<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14px"><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Hi Rosa, Chris, Daniel,
Alan and all,<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Like Rosa I also
found the link to this article that Hamel and Zanini wrote to McKinsey through
a LinkedIn thread, but only today I had the time to read it. <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">(<a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/build_a_change_platform_not_a_change_program" class="" style=""><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none" class="">http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/build_a_change_platform_not_a_change_program</span></a>)<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">I agree with others that
it is a marvelous article, that may explain to many large companies - in a
language that they can understand - concepts that we are aware of, but also
others that - as a community - we have never explored enough, namely “collaborative
platforms” (more about that below).</span><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">I also agree with Chris
that this could be an article written in the 80's or even before (except for the Web). But I have progressively
discovered, in the last years, that a lot of brilliant ideas about very
different subjects (from education to sustainability, to transformational
change, to mention only some of them) have been written from the 50's to the
80's, and then disappeared from the radar of Universities, companies and the
media. </span><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The fall of the Berlin
wall was an impressive victory of democracy, but had also a very bad side
effect as it convinced everyone (and especially the radical conservatives),
that, if the communism was bad, then capitalism was good <b class="" style="">and it should
be increased, giving more power to the markets and increasing (uncontrolled)
free trade</b>. The very dangerous results of that are now evident to more
people everywhere.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">[I remember, in the
closing circle of WOSonOS 2000 in Berlin, someone making a reference to the
fall of the Berlin wall as "opening more space" and I have though
that it was probably also opening a Pandora's box, but I couldn't find the
words to explain that - and it was also clearly off topic. I would react
differently if it was today - as also probably would he...).<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Like Chris, but in a
different direction, in this year I have been putting together an approach to
the transformational change of organizations, that I have called – as some of
you would expect - a "Metanoia Center". <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Indeed I had the opportunity
to work with two inter-related communities of a large Portuguese industrial
firm, where we have done:<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">- Two revisions of
the literature, one about "Professional Communities" (Communities of
Practice, if you prefer that designation) and "Online Professional Collaborative
Platforms" that have been distributed to all the members of the two
communities involved (those reviews are in Portuguese);<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">- one OST event on the
subject of "How to Improve Knowledge Sharing in Company X?" to whom
all have been invited and was attended by about 20 people, with the procedures
distributed to all the invitees;<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">- The installation of an
online professional collaborative platform (similar to Zimbra's one) where all
the community was enrolled and could participate. [Examples of these types of
platforms from the Forrester's Report on "Social Platforms) are, for
instance IBM Connections, salesforce Chatter<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">and Communities, Jive,
Microsoft Office 365, Zimbra Communities, Tibco tibbra)].<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Unfortunately, as this
was a program financed by the EU the time frame had a defined end. On the other
hand the project had a major delay as the former Project Manager was nominated to
a foreign assignment, and finally a large part of the two communities have been
involved in a major project for a customer during part of our project. So, for
me, the results were inconclusive, but I look forward to repeat the experiment
anywhere I am invited to.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I also think that, if
this article was available sooner, I would have the possibly to distribute it
to the high management of the company that have never been clearly involved :-(<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="" style="">
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</div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Regards<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="">Artur</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;" class=""> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style=""> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class=""
style=""></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <hr size="1" class="" style=""> <font size="2" face="Arial" class="" style=""> <b class="" style=""><span style="font-weight:bold;" class="">From:</span></b> Chris Corrigan via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org><br class="" style=""> <b class="" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:</span></b> Rosa Zubizarreta <rosa@diapraxis.com>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br class="" style=""> <b class="" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 3, 2014 8:52 PM<br class="" style=""> <b class="" style=""><span
style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSList] rest of the world catching up with Open Space...<br class="" style=""> </font> </div> <div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><div id="yiv8591974579" class="" style=""><div class="" style="">I think the idea of a change platform is an excellent one.<div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">I have been putting together my own approach to this kind of work recently. i’ve been thinking of it as a kind of operating system with different layers. It’s about examining how I work with pretty much anyone - the kind of theoretical basis for my work, my own strengths and preferences and assumptions. On top of that are ways of seeing the world that I apply pretty consistently and on top of that, “apps” if you will that help work get done coherently. </div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">It has
been a rewarding exercise to do this, and I can’t recommend it highly enough to others in this field. At the very least it helps make it clear to others what you do and why and it has the added benefit of allowing you to see your own assumptions about the way the world works.</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">Having said that, yeah, this article seems very 1985. I’m pretty sure that even in the hallowed belly of McKinsey, this thinking is pretty dated. Being the self-appointed guardians of what is the gold standard of management consulting, it kind of bugs me when they publish stuff the rest of the world has known for years as if it’s the latest trend. Having said that, it’s always nice to pull out their stuff when confronted with a particularly traditional organization that is stuck in its thinking about change and complexity and strategy. </div><div class=""
style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">Chris</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><blockquote type="cite" class="" style=""><div class="" style="">On Nov 3, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="" style="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/build_a_change_platform_not_a_change_program" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"
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