<div dir="ltr"><big>Daniel said:   </big><div><big><br></big></div><div><big>"<strong>NOTE</strong>: Attempting to use invitation (and specifically the inviting Open Space meeting format) to <em>persuade</em>,<em>convince</em>, or otherwise <em>influence anyone to do anything in an Agile adoption without their explicit consent</em> is<em><strong>not</strong></em> in alignment with the spirit, purposes and intent of the OpenSpace Agility technique.</big><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Source link: </span><a href="http://openspaceagility.com/about/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://openspaceagility.com/about/</a><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>is your original posting about authority not saying that this statement applies to everyone in the organization, from the shop floor to the c-suite?  we can't change any system without the consent of those in the system.  </div><div><br></div><div>in business organizations, if we want to change things at a high, strategic sort of level, the people who are currently authorized and active in making such decisions need to be included and wanting this to happen.  same as if we are working with a group of kids in a school, or any other system.  the only difference across the many systems we can work in is how authority is established, more and less formally.  </div><div><br></div><div>opening space recognizes that many kinds of authority are claimed and/or conveyed in any system, even a corporate one everyone is responsible for their own learning and contribution at whatever level they are.  this is why it matters that everyone is *invited* and can choose to participate.  in any system, we need to be aware of the various formal, skill and trust networks, and leaders of those networks, that exist and make sure they are invited.  we need to match that with the kinds of change that might be invited, as well.  </div><div><br></div><div>i'm reminded of the 35 young people (12-22 yr olds) in racine wisconsin who gathered in open space for an afternoon, turned their gathering into a series of gatherings, eventually going out and inviting "adults" they thought they needed to get their work done, like building a skateboard park in the lakefront park (where the formal, business authorities had already decided they should not be).  yes, it's a community example, but there were powerful corporate and political authorities aligned against them.  there were clear authorities who could block or approve what was done on public lakefront property.  </div><div><br></div><div>it seems important to look for all the different kinds of authority, from active formal to latent informal, or even emergent, and then start *somewhere.*  start anywhere we can.  make whatever change is possible in the largest circle we can gather.   then let that circle invite up and down and out from itself.  it's great and convenient when we get to start with the formal top, but even that is not any guarantee of meaningful change.  in the end it's gonna take everyone to change the whole enterprise and the circles that form are always a subset of some larger system.  </div><div><br></div><div>IF you narrow the work to being about making formal change in the whole enterprise, then yes, you've pretty much required that formal chief leader(s) with formal authority for making whole-enterprise decisions need to be supporting.  even then, it may be that the way those leaders "come around" is by seeing some smaller scale results invited somewhere formally "below" them, but practically ahead of them.  </div><div><br></div><div>mh</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <br>--<br><br>Michael Herman<br>Michael Herman Associates</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">312-280-7838 (mobile)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://MichaelHerman.com" target="_blank">http://MichaelHerman.com</a><br><a href="http://OpenSpaceWorld.org" target="_blank">http://OpenSpaceWorld.org</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    I think it is important for all to understand that the open-source
    OpenSpace Agility template contains the explicit unilateral
    statement of spirit, purpose and intent... and a protective warning:<br>
    <br>
    <big>"<strong>NOTE</strong>: Attempting to use invitation (and
      specifically the inviting Open Space meeting format) to <em>persuade</em>,
      <em>convince</em>, or otherwise <em>influence anyone to do
        anything in an Agile adoption without their explicit consent</em>
      is <em><strong>not</strong></em> in alignment with the spirit,
      purposes and intent of the OpenSpace Agility technique.</big><br>
    Source link: <a href="http://openspaceagility.com/about/" target="_blank">http://openspaceagility.com/about/</a><div><div class="h5"><br>
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    <div>On 11/30/15 11:35 AM, Daniel Mezick via
      OSList wrote:<br>
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      <div>On 11/30/15 10:17 AM, Blundell, Keith
        via OSList wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Dear All,
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          <div>Trying to promote OS within a business world I find this
            discussion interesting</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I can see that formally authorising the event as Daniel
            points out brings with it a commitment to make something
            happen afterwards.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>What I have always struggled with is that if a meeting is
            booked by someone in authority then the likelihood is that
            the invitees will turn up.  So the invite is not a invite -
            it is seen as "a meeting I need to go to". </div>
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      Wait. Stop right there. Now, they MAY show up our of an implied
      sense of "or else" obligation-- REGARDLESS of how inviting the
      invitation is from authority. They may show up "popping popcorn"
      to watch "the movie" and not participate. Or they may simply show
      up for no reason at all. All of which is welcome. Because once
      that genie (the "jin") is out of the bottle...<br>
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          <div>No bad thing in itself I suppose, but I want the
            attendees to have a passion about the theme, that "whoever
            comes are the right people". Arguably having got them in the
            room, then passions maybe stirred but....  In some meetings
            I have observed that there is good attendance, but many turn
            up because they are curious, and then drift away.<br>
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      Yea. And that is exactly how we like, the dispassionate and the
      not-responsible, vacating. Who's left in the room?<br>
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          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div class="gmail_extra">In the end does it matter?  Am I
