Hi Thomas and colleagues who are following this thread, I hope you are open to having an exploration on this list about your concept of OpenSpace Agility and the offer you are creating. I see that you are a Art of Hosting professional, so I assume you have explored a lot about openness, spirit, holistic approach, and the essence behind inviting and engaging participation. And from your exploration, you have your own unique conclusions, as do we each from our personal reflections and contemplations as social scientists.
I see that you say that you assume we know the power of Open Space, World Café and other approaches. I dont agree with that assumption and I choose to speak up because when someone assumes that we believe something, I think silence is a form of agreement. I suggest we are only in our infancy in understanding the power of these approaches and there is so much more to learn. I am curious about what you believe the power is. I see that you say that you assume we know the limitations of these methods in the daily work of an organization. Again, I dont agree with that assumption as applying to myself. I am curious about what you believe the limitations are. I have experienced methods such as Open Space, World Café etc to be rooted in a holistic perspective. I have experienced Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other related methods to be rooted in a reductionist perspective. Each has its place and its usefulness based on the business goal. I am curious about how you are bridging the mix of something that is holistic in nature, to something that is reductionist in nature. I assume this bridging is part of your thinking so that there is not cognitive dissonance for the people involved. I am also curious about the plan to increase the capacity of leadership to cope with this mix. I look forward to your answers. 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Become a member of the Extraordinary Leadership Network <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/> http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com to participate in an online leadership development program designed to increase your leadership skills and capacity. PO Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 phone: 1-919-522-7750 From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Jäger via OSList Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 1:40 PM To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Subject: [OSList] OpenSpace Agility: How Agile can be successful. First Workshop in Germany, June from 13th to 15th Hello everyone! We would like to invite you to a new framework for organizational change: OpenSpace Agility, made of OpenSpace and agile methods. Now, as long as I have known about Agile, Scrum, etc. it has been clear to me that being Agile is simply being fully, consciously, intentionally self organizing. That is total High Performance. And Open Space happens to be (a) fast track to get there. Not by doing something unique, special, or weird but simply by being what we already are. Self organizing. Harrison Owen Lean, Kanban, Scrum all these young methods indicates the need for lean and fast processes. On the other hand we know the power of Open Space, World Café and other approaches, but also their limitations in the daily work of an organization. Daniel Mezick, the pioneer of OpenSpace Agility found a way to combine the strengths of both approaches. OpenSpace Agility works for one simple reason: it generates extremely high levels of engagement across your entire organization. This engagement is essential to the success of your program and no other method generates more engagement than the OpenSpace Agility method. Daniel Mezick Were happy to bring Daniel Mezick for the first time to Germany in June this year, where he will teach us the concept and methods of OpenSpace Agility (in english). Who is invited: - Leaders - Scrumteams, ProductOwners and ScrumMasters - People from HR department - (AoH)Hosts, Facilitators and Consultants If youre looking for a framework which allows you to combine the Art of Hosting approach with Agile, have a look at these websites: - www.openspaceagility.de (in german) - <http://www.openspaceagility.com> www.openspaceagility.com We would be happy to meet you in Munich from June, 13th to 15th Thomas Jäger, Caroline Rennie and Rolf Schneidereit on behalf of the Hosting team Thomas Jäger Art of Hosting Praktizierender Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) naturalconsult Brunnwartsweg 2 82031 Grünwald <mailto:thomas.jae...@naturalconsult.de> thomas.jae...@naturalconsult.de <http://www.diegastgeber.eu/> www.DieGastgeber.eu <http://openspaceagility.de/> openspaceagility.de www.artofhosting-muenchen.org Tel: +49-89-64 94 99 12 Fax: +49-89-64 94 99 13 Mobil: +49-173-9263743 *** <http://www.diegastgeber.eu/> DieGastgeber.eu Der Blog zum Art of Hosting für den deutschsprachigen Raum *** *** <http://www.openspaceagilty.de/> OpenSpaceAgilty das Training! 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