In this edition: Organising Conversations; Olivier’s PhD research; Leading in a Transforming Organisation; Featureban on Kanban Zone; Top posts
Organizing Conversations
As announced on Wednesday (linkedin.com), I’m thrilled to announce that my fourth book, Organizing Conversations: Preparing Groups to Take on Adaptive Challenges is now out – first on Kindle and now in print too.
This book was a commission for the Bushe-Barshak Insitute’s BMI Series in Dialogic Organization Development. Watch a short conversation with series editor Gervase Bushe recorded earlier this week:
Read the announcement in full here, and here are the links for the Kindle edition on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, and amazon.de.
Olivier’s PhD research
Without wishing to take anything away from book 4, Olivier Bertrand’s PhD research into phylogenetic approaches to understanding organisational evolution is making use of Agendashift’s Adaptive Organisation assessment. This is the assessment tool that powers the 1-day Adaptive Organisation workshop and days two and three of Leading in a Transforming Organisation. In due course, it will feature in book 5, Wholehearted: Engaging with Complexity in the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation also.
You can help! By participating in the survey – thereby getting an early sight of the full version of the assessment tool – you’ll provide valuable input to Olivier’s research, which will, in turn, feed into the book. Exciting stuff!
To participate, visit Survey: Phylogenetic research study: Adaptive Organisation Assessment. Be assured that no personally identifying information will be shared without permission, and any subsequent communication will be on an opt-in basis. You can read a more detailed announcement here: Help our research: an “Organisational DNA test”.
Leading in a Transforming Organisation
All three events in the calendar currently are for Leading in a Transforming Organisation – Berlin, London, and Southampton (June, June, and October, respectively):
Berlin is sold out, but Silke Noll has organised something informal over food for Monday evening. If you can make it, you can sign up here. For London and Southampton, I won’t reiterate all the usual reasons for discount codes, but ping me if you think you might qualify.
Notable by their absence are Train-the-Trainer / Facilitator (TTT/F) and the monthly webinars and experience/practice sessions. I’ll add an autumn TTT/F to the calendar soonish, and I’ll think about the rest when I have a bit more headroom. June in particular will be very busy.
Featureban on Kanban Zone
One of the best ways to introduce Kanban is by running a simulation using Featureban. It’s a much more effective way to learn by doing.
So said Kanban Zone founder Dimitri Ponomareff recently in a follow-up to the the online session I ran with Allan Kelly a few weeks ago. Read his announcement: Featureban is now available inside Kanban Zone! (linkedin.com).
Allan is running another session himself. Use coupon code Agendashift20 for an 20% saving here: Featureban public online game.
As ever, you can request the original Creative Commons materials here. When I get a moment I will replace the broken video there with this one.
Top posts
Help our research: an “Organisational DNA test” (May)
“Organizing Conversations” is out on Kindle (May)
Agile’s Great Rebalancing: My next book’s take on the Agile manifesto (April)
From Flow to Business Agility (January)
My favourite Clean Language question (January 2019)
Leading with Outcomes from the Agendashift Academy“Leadership and strategy in the transforming organisation”
Leading with Outcomes is our modular curriculum in leadership and organisation development. Each module is available as self-paced online training or as private, instructor-led training (online or in-person). Certificates of completion or participation according to format. Its modules in the recommended order:
Leading with Outcomes: Foundation
Inside-out Strategy (I): On the same page, with purpose
Inside-out Strategy (II): Fit for maximum impact
Adaptive Organisation (I): Business agility at every scale
Adaptive Organisation (II): Between spaces, scopes, and scales
Outside-in Strategy: Positioned for success
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To deliver Leading with Outcomes training or workshops yourself, see our Authorised Trainer and Authorised Facilitator programmes. Our next TTT/F training takes place in May (online).
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