            being to pedantic in my thinking?  Given "Whatever happens"
            and the law of two feet, should I be concerned?</div>
          <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          </div>
          <div class="gmail_extra">What do others think?</div>
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      Yes. I notice that often, when we are debating this, or that,
      others have successfully completed 4 or 5 experiments. They are
      now in possession of valuable and validate learning, while we are
      in possession of our opinions. <br>
      <br>
      I notice that opinions are very plentiful, perhaps because they
      are cheap to produce? Not sure.<br>
      <br>
      I must say, I am greatly enjoying the experiment of this post.
      Your reply is very energizing<br>
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          <div class="gmail_extra">Keith.<br clear="all">
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On 30 November 2015 at 14:24, Rosa
              Zubizarreta via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span>
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                    <div>Hi Daniel, congratulations on an amazing piece!<br>
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                    As you mention, "authority" is a very loaded
                    subject...<br>
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                  <div>My understanding is that the group relations
                    perspective, holds (along with Koos!) that as
                    adults, the ultimate authority for anything
                    ultimately comes from ourselves. WE are the ones who
                    "authorize" formal authorities -- without our own
                    willingness to continue to authorize them, their
                    authority would disappear. Is that your
                    understanding, as well?<br>
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                  <div>AND...  as you point out, things are a bit more
                    complex than that!<br>
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                  <div>For one thing... as children... we were all
                    helpless to one degree or another, and so I would
                    hesitate to say that we were 'authorizing' our
                    parents or whatever crazyness was happening in our
                    families of origin... <br>
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                  <div>then, as adults... our feelings of helplessness
                    often get triggered by our dysfunctional economic
                    systems... for example, in a situation where jobs
                    are few and far between, someone might well feel
                    quite insulted at being told that they are
                    "authorizing" their boss who happens to be a bully.
                    The person who is being bullied, may not be in a
                    position where they have an easy option of changing
                    jobs... <br>
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                  <div>(A side note... one fascinating piece of work in
                    this regard, is Michael Lerner's book "Surplus
                    Powerlessness"... in it, he lays out the perspective
                    that by promoting the "American dream" ideology of
                    "everyone can achieve anything they want", and
                    concurrently systematically ignoring all of the many
                    real constraints to our freedom, we contribute to
                    creating a culture where people end up blaming
                    themselves for not achieving their dreams -- and
                    thus, end up feeling MORE powerless, than if we were
                    to acknowledge the real constraints and focused on
                    the small-yet-ever-present "windows of
                    possibility"...)<br>
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                  <div>Anyway, I would say that yes, as adults, we are
                    the ones who authorize any authorities, including
                    both the informal authorities as well as the formal
                    authorities. To whatever degree that we are
                    uncomfortable with our own authority, we are
                    participating in the creation of a leaderless world,
                    to our own and others' detriment -- since too many
                    people in positions of formal authority are not, in
                    fact, leaders; and to whatever degree they <i>are</i>
                    leading, they are NOT leading us toward a world that
                    works for all.<br>
                    <br>
                    Conversely, to the degree that we become more
                    comfortable with our own authority, we are
                    contributing to a more leaderful world....<br>
                  </div>
                  <div>and of course, OST is a wonderful way to bring
                    out the leader in each person, as it encourages each
                    of us, to be the author of our own experience.<br>
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                  <div>with all best wishes,<br>
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                  <div>Rosa<br>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:05
                    AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Michael,<br>
                        <br>
                        Thank you for your reply. Regarding
                        "unauthorized" or not formally-authorized OST in
                        organizations, remember, I am framing the
                        discussion inside the wider context of a typical
                        business corporation, one trying to improve by
                        considering some changes. I am not talking about
                        any other context. OST is often used for Agile
                        retrospectives for example. I am not talking
                        about that.<br>
                        <br>
                        So the context for discussion I am suggesting is
                        the context of a typical business corporation,
                        one trying to improve by considering some
                        enterprise-wide (or division-wide) changes. A
                        wide-scope change.<br>
                        <br>
                        Typically, these changes are a "push from
                        authority" without respect to what the people
                        who do the work want, think or feel. Many Agile
                        frameworks (most notably "SAFe") are implemented
                        in this way. As push. <br>
                        <br>
                        Open Space offers a refreshing alternative to
                        mandates, "push", and formally authorized
