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Get our of the way, ya....<br>
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At the Agile Coach Camp pre-event happy-hour, I encountered someone
who experienced Open Space for the 1st time in a circle with
seating for about 350 people. I had actually facilitated that very
event....it was the biggest one I had done up to that time. <br>
<br>
<br>
Here's how the conversation went:<br>
<br>
<br>
Me: Mind if I sit down?<br>
<br>
Them: By all means!<br>
<br>
Me: Greetings, I am Daniel. <br>
<br>
Them: Howdy. (introductions ensue...)<br>
<br>
Me: Oh, you are all from [Company Name.] You guys did some big Open
Spaces recently right? In [City1] and [City2] ?<br>
<br>
Them: Yes, we did. <br>
<br>
Me: Yes, I enjoyed facilitating those events..."<br>
<br>
Her: Really? That was a really great event. I don't actually
remember you...!<br>
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Mission accomplished, I reckon. <br>
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Here's the chairs: the night before...<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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It has certainly been done before, but my question would be:
Why? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Michael
Pannwitz and I did a duo with the 2108 German Psychiatrists
– and the reason was... I did English, and Michael did
German, we each did it our own way, and met each other in
the middle (of the circle). I think that made sense, but the
more talking heads there are, by definition, the more space
is cluttered/shuttered/closed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
point (for me) of opening space is to get folks
thinking/being/talking/working together as quickly a
possible. Which means that the sooner I, or anybody else,
can get out of the way – so much the better. I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 17, 2015 2:54 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hello All,<br>
<br>
This is from my friend in France, PABLO PERNOT, a real, great,
person. He is a fine philosopher and a most excellent player
of the banjo...(see related video link below....)<br>
<br>
Pablo was the first in Europe to use before/after Open Space,
with experimentation in the middle, using Open Space to frame
an enterprise-wide iteration of learning.....BEYOND Agile
adoption. He used it to introduce "other" non-Agile cultural
change in an iterative (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.OpenSpaceAgility.com">www.OpenSpaceAgility.com</a>)
way .....<br>
<br>
His work doing that, led to this: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.Prime-OS.com">www.Prime-OS.com</a><br>
<br>
A man of action is he. <br>
<br>
Now he is planning, with colleague ALEXIS MONVILLE, to
facilitating Open Space at this public Agile-conference event:
<br>
....wait, whoops... is co-facilitation a form of OST
blasphemy?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ale2015.alenetwork.eu/">http://ale2015.alenetwork.eu/</a><br>
<br>
I wonder if you find the planned experiments with OST (listed
below) interesting....<br>
<br>
<br>
.....is this blasphemy...or bold innovation? Check the "White
Hair" experiment .....<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
Related video link (Pablo-plays-banjo), 2 mins....<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apAzGSLi2UY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apAzGSLi2UY</a><br>
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ALE15 - Open Space<br>
Facilitation <br>
Pablo Pernot<br>
Alexis Monville<br>
================<br>
<br>
Why adding experiments to the classic open space ? <br>
<br>
We need fresh adventures <em>in the land of open space. We
tasted the enterprise open space </em><br>
<em>and we value what it brings. We would like to try some
experiments to benefit from that </em><br>
<em>experience and try something a bit different. We feel that
it is important and possible </em><br>
<em>especially here because of the willingness to learn and to
share of our community.</em><i><br>
<br>
<em>=======================</em><br>
<em>ALE 2015 Open Space Experiments</em><br>
<em>=======================</em><br>
<em>\</em><br>
<br>
<em>==================</em><br>
<em>Speed learning open space</em><br>
<em>==================</em><br>
<em>Opener and energizer 5mn: </em><br>
<br>
<em>●we form a large cycle standing up (no chairs in the
room)</em></i><br>
<em>●2mn</em><i><br>
<em> ask every people that already know open space to
raise </em></i><br>
<em>their hand.</em><i><br>
<br>
<em> ask people that doesn’t know openspace to pick
someone</em></i><br>
<em>with a raised hand</em><i><br>
<br>
<em>●the person who knows has 2 mn to explain open space to
his </em></i><br>
<em>partner (posters on the walls will display the way it
works as a </em><br>
<em>reminder)</em><br>
<em>●1mn : we go back to the large circle</em><br>
<em>●2mn : another 2mn of Q&A but you need to pick
someone </em><br>
<em>different. </em><br>
<i><br>
</i><br>
<em>==============</em><i><br>
<em>Babel tower</em><br>
<em>==============</em><br>
<em>Every topic proposed for the market place has to be
made: </em><br>
<br>
<em>1.with our mothertongue </em><br>
<br>
<em>2. and in english </em><br>
<br>
<em>ps: for people with english as mother tongue they can,
or not, repeat or </em></i><br>
<em>rephrase, or use their mother tongue accent /
pronunciation at first </em><br>
<em>why: to hear all the diversity and richness of ALE people.
