Very inspiring Harold. And not at all surprising. We shall all carry on! Thank you! Suzanne On Oct 31, 2014 4:49 PM, "Harold Shinsato via OSList" < [email protected]> wrote:
> After attending Daniel Mezick's inaugural (and excellent) Open Agile > Adoption (OAA) workshop, I got to drive just a couple hours to a beach in > North Carolina. As I walked my head was swimming with how powerful Open > Space can be, how much the Agile space is at this tipping point for > realizing how forced Agile is just not working, and just can't work, and > that OST can be a crucial ingredient, used effectively, in getting high > engagement and a successful agile adoption. > > At Carolina Beach where I walked for miles and even got to swim, I watched > dolphins and sting rays leap as I walked under the high fishing lines of > hundreds of people with lines reaching high above me into the waters. Many > storks and sea birds made dive bombing runs into the waves. Very fertile > waters! > > I'm very excited about Prime-OS as to how it applies to engaging a client > in Montana that are already sold on an Open Space. Unfortunately the IT > centric leadership are more aware of unconferencing than of OST, and > they're also ambivalent about Agile because of the frequent lukewarm or > failed Agile adoptions at other enterprises. > > When Daniel unfurled the Prime-OS idea it was especially exciting - > because the wisdom of Open Space goes well beyond any specific idea of how > to improve the workplace - either Lean, Agile, Kanban, or what have you. > OAA and Prime-OS fits so well with open space philosophy in letting the > attendees figure it out. And since Prime-OS is using open source licensing, > it's free to use, but illegal to derive works without giving attribution so > people will always know where it comes from. And when OAA/Prime-OS infuses > through the Agile community and beyond, it will help everyone know that OST > is the true source of Unconferencing so they can benefit from the wisdom of > Harrison Owen and this magnificent OSLIST community of practice. > > I hope folks take a little time to investigate and be ready to fish the > fertile waters! > > Regards, > Harold > > On 10/29/14 7:43 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote: > > Hi Suzanne, > > Thank you for your kind and encouraging response to these videos. It means > a lot. > > We presented the course "Agile Success with Open Agile Adoption" at the > Scrum Retreat in Raleigh NC on 10/27-28, sponsored and arranged by the > Scrum Alliance. This event offered a huge opportunity to bring OAA with > Open Space to the attention of about 85 external and internal Agile > coaches. These are influential connectors who collectively touch thousands > of people as they do their work. I printed 100 copies of the Open Agile > Adoption Handbook, and gifted every single attendee with a copy. > > It is important to note at this time your observation, Suzanne: > > *"...introducing Agile in an Agile Open way is far better than mandating > it. The same would apply to all change management approaches outside of > Scrum and Agile. "* > > > YES, and, so interesting: others in the USA and Europe have made the very > same observation. Coaches in Europe are using the OAA approach to introduce > non-Agile process change. And early reports indicate it is working great. > The OAA approach is broadly applicable, as the 'introducer' of any kind of > process change. > > In light of the foregoing, the following developments are well underway: > > 1. The core structure (begin in Open Space, experimentation with > new-process for 3++ months, then another Open Space to terminate a passage > rite structure) has been isolated as a base class or foundation, called > Prime/OS. This is now being published under an open source license, with > all that open-source licensing implies. I have spoken about this here, in > some detail, earlier. The core idea is found here: > http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/ > > 2. OAA is built on top of Prime/OS and is in fact a derivative work. As > such, OAA is also being published under an open source license, per the > rules of the Prime/OS license. You can see that here: www.prime-os.com. > What this means is that innovators are strongly encouraged to innovate, > using Prime/OS as a foundation. Also to modify it and thus to improve it. > OAA is an instance of an application that inherits Prime/OS as a basic > foundation. The "OS" in Prime/OS stands for Open Space and Open Source. > > 3. Others who wish to create innovative derivative works like OAA are > strongly encouraged to do so. As such they are first required to honor the > terms of the Prime/OS open source license, or opt-out. Details on open > source licensing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license > > 4. There are others with substantial "culture tech" that will soon be > announcing availability of their work under open source licensing. This is > an emerging movement, and is not a flash in the pan. "Culture technology > wants to be free." > > > > It is important to understand that the opt-in invitational approach, > inspired by Open Space (with the goal being learning via experimentation, > with the only constraint being the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto) is > considered a heresy by the mainstream of the Agile movement. Repeat, this > is considered heresy, as in "it cant work. It will not sell." > > Really? > > > The "mainstreaming" of mandated Agile practices and forced-Agile adoptions > and related Agile coaching is a huge industry now. There are lots of > transactions and very few genuine transformations at scale. Yet the > top-down mandate is easily generating at least $US 100MM per annum. I know > of 2 outfits that are generating over 20MM each. This 100MM number is quite > conservative. > > > > One consequence of OAA is that new demand for OST facilitation is being > generated. The OAA method guides coaches to avoid the OST Facilitator role > completely, in service to the org's overall learning. The guidance is