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OpenSpace Beta: A handbook for organizational transformation in just 90 days
The practical guide to making the Beta organization happen. Anywhere - in just a few months. Sounds impossible? It isn´t anymore! This handbook spells out an all-hands, high-engagement approach to organizational transformation that is suitable for any kind of company - regardless of size, age, country/culture, legal form and industry! So obvious and yet groundbreaking, this is the way to make the Beta organization happen. Anywhere. Fast.
150 pages, Paperback
Published September 20, 2018
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December 23, 2022
Ist eher ein Nachschlagewerk wenn man die Basisidee dahinter schon verstanden hat.
May 16, 2019
A great handbook to consult if you are fostering change in a Beta org way, or if you want to learn how to do it.
I love some concepts of this way of handling change, like the invitational focus (a little bit repetitive, by the other hand), the OpenSpace method approach (compared to other technics used in change too, like World Cafe or big Retrospectives), the storytelling need, and the silent reflection period. No super innovative things by themselves (a lot of Kotter and Senge between lines), but a great recipe all together.
Also, a great approach with all the anthropological focus in the rite of passage and in the growing up period without coaching, walking by themselves.
Besides, I found 2 great failures: to not include any example (any at all!), and to not include exercises or models of doing beta initiatives. I guess the tools/models will be in the Complexitools book (I haven't read it yet), but the examples... Fail.
"How that could exactly could be done?","What happens when you try something like that at the same time that you have to keep going in providing value to the customers?","what happen if we try something that affects directly to stakeholders/clients outside the scope of the entire change initiative?". That kind of questions emerge if you are trying to do change in real world, so it could be great having some examples between all the frame structure explanation.
A good book in order to understand Beta change, and a good book to pick some good advice in change management in general, but perhaps not a game changer.
I love some concepts of this way of handling change, like the invitational focus (a little bit repetitive, by the other hand), the OpenSpace method approach (compared to other technics used in change too, like World Cafe or big Retrospectives), the storytelling need, and the silent reflection period. No super innovative things by themselves (a lot of Kotter and Senge between lines), but a great recipe all together.
Also, a great approach with all the anthropological focus in the rite of passage and in the growing up period without coaching, walking by themselves.
Besides, I found 2 great failures: to not include any example (any at all!), and to not include exercises or models of doing beta initiatives. I guess the tools/models will be in the Complexitools book (I haven't read it yet), but the examples... Fail.
"How that could exactly could be done?","What happens when you try something like that at the same time that you have to keep going in providing value to the customers?","what happen if we try something that affects directly to stakeholders/clients outside the scope of the entire change initiative?". That kind of questions emerge if you are trying to do change in real world, so it could be great having some examples between all the frame structure explanation.
A good book in order to understand Beta change, and a good book to pick some good advice in change management in general, but perhaps not a game changer.
January 12, 2019
OpenSpace Beta is a handbook for organizational transformation in a self-organizing way. According to the thinking that the way towards working self-organized can only be a way of self-organization, the authors provide a hands-on, inviting and detailed description of organizational transformation.
A short theoretical overview of how we humans deal with change, providing insights into self-directedness for example, is followed by the detailed description of OpenSpace events. Members of an organization are invited to work on the organizational system and create the ways of working that they need to make the biggest impact possible.
A must read for everyone interested in or working with organizational design, enterprise architecture and self-organizing organizational development.
A more detailed description of OpenSpace Beta can be found in my blog post:
http://www.humanbusiness.eu/openspace...
A short theoretical overview of how we humans deal with change, providing insights into self-directedness for example, is followed by the detailed description of OpenSpace events. Members of an organization are invited to work on the organizational system and create the ways of working that they need to make the biggest impact possible.
A must read for everyone interested in or working with organizational design, enterprise architecture and self-organizing organizational development.
A more detailed description of OpenSpace Beta can be found in my blog post:
http://www.humanbusiness.eu/openspace...
April 12, 2019
There’s a lot of information packed into this little book as well as references to the texts that it builds on. I gained terrific insights on managing an organization, but would like to see more relation to real world experience. I am left wondering if I can find YouTube’s of some sample OS1’s or OS2’s and get a better picture of how they end up being conducted.
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