Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Daniel Mezick
Great stuff in here; let me please address some of the juicer questions, responses inline: On 10/22/13 2:25 PM, Diane Gibeault wrote: Dan, you confirm that for Agile, the suggested practices (Scrum etc) are up for discussion during the OST, that invitation should be the way of doing business a

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Diane Gibeault
Dan, you confirm that for Agile, the suggested practices (Scrum etc) are up for discussion during the OST, that invitation should be the way of doing business at every level, including the implementation stage.   In that case, there are real advantages for Open Agile Adoption (OAA) to refer to the

Re: [OSList] New Kid on the Block

2013-10-22 Thread Carol Daniel Kasbari
Thanks a million Michael for your welcoming:) I'm happy to be the 39 one in the US map, it's also my age now. What a coincidence..:) I'm happy to join my fellow Americans in their journey to make a difference in this part of the world. Looking forward to being in contact with all of you, Warm regar

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread chunili2000
Agility is an attribute of high performance teams. High performance is a result of OST, which allows self-organization to create order through chaos. To amply agility and high performance, open more space. "The process does me. " life is self-organized in me. "I think, therefore I am." I open spac

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Julie Smith
Real God Is Reality Itself. Reality Itself is not like a "Deity", or a "Creator-God". Real God is not like a "Santa Claus", or a "Wish-Granting-Genie". Reality Itself is not auto-driven unconsciousness, or a self-replicating material machine. Real God is not an autogenous computer, or a self-exist

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Dan Mezick
> when a group is introduced to a definite process and OST is part of the > equation, the net result is often that the process itself is treated like > anything else in OST – up for discussion. Bingo...thats the whole point. Whatever the suggested (formerly MANDATED) practices are, Scrum or wha

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Harrison Owen
Dan - I guess it is time for me to come clean and reveal all my ulterior motives. Frankly, I could care less if you and others use OS by way of an introduction to Agile/Scrum. I have some reservations that, to the extent that SCRUM is a prescribed process (whether entered voluntarily or not), OST m

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Linda Stevenson
Hi, Dan, Although there was a time in my life when I would not even say the word "spiritual," I would now say that OST is effective because self-organization is effective, and that self-organization is definitely a group spiritual practice! Linda Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:40:30 -0400 Fro

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Daniel Mezick
Jenifer, Yes, and if you feel claustrophobic *reading* about Agile, let's imagine how claustrophobic the people inside these 'agile' organizations feel... ...when they are told by an entirely well-meaning authority, that they *must* "do" something, and even "be" something...entirely /u

Re: [OSList] OST / Gaming

2013-10-22 Thread Jenifer Toksvig
Harrison, you said: >> ... our conversation always seems to have (must have?) some frame of reference with certain metaphors and images. [...] It is not so much about right or wrong but rather capacity to communicate. << It¹s all about Story, yes, absolutely. I was just saying to Dan in an email