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Yes! I first learned about the light bulb conspiracy from Paul
Wheaton (a renowned Permaculture promoter) at an Open Space event,
the one I organize in Montana, Missoula Barcamp 2013.<br>
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Highly recommend this 2010 documentary about it - "The Light Bulb
Conspiracy: The Untold Story of Planned Obsolenscence" -
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbbF3oxf-E">https://vimeo.com/109014324</a><br>
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It is a case study of a specific planned obsolescence conspiracy,
and a successful one. But the movie is really about how it's
everywhere. Planned obsolescence is standard practice everywhere,
especially in computing. And agile is being destructively used to
produce more and faster to be thrown away - including coaching
transactions.<br>
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Open Space can play a critical role in reversing this unsustainable
soul polluting trend that is consuming and destroying the planet for
some temporary profits for a small minority. And doing it in agile
adoptions is a leading edge for Open Space directly into the heart
of this destructive and recent (less than 100 year old) practice.
This quote from an African in the movie is very telling - and
challenging.<br>
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"Posterity will never forgive us. Posterity will suddenly find out
about the throw away lifestyles of people in the advanced
countries."<br>
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Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/25/15 7:31 AM, Daniel Mezick via
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Most all Agile adoptions do not (repeat) do not begin in Open
Space. Curious, isn't it? I mean, why not? <br>
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Something about having to explain about engagement, invitation,
opt-in participation, and self-organization to executives. <br>
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When selling, simple is better. The less said- the better. Sell
them what they are buying! And be quiet about everything else. <br>
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Open Space is super-efficient. It encourages self-organization. At
scale. <br>
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This efficiency reduces the number of Agile coaching & Agile
consulting days that can effectively be sold. <br>
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When Agile adoptions start in Open Space and then periodic OST
events are scheduled periodically, something curious happens:
genuine agility sprouts. Authentic self-organization and
self-management ensues, little by little... more and more. <br>
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Once this happens, business-as-usual (for the consultant) usually
includes vacating the premises. <br>
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OST optimizes on transformations, not transactions. <br>
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Perhaps OST is a little too efficient? Kind of like the original
design for the light bulb?<br>
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<h3 class="entry-header"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2014/10/the-light-bulb-cartel-and-planned-obsolescence.html"
style="color: #000000; text-decoration:none">'The Light Bulb
Cartel and Planned Obsolescence'</a></h3>
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<p>Busy day today -- a couple of quick ones for now. This is
Tim Taylor:</p>
<blockquote><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-light-bulb-cartel-and-planned.html">
The Light Bulb Cartel and Planned Obsolescence</a>: The
old 1951 movie "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044876/">The Man in the
White Suit,"</a> starring Alec Guinness, is both an
entertaining adventure/comedy and a meditation on technology
and planned obsolescence. The Alec Guinness character
invents a wonderful new fabric that will never get dirty and
never wear out. He sees a future where ordinary people will
save money on clothes and cleaning expenses. People marvel
at the invention at first, but soon everyone is against him:
the textile and clothing companies fear his cloth will put
them out of business, the workers in those companies fear
losing their jobs, and those who do the washing fear losing
work, too. Near the end of the movie, one character notes
wryly that markets won't function if the products work too
well. He says: “What do you think happened to all the other
things? The razor blade that doesn’t get blunt? The car that
runs on water with a pinch of something else?”</blockquote>
<blockquote>It's harder to come up with clear-cut real-world
example of where companies sought to reduce the quality of a
product in order to boost sales. But in the October 2014
issue of IEEE Spectrum, Markus Krajewski tells the story of
"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/history/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy">The
Great Lightbulb Conspiracy: The Phoebus cartel engineered
a shorter-lived lightbulb and gave birth to planned
obsolescence."</a> ...</blockquote>
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