to > bring a skilled Facilitator in, instead. Coaches become "members of the > family" and as such probably cannot be effective in the OST facilitator > role. Since a typical OAA implementaton includes at least 3 OST events, the > arithmetic is very simple: 1000 OAA implementations worldwide per year > implies 3000 or more OST events inside organizations. OAA's guidance to > coaches is to bring a new Facilitator into each event. This translates into > much higher demand for skilled OST Facilitator services. > > It appears the Agile coaching community is about to tip, away from > mandates and towards invitations. At the Scrum Coaching Retreat, I have > found a core group of about 20 of the 80 attending who totally, totally get > this and are making moves. The rest are getting introduced to the concepts > via the book. > > This story is emerging, and the early adopters who bring this forward are > writing it. It's these coaches from the Scrum Retreat and others who are > IN. They are the emerging *authors* of the story and also the emerging > *characters* in the story. > > > > The next thing to happen is the publication of many short testimonial > videos along the lines of the 2 I have posted today. These will be posted > as public YouTube videos that anyone anywhere can embed in their blogs and > web pages. > > These are some exciting times we live in. > > Regards, > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/29/14 7:20 PM, Suzanne Daigle wrote: > > Dan, > > No questions on "what the heck" you are doing just unabashed kudos on > these very compelling videos. A great gift! Why was I so hooked? Because > of the seriousness of the discussions, the level of detail shared which > demonstrates unequivocally the value and impact of Open Space to the work > at hand. I also appreciated the comments around the difficulties of > adjusting to the level of autonomy and freedom that is such a contrast to > how organizations traditionally operate. You opened the space beautifully > in the interviews which made it very safe for the interviewees to share so > honestly and openly. > > These videos also make the point in ways that words and assertions may > not do as well, that introducing Agile in an Agile Open way is far better > than mandating it. The same would apply to all change management > approaches outside of Scrum and Agile. > > I was also so pleased to hear how what Agile was doing was also being > felt by other areas (engineering I think is what one of the interviewees > quoted). I guess it is time for me to say: glad you've stuck to your guns. > You were right which I never doubted though you also know how passionate I > am introducing Open Space to other parts of the organization. Your work > will indeed pave the way. Bravo! > > Giving you full credit, do I have your permission to share these with > clients? I look forward to seeing the other videos. > > Thanks again Dan. So very very cool! > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Here are two short videos of people telling the tale of Open Agile >> Adoption in their own words. >> >> The Open Agile Adoption process (http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com) >> begins and ends in Open Space. In between, people *play*...er, I mean >> *experiment*...with Agile practices. For 3 or 4 months. >> >> They are free. >> >> However, the game does have one small constraint: the Agile Manifesto. So >> long as what they are doing does not obviously conflict with the Agile >> Manifesto principles, they are absolutely free to try absolutely any new >> practice they want to try, in service to continuous improvement. >> >> >> Video #1: Length 13 minutes. >> A UX/Experience Design pro explains his skepticism and ultimate shift... >> powered by Open Space. >> https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527506795968069632 >> >> Video #2: Length 15 minutes. >> A Product person explains what he thinks and feels before and after the >> Open Agile Adoption process. >> https://twitter.com/DanielMezick/status/527566037211176960 >> >> Dozens more videos are on the way. >> >> I hope you find these 2 initial narratives interesting, and I welcome >> your questions about what the heck I am doing. >> >> Regards, >> Daniel >> >> New to the Manifesto? Here it is: >> http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html >> >> >> -- >> >> Daniel Mezick, President >> >> New Technology Solutions Inc. >> >> (203) 915 7248 <%28203%29%20915%207248> (cell) >> >> Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/>. Blog >> <http://newtechusa.net/blog/>. Twitter >> <http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/>. >> >> Examine my new book: The Culture Game >> <http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/>: Tools for the >> Agile Manager. >> >> Explore Agile Team Training >> <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/> and Coaching. >> <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/> >> >> Explore the Agile Boston <http://newtechusa.net//user-groups/ma/> >> Community. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> > > > -- > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroup.com > [email protected] > twitter @Daiglesuz > Call > Send SMS > Add to Skype > You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype > > > -- > > Daniel Mezick, President > > New Technology Solutions Inc. > > (203) 915 7248 (cell) > > Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/>. Blog > <http://newtechusa.net/blog/>. Twitter > <http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/>. > > Examine my new book: The Culture Game > <http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/>: Tools for the Agile > Manager. > > Explore Agile Team Training > <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/> and Coaching. > <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/> > > Explore the Agile Boston <http://newtechusa.net//user-groups/ma/> > Community. > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click > below:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