to liberate the </em><br>
<em>non-verbal communication, to allow a different attitude
(discover people </em><br>
<em>when they are at ease to speak, not when they are
struggling to find their</em><br>
<em>words).</em><i><br>
<br>
<em>==============</em><br>
<em>Topic/Theme</em><br>
<em>==============</em><br>
<em>Adding a topic or a theme : every session should be
related to this </em></i><br>
<em>theme. The idea is to gather the outcome and consolidate a
booklet that </em><br>
<em>will help ale community to learn and share their
learnings. </em><br>
<i><br>
<em>We propose the theme to be : </em></i><br>
<i><br>
<em>"What are the key changes in our culture and business?"</em><br>
<br>
<em>We should give people the theme one week at least before
the </em></i><br>
<em>event, so they can think about it. Or be aware during the
sessions.</em><br>
<em>Why: a part of the power of open space, when we use it in
enterprises, is</em><br>
<em>coming from the common purpose of the people involved</em><br>
<i><br>
<br>
<br>
<em>====================================</em><br>
<em>Global restitution (report out) at the end of every
session</em><br>
<em>====================================</em><br>
<em>Every session is one hour : split in two parts : 40mn
brainstorming, 20mn</em></i><br>
<em>global restitution : every group has 1mn to restitute
their conversation. </em><br>
<i><br>
<br>
<br>
<em>==================================</em><br>
<em>“key change pitch”</em></i><br>
<em>Quick normalization of the outcome of every session</em><i><br>
<em>==================================</em><br>
<em>Each group will use one flipboard paper sheet to present
their topic.</em></i><br>
<i><br>
<em>The guidelines proposed for the global restitution and
for the booklet are:</em><br>
<br>
<em>●140 characters to pitch of the “key change” (one line)</em><br>
<br>
<em> why/how this “key change” happened // what’s the
value of the “key change”</em></i><br>
<i><br>
<em>This could/would/should of course evolve. </em><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<em>============================</em><br>
<em>PDF/Blog consolidation</em><br>
<em>============================</em><br>
<br>
<em>Every outcome (“key change pitch”) is consolidated in a
booklet and/or a</em></i><br>
<em>blog every day and is public (is it possible to use ale15
blog and to have </em><br>
<em>some support to do that?)</em><i><br>
<br>
<br>
<em>===================</em><br>
<em>Visualisation</em><br>
<em>===================</em><br>
<em>As usual, visual helpers are provided, especially one
explaining these </em></i><br>
<em>experiments.</em><br>
<i><br>
<br>
<em>============</em><br>
<em>Message</em><br>
<em>============</em><br>
<em>These experiments could evolve during the 3 days.</em><br>
<br>
<br>
<em>============</em><br>
<em>White hair</em><br>
<em>============</em><br>
<em>only white hair people can facilitate the open space</em></i><br>
<em>-</em><br>
<em>twitter account ? blog ale2015 ? hashtag ? </em><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ale15"><em><s>#</s>ale15</em></a><em> ? </em><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23alenetwork"><em><s>#</s>alenetwork</em></a><em> ?
</em><br>
<br>
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<p class="p1">Daniel Mezick, President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">New Technology Solutions Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">(203) 915 7248 (cell)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/">Bio</a></span><span
class="s2">. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/"><span class="s1">Blog</span></a>.
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/"><span
class="s1">Twitter</span></a>.</span><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s2">Examine my new book:</span><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s2"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/"><span
class="s1">The Culture Game </span></a></span><span
class="s1">: Tools for the Agile Manager</span><span
class="s2">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Explore Agile Team <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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class="s3">Training</span></a> and <a
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href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/"><span
class="s3">Coaching.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Explore the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newtechusa.net/user-groups/ma/"><span
class="s3">Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><a
href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/">Bio</a></span><span
class="s2">. <a href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/"><span
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/"><span
class="s1">The Culture Game </span></a></span><span
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class="s2">.</span></p>
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