing how forced Agile is just not working,
and just can't work, and that OST can be a crucial ingredient, used
effectively, in getting high engagement and a successful agile
adoption.<br>
<br>
At Carolina Beach where I walked for miles and even got to swim, I
watched dolphins and sting rays leap as I walked under the high
fishing lines of hundreds of people with lines reaching high above
me into the waters. Many storks and sea birds made dive bombing runs
into the waves. Very fertile waters!<br>
<br>
I'm very excited about Prime-OS as to how it applies to engaging a
client in Montana that are already sold on an Open Space.
Unfortunately the IT centric leadership are more aware of
unconferencing than of OST, and they're also ambivalent about Agile
because of the frequent lukewarm or failed Agile adoptions at other
enterprises.<br>
<br>
When Daniel unfurled the Prime-OS idea it was especially exciting -
because the wisdom of Open Space goes well beyond any specific idea
of how to improve the workplace - either Lean, Agile, Kanban, or
what have you. OAA and Prime-OS fits so well with open space
philosophy in letting the attendees figure it out. And since
Prime-OS is using open source licensing, it's free to use, but
illegal to derive works without giving attribution so people will
always know where it comes from. And when OAA/Prime-OS infuses
through the Agile community and beyond, it will help everyone know
that OST is the true source of Unconferencing so they can benefit
from the wisdom of Harrison Owen and this magnificent OSLIST
community of practice.<br>
<br>
I hope folks take a little time to investigate and be ready to fish
the fertile waters!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Harold<br>
<big></big><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/29/14 7:43 PM, Daniel Mezick via
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/">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 moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.prime-os.com">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
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license">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<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/29/14 7:20 PM, Suzanne Daigle
wrote:<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 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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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target="_blank">http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html</a><br>
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