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Hi Béatrice,<br>
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Yes, and a very simple way to offer Open Space to executives seeking
an "Agile transformation"... the procedure is as follows.<br>
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Please keep in mind, you must follow these steps exactly:<br>
<br>
1. "...You have 40 thousand employees in 4 locations. You have 129
software teams. We can help your teams go Agile in exactly the way
you want, whatever you say is OK! Money talks. We will help by
bringing in 30 coaches at $2500 a day for 2 years. The cost? Very
reasonable! Let's see...30 coaches X $2500 a day X 500 days of
service, that's less than $38 million dollars. A very good deal!
What? Do we offer guarantees? No, we do not..."<br>
<br>
2. "What? You want to save some money? OK, do you want to save,
like, say, about $35 million dollars? Like, about a 92% cost saving?
Ok great. But wait: It does require a certain suspension of
disbelief. It also requires some trust in your people. The process
involves these periodic "all hands" meetings in your 4
locations....did I mention it always works?<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/push-vs-pull/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/push-vs-pull/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/26/15 1:05 AM, Béatrice MELIN via
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cite="mid:900148239.2189.1437887141158.JavaMail.www@wwinf1c15"
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<p>thanks a lot, Daniel and Harold and all of you people for
sharing this very interesting conversation<br>
<br>
</p>
<p>the video is great and the conversation you have about OST
being "too usefull or too quick" and leading to selling less
days, I love it.</p>
<p>I understand it can be a real worry for big or medium
consultancy firms (obviously with big or medium expenses
difficult to lower quickly) who buit their business models on
selling a certain amount of days per year to a specific number
of clients...and selling less days can be a threat to their
stability</p>
<p> </p>
<p>as a single person company (not alone, beacause in a good
network, and therefore very much Agile !) , I believe that if i
sell less days to my clients it will give me more time to find
other clients who could make good use of my/our knowhow.</p>
<p>and therefore, contribute better and faster to a better world
if a greater number of firms self organize...</p>
<p> </p>
<p>thanks again for this in depth sunday reflection :)</p>
<p>have a nice day, warm thoughts, Béatrice</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Béatrice Melin<br>
06.12.05.75.08<br>
Skype : bea0102</p>
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border-left: #ff0000 2px solid;">> Message du 25/07/15 17:10<br>
> De : "Harold Shinsato via OSList"
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> Objet : Re: [OSList] Open Space- A little too open for
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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>
> <br>
> Highly recommend this 2010 documentary about it - "The
Light Bulb Conspiracy: The Untold Story of Planned
Obsolenscence" -
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbbF3oxf-E">https://vimeo.com/109014324</a><br>
> <br>
> 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>
> <br>
> 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>
> <br>
> "Posterity will never forgive us. Posterity will suddenly
find out about the throw away lifestyles of people in the
advanced countries."<br>
> <br>
> Harold<br>
> <br>
>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/25/15 7:31 AM, Daniel Mezick
via OSList wrote:<br>
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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>
> <br>
> Something about having to explain about engagement,
invitation, opt-in participation, and self-organization to
executives. <br>
> <br>
> When selling, simple is better. The less said- the
better. Sell them what they are buying! And be quiet about
everything else. <br>
> <br>
> Open Space is super-efficient. It encourages
self-organization. At scale. <br>
> <br>
> This efficiency reduces the number of Agile coaching
& Agile consulting days that can effectively be sold. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 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>
> <br>
> Once this happens, business-as-usual (for the consultant)
usually includes vacating the premises. <br>
> <br>
> OST optimizes on transformations, not transactions. <br>
> <br>
> Perhaps OST is a little too efficient? Kind of like the
original design for the light bulb?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>
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<h3 class="entry-header"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"
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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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