The OpenSpace Agility Handbook - Softcover

OpenSpace Agility™ is a repeatable technique for getting a rapid, genuine and lasting Agile adoption. OpenSpace Agility can be used to effectively introduce any kind of change into any kind of organization. It works with what you are currently doing, and can be added at any time.

OpenSpace Agility encourages very high levels of human engagement. It incorporates the power of invitation, iteration, Open Space, game mechanics, passage rites, storytelling and more...so that real and authentic change in your organization can actually take root.

The Open Space meeting format is a primary tool of OpenSpace Agility. The OpenSpace Agility method leverages the amazing power of iteration and the Open Space meeting format to help you get genuine and lasting success with your Agile adoption program.

With this handbook, you will learn how implement the OpenSpace Agility method. You’ll learn about how invitation, iteration, Open Space, game mechanics, passage rites, executive storytelling (and more) can be used to achieve a rapid and lasting Agile adoption. Inside this book, you’ll find specific, actionable step-by-step guidance on implementing the method. You will discover:

• Why people power the Agile practices, not the other way around
• Why engagement is an essential ingredient in any successful Agile adoption
• How invitation increases engagement, passion and responsibility
• How to immediately put the OpenSpace Agility method to work ... in your organization

Learn more at: www.OpenSpaceAgility.com

About the Authors

Daniel Mezick, Deb Pontes, Harold Shinsato, Louise Kold Taylor and Mark Sheffield are all professional Agile coaches. Together these authors have developed and refined the OpenSpace Agility method, by implementing it inside organizations in the USA and Canada. You can learn more about each author and watch testimonial videos from actual clients, by visiting OpenSpace Agility web site:

www.OpenSpaceAgility.com