G'day Rosa and All In the midst of your thoughtful commentary on McKinsey's 'seeing the light' this caught my eye: :-)
"and/or, we might see this is an amazing opportunity for making new friends... :-) :-) :-) " In my experience attending five WOS gatherings, starting with Monterey CA in 1998, have all led to the beginnings of ongoing fine friendships. Some stem from 'associated' memorable activities such as 'getting there', beach parties, forest hikes in the Aussie bush, musical evenings, walking the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, toasting a new friendship with late night traditional two martinis and Conversare in America <http://conversare.net/?p=1237>. Wondrous gifts indeed. Looking forward Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD* *Professional Conversationalist Web: **www.multimindsolutions.com* <http://www.multimindsolutions.com/> *Em: [email protected] <[email protected]> Mob: * *+61413848680* <0413848680> *New social process Conversare <http://conversare.net>* On 4 November 2014 01:37, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > (re-sending as I sent this previously from a different e-mail address, and > it didn't go through...) > > Hi all, > > the following article has been making quite a stir... > I first saw it over on a Linked In discussion group. > > > http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/build_a_change_platform_not_a_change_program > > From my perspective, OST in general (and Open Agile Adoption in > particular) > are great examples of what the authors are talking about -- > > Here's a quote from the article: > > "What’s needed is a real-time, socially constructed approach to change, so > that the leader’s job isn’t to design a change program but to *build a > change platform*—one that allows anyone to initiate change, recruit > confederates, suggest solutions, and launch experiments." > > Of course, we might decry the authors not being aware of OST already and > for not mentioning it in the article... > or diss the article for being published on mckinsey (belly of the beast), > and for making a big deal of 'everything we already know'.. > > and/or, we might see this is an amazing opportunity for making new > friends... :-) :-) :-) > > in any case, enjoy! > > with all best wishes, > > Rosa > > > *Rosa Zubizarreta* > > *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaborationhttp://www.diapraxis.com > <http://www.diapraxis.com>* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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