                        coercion. Or so it seems. Since most formally
                        authorized leaders cannot commit to the
                        so-called "risk of Open Space," the wide-scope
                        OST usually (almost) never happens. Meanwhile,
                        everybody knows the issues and that they might
                        never see the light of day in any kind of
                        formally authorized way. <br>
                        <br>
                        Now, getting back your comment, yes: anyone can
                        hold an Open Space event at any time, about any
                        thing, for any reason. At issue is what happens
                        next. Perhaps a group can meet to discuss HOW to
                        get some attention to key issues from formally
                        authorized leaders. Etc. As you yourself say,
                        "folks knew full well that formal authorization
                        was needed and had figured out ways addressing
                        that need."<br>
                        <br>
                        What I'm really, really interested in is
                        deconstructing OST in authority terms, and
                        advancing that know-how, so that it can be
                        reduced to explicit knowledge that others can
                        access quickly in service to...progress. That
                        essay is my naive attempt to actually begin the
                        process.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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                            <br>
                            Daniel <br>
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                            <div>On 11/30/15 6:26 AM, Michael M Pannwitz
                              wrote:<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">Dear Daniel, <br>
                              <br>
                              somehow, I dont see what has happened in
                              almost all os gatherings I have
                              facilitated: people deciding to act and
                              actually going ahead with it after the
                              gathering not being formally authorized. <br>
                              As this happened regularly I wondered how
                              those self-authorized activities fared or
                              got along with formal authorization.
                              Eventually, I found out that folks knew
                              full well that formal authorization was
                              needed and had figured out ways addressing
                              that need. <br>
                              <br>
                              I wondered about Beth. Did she and her
                              group simply suggested something formal
                              authority should do or was she and others
                              involved in implementing the stuff they
                              were interested in? <br>
                              <br>
                              Invariably, I as facilitator would
                              intervene with some off-handed remark
                              about "suggestions" or "recommendations"
                              or what xyz should do pointing out that
                              there is nothing wrong with that but ....
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              cheers <br>
                              mmp <br>
                              <br>
                              On 30.11.2015 12:15, Daniel Mezick via
                              OSList wrote: <br>
                              <blockquote type="cite">Hi Koos, <br>
                                <br>
                                Thanks for your comment on personal
                                passion. There's this very <br>
                                interesting paper on the various
                                authority types (informal, formal, <br>
                                personal) which is pretty good, I am
                                including it here if you want to <br>
                                check it out. <br>
                                <br>
                                I hear you when you say "I can initiate
                                that process of authorizing <br>
                                myself by taking responsibility for my
                                passion." This is exactly what we <br>
                                hope will happen inside
                                company-sponsored OST events. <br>
                                <br>
                                Within the context of Open Space held in
                                an organization that wants to <br>
                                explore an enterprise-wide change, we
                                can expect the following to be <br>
                                true, if the event is to work well: <br>
                                <br>
                                1. Formally Authorized Leader. A person
                                formally and highly authorized <br>
                                by the organization sends an invite with
                                a theme. This "formally <br>
                                authorizes" the time and space for the
                                gathering. <br>
                                <br>
                                2. Proceedings and Intent to Act- with
                                Inclusion. That same person <br>
                                welcomes everyone on event-day, and at
                                the opening, encourages the <br>
                                generation of proceedings, and signals
                                that those proceedings will be <br>
                                inspected and acted upon, not just by
                                the formally authorized leaders <br>
                                (the so-called "higher ups") but also
                                with the new and emerging leaders <br>
                                who have identified themselves during
                                the event ("be prepared to be <br>
                                surprised.") In other words, the people
                                present are being invited to <br>
                                have their say, document it, and expect
                                that these issues are going be <br>
                                input into a formally authorized and
                                inclusive process of deciding, <br>
                                acting, and improving things. <br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                Now, absent these two facts, how
                                "important" is the OST event? How much <br>
