Daniel! Congratulations!!! This is a big deal, for the approach you have been promoting, of using Open Space as a way to encourage and support an informed, choice-full and participatory Agile adoption…
thanks for all the links! and best wishes, Rosa *Rosa Zubizarreta* *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaboration http://www.diapraxis.com <http://www.diapraxis.com/>* *Celebrating my new book, "From Conflict to Creative Collaboration: A user's guide to Dynamic Facilitation" <http://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Creative-Collaboration-Dynamic-Facilitation/dp/1626526117/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394491921&sr=1-1&keywords=from+conflict+to+creative+collaboration>* *National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation this October 17-19 in the DC metro area!* *Learn more at www.ncdd.org/ncdd2014 <http://www.ncdd.org/ncdd2014> — and follow the event on Facebook at http://www.tinyurl.com/ks4dr8g <http://www.tinyurl.com/ks4dr8g>* On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Daniel Mezick <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > This is a quick note to tell you that Open Space is showing up in the > business news !! In a big way! > > > CIO Magazine has awarded Mark Katz of ASCAP with the CIO-100 award. > > This award honors the top 100 Chief Information Officers and the > organizations they serve. > > ASCAP is over 100 years old and has a definite culture. To shift that > culture, Mark Katz of ASCAP implemented of Open Agile Adoption, a method > for implementing Agile which encourages dialogue and engagement. > > Open Agile Adoption begins and ends in Open Space: > http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com > > Here's a previous OSLIST post about that: > > > http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/2013-September/030780.html > > " ... to really ensure that agile was adopted at ASCAP, *open space > meetings were held* where business users and technology staff > participated. Attendance was excellent." > > "...*Open space meetings represent a repeatable technique* for getting a > rapid and lasting agile adoption. It's based on the hypothesis that /human > engagement/ is what actually powers genuine and lasting agile adoptions." > > > > > > Mark Katz used the Open Agile Adoption method with Open Space to help > implement Agile in his organization. He then turned his passionate, > responsible, *self-organizing* Agile teams loose on a big, huge, > mission-critical, do-or-die development project. > > And it worked. His teams were able to complete this big, huge & "do or > die" project very successfully! > > In so doing, Mark and his teams helped move the ASCAP organization into > the next phase of it's 100-year-plus existence. > > And as a result ASCAP and Mark Katz are receipients of the CIO MAGAZINE's > 2014 CIO-100 award. > > > It's all described here: > http://www.ascap.com/press/2014/0610-ascap-to-receive-cio-100-award.aspx > "...Executives from the winning companies will be recognized at the *CIO > 100 Symposium & Awards Ceremony* > <http://www.cio100.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=85676&;>, to be held on the > evening of Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho > Palos Verdes, California." > > This is a big deal!! ASCAP is the 1st organization in the world to use the > Open Agile Adoption (with Open Space) method. > > And now, here they are, with great results, and recognized as one of the > most effective IT organizations in the world, by none other than CIO > MAGAZINE. > > And Open Space has everything to do with that! > > Note: Mark Katz may be attending the [agileCULTUREcon] conference event > coming up June 26+27 in Boston, to tell his story. > > Conference Event Link: > http://www.agileCULTUREcon.com > > About Mark Katz: > https://www.linkedin.com/in/markskatz > > Regards, > Daniel > > > > > -- > > 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 > >
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