You might add this to your kit, Jake. https://michaelherman.com/publications/agile/ES4BA_Practice_Guide.pdf
Enterprise Scrum will fit the customer-centric request. I find OS and ES fit together very well, in practice. Here's an explanation of that: https://michaelherman.com/ia/overview/. Here's a blog post where I offer a list of non-jargon steps that get you from OS to an Agile-like practice, without a lot of Agile imposed. https://michaelherman.com/ia/2021/05/15/what-to-do-after-open-space/ Enterprise Scrum, to me, is a kind of ongoing open space. In this sense, they're not separate at all. ES is ust more rigorously focused on action, learning, improvement. At the same time, I think ES and other Agile frameworks are made stronger by starting with a truly Open Space. Michael -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) MichaelHerman.com OpenSpaceWorld.org On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 12:39 PM Jake Yeager <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thank you for your responses! > > Rijon--These are great resources you mentioned. They resonate a lot with > the Vector Theory of Change work that Marc mentioned. I am using the Open > Space Agility framework as grounding for culture change work I am doing > with a client right now. BOSSAnova has some great ideas for safe-to-fail > probes. > > Anna Caroline--Myrianne Oulette walked us through a Genuine Contact > strategic planning process for the Open Space Institute-US earlier this > year. Your message reminded me to revisit my notes on that process. Thank > you! > > Marc--Thanks for mentioning the Vector Theory of Change (VTOC). I read > Chris's blog post and the Vector Theory of Change article you referenced. > It's a great framework for ongoing culture change work, and I will keep it > as a handy reference. > > I am an internal OD, and business units are starting their 2023 planning > processes now. So, I've begun receiving requests for strategy development. > One of them is a broader request that involves shifting the culture to be > more customer-centric, and I think VTOC, BOSSAnova, and OTC will be useful > tools and frameworks. > > SOAR from Appreciative Inquiry also comes to mind for me for > meeting strategy requests. SOAR couples well with OKRs, and one could > potentially use SOAR to help converge the issues and opportunities from an > OST session. > > Much love to all, > Jake > ________________ > > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and > you will be free of problems. > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 3:24 PM Marc Rettig <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello David, >> There are definitely kinships and resonances. Perhaps especially with the >> participatory, “systemic” (Danny Burns), and “transformative” flavors of >> action research. >> >> I don’t have a nuanced understanding of how action research is practiced >> in the wild. Perhaps one difference is where the power of listening, >> interpreting, and experimenting is centered. In the case I spoke of, it is >> very carefully placed in the hands of Everyone (where “everyone” = ~70 >> folks). If you look further into how Snowden, the Cynefin Co, and others >> are applying these ideas I’d be interested to hear how they compare with >> action research in your view. Near the end of Snowden’s TEDx talk >> <https://www.ted.com/talks/david_snowden_david_snowden_complexity_and_citizen_engagement_in_a_post_social_media_world?language=en>, >> he describes a nation-scale use of story-collection, sense-making, and >> “probes” that feels different to me than anything I’ve encountered in the >> AR world. >> >> (But I fear I am flirting with topic drift here, away from OST.) >> >> Marc >> >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Marc Rettig >> Fit Associates LLC >> >> www.fitassociates.com >> marcrettig.me >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> 412.215.0026 cell >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *David Osborne <[email protected]> >> *Date: *Monday, August 22, 2022 at 12:13 PM >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *Cc: *Marc Rettig <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [OSList] Re: Strategy frameworks? >> >> >> >> Vector Theory of Change sounds like Action Research by a new name to me :) >> >> >> >> David >> >> >> *David R. Osborne* >> Organization and Leadership Development >> >> >> 6400 Arlington Blvd., Suite 665, Falls Church, VA 22042 >> >> 703-939-1777 | [email protected] | change-fusion.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 11:04 AM Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the shout out Marc. If anyone has further questions about this >> I’m happy to weigh in as well. