Technology and non-technology folks coming together for the Future of Work!
Scrum BEYOND Software <https://tobiasmayer.uk/events/beyond.html> *"We have come to value...individuals and interactions over processes and tools" — agilemanifesto.org <https://agilemanifesto.org/>* This is a “behind the scenes” story of space opening during the invitational journey. We were about 3 months out. We felt the passion and purpose of our upcoming gathering, inspired by the context and theme. We had the basics in place: dates, times, virtual space and setup planned on QiqoChat, with a list of people to invite. We were ready to launch our invitation. It would be an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends who had met in Arizona on this trailblazing theme more than a decade ago. And to welcome others who we felt would be interested now and into the future. It was mid-summer with many in the euphoria of a much-needed vacation after being so deprived with covid, these past few years. Early on in our invitational conversations, we sensed the duality of exhaustion (virtual meeting fatigue) and deep yearning (dare we hope for a better world at work). More poignantly, we felt that this gathering was so much more than its history, more than a reunion. We felt the hopeful pull of the future with its complex challenges, hopes, fears and dreams around the Future of Work. Over the weeks and months, we sensed the mix of emotions, of optimism and despair. As a host/facilitation team (Tobias Mayer, Francois Knuchel and I), we listened, pondered and shared. It fueled and inspired us. Multiple times, we tweaked the invitation to reflect what we were hearing. A few weeks ago, we rewrote it almost entirely. We shifted, we went deeper, and we integrated what we heard and sensed. We continue to invite and listen. Together we are creating space. In a month it will be time to open and hold that special space knowing that "whatever happens is the only thing that could have." Here is an excerpt of the new language. Have a look at the full text if interested and click on the names of attendees to see who is coming and why. *ScrumBeyond Software, 2022 <https://tobiasmayer.uk/events/beyond.html>* *“We are in a historical period of disruption and crisis on many fronts. Events of the past two years have led us to become withdrawn, socially disengaged, even suspicious of one another. The covid19 pandemic resulted in the closing down of many social spaces, including offices and other places of work, driving vast numbers of people onto their computers as their only form of interaction. Now we are emerging from this social desert, it is not enough to just assume "business as (pre-pandemic) usual". Something much more is needed. This is the time to explore new possibilities in how we interact. It is time to reinvent our social and professional lives, to rethink what it means to be in community, and to turn our attention more passionately to the systems that caused the breakdown in the first place—our self-crafted culture of short-term profiteering at the expense of personal, community and global health, welfare and survival, our self-centered decisions that have led to world hunger, continuous war and the present climate crisis. Something must change, and that something is probably everything”.* To all who may be interested in this topic and theme, please come and feel free to invite others. As always: "Whoever comes will be the right people". In so many ways, we feel this gathering captures the spirit of Harrison’s work around grief and the “grieving and thriving in the workplace” conversations that were held recently. We are so grateful to have Open Space in our lives to welcome and host these important conversations. Warmly, Suzanne, Tobias and Francois
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