                                "action" can ensue? <br>
                                <br>
                                1. Formally Authorized Leader. No
                                formally authorized leader issuing the <br>
                                invite? Or someone /without enough
                                authorization to matter?/ The signal <br>
                                is clear: this theme (and this event) is
                                /not important/ to the people <br>
                                who make the decisions. <br>
                                <br>
                                2. Proceedings and Intent to Act- with
                                Inclusion. Since no one in the <br>
                                room has enough formal authority to
                                implement plans suggested in the <br>
                                proceedings, we can reasonably expect
                                nothing whatsoever to ensue in <br>
                                formal terms after the meeting. This,
                                because people who /could/ do <br>
                                something about it (those formally
                                authorized by the organization) "do <br>
                                not care." <br>
                                <br>
                                So- the highly authorized Sponsor (or
                                Host) is essential. Otherwise, in <br>
                                authority terms, the OST event and what
                                happens there just doesn't <br>
                                matter from an organizational point of
                                view. It cannot have much of an <br>
                                impact. <br>
                                <br>
                                Much ado about nothing? <br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                Here's that paper I mentioned earlier: <br>
                                <a href="https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf</a>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                <br>
                                I notice that most people prefer to
                                avoid discussing authority. Since <br>
                                our families are the first place where
                                we encounter this concept and <br>
                                develop our relationship with it,
                                perhaps it is true that discussing <br>
                                authority can be very triggering. Thanks
                                for sticking your neck out and <br>
                                I certainly hope to hear back from you
                                and others on this thread. <br>
                                <br>
                                Daniel <br>
                                <br>
                                On 11/30/15 12:57 AM, Koos de Heer
                                wrote: <br>
                                <blockquote type="cite"> <br>
                                  Hi Daniel, <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Thank you for an interesting line of
                                  thought. What I am thinking is <br>
                                  that there is also the aspect of a
                                  person standing up and speaking for <br>
                                  a passion that they have (be it in the
                                  form of raising a topic or just <br>
                                  speaking in a break out session) and
                                  in that way claiming authority. <br>
                                  In your essay, authority seems to
                                  always come from someone else. And <br>
                                  of course authority only is there when
                                  others believe it to be there. <br>
                                  But the initiative to bestow authority
                                  on me does not always come from <br>
                                  others. I can also initiate that
                                  process of authorizing myself by <br>
                                  taking responsibility for my passion.
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Koos <br>
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                                  *Onderwerp:* [OSList] What's authority
                                  got to do with Open Space ? <br>
                                  <br>
                                  What's authority got to do with Open
                                  Space ? Apparently nothing at <br>
                                  all, at least on the surface... <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Wait. Once we peek under the surface,
                                  what do we actually find? <br>
                                  <br>
                                  This completely heretical essay
                                  attempts to answer at least part of <br>
                                  that question. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  The context is the use of Open Space
                                  in a large business enterprise, <br>
                                  convened with intent to explore the
                                  potential for making a very big, <br>
                                  very complex enterprise-wide change. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  {Please note, the word "authority"
                                  might trigger feelings of: <br>
                                  /soul-sucking bureaucracy/, unfair and
                                  /_illegitimate leadership <br>
                                  hierarchy_/, and the like. Some
                                  "triggered" readers may want to <br>
                                  opt-out of continuing at this time...)
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Authority Distribution in Open Space:
                                  <br>
                                  <a href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/" target="_blank">http://newtechusa.net/agile/authority-distribution-in-open-space/</a>
                                  <br>
                                  Open Space is a most interesting
                                  format for "gathering,", also known <br>
                                  as "meeting." <br>
                                  <br>
                                  What exactly is going on in Open
                                  Space? <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
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                                <br>
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