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:16 AM Marc Rettig <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I can offer a framework that is serving well in some of our work. >> >> We are in a long-haul culture-shifting effort with a local organization, >> and the group has now done the repair and relationship skilling needed for >> them to start thinking about creating together. Which has raised questions >> like, “Where do we want to go together?” “Who do we want to become?” >> “What’s worth trying?” Strategic questions! >> >> >> >> As you say, frameworks help. We’ve drawn from Dave Snowden’s vector >> theory of change >> <https://cdn.cognitive-edge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/02/02160119/VTOC-paper-2022.pdf>, >> which—now that I think about it in light of your question—has nice >> resonance with OST. We’ve certainly been taking an open-space-ish approach >> with this organization. >> >> The idea is that in social complexity we’re working with emergence, so >> it’s not helpful to invest in trying to implement a pre-imagined >> destination. We can’t see the other side of this forest until we get there. >> So we need a way to navigate in our desired *direction,* responding to >> surprises and what we learn along the way, going at the *pace* of our >> ability to live into our questions together. That’s the “vector”—direction >> and velocity. >> >> This was seeded over a series of group sessions. >> >> - It took almost a year for this group of people to become able to have >> honest, generative conversations about race in their organizational >> culture. People talk about “describing the current state of the system” and >> “noticing recurring patterns.” In some contexts that may be >> straightforward. For these folks it has been a long and courageous road. >> Real fear in real bellies. >> >> >> - Small- and whole-group conversations about values and principles: even >> before we name the direction we’d like to go, can we say how we would >> recognize whether we’re making progress? What would we look at to notice if >> we’re traveling in our desired direction? When we allow ourselves to dream, >> what are the common themes that emerge? >> >> - Small- and whole-group conversations about directions. Never mind the >> destination, what direction do we want to travel together? What are our >> shared longings? In their case, their questions have to do with racial >> equity and belonging. So their directions included desired qualities for >> things like the diversity of their teams, relationships among colleagues, >> self-care and self-forgiveness, relationship with the communities they >> serve. >> >> - The next step will have parallel tracks: >> -- A rhythm of experiments shaped by the question, “What’s worth >> trying now (to move us a little further in a desired direction)?” >> -- A way to collectively handle specific incidents and scenarios as >> they arise along the trip >> >> -- Building a sub-group’s capacity to host these kinds of >> conversations and processes themselves >> -- Building the whole organization’s level of relationship skills >> >> >> >> So the strategic framework is pretty simple: >> - a set of vectors or directions, >> - principles for noticing how you’re traveling, >> - a set of roles, rituals, rhythms and artifacts for deciding what to >> try, how to try it, who’s involved, and how you’ll learn from it. >> >> Then it’s a (difficult!) matter of holding a long-lived container for >> managing this portfolio-walk through the woods together. >> >> >> >> Here is Chris Corrigan’s helpful summary >> <https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/towards-the-idea-that-complexity-is-a-theory-of-change/> >> of the approach. >> >> >> >> My example is of course a bigger deal than one open space session. But as >> a framework or approach, maybe it’s helpful. >> >> Cheers. Thanks for all you do, all of you. >> >> Marc >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Marc Rettig >> Fit Associates LLC >> >> www.fitassociates.com >> marcrettig.me >> >> SVA Design for Social Innovation <http://dsi.sva.edu/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *Jake Yeager <[email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *<[email protected]> >> *Date: *Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 8:04 AM >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *Subject: *[OSList] Strategy frameworks? >> >> >> >> Hi beautiful people, >> >> >> >> Are there any strategy frameworks you like to couple with OST? I've used >> OST with a group to create OKRs and it worked well. Wondering if there's >> anything else out there that you like. >> >> >> >> If I remember correctly some folks here have also mentioned simply >> theming the sessions during convergence and using the themes as strategic >> pillars. Could couple with dot voting and/or opening space for action. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Much love, >> >> Jake >> >> -- >> >> ________________ >> >> >> >> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and >> you will be free of problems. >> >> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> >> >> _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list -- >> [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> -- >> >> ____ >> >> CHRIS CORRIGAN >> >> Blog and resources: http://www.chriscorrigan.com >> >> Harvest Moon Consultants: https://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com >> >> >> >> Registration now open: Complexity Inside and Out online program Fall >> 2022 <https://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com/complexity-inside-out.html> >> >> >> >> Register now for the Art of Hosting September 26-28, 2022, Vancouver BC, >> Canada <http://aohbowenisland.weebly.com/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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