Core Agendashift: Learning The Language of Outcomes
Credential Earned: OLN-ASHIFT-CORE1 (Core Agendashift Level 1)
Course Overview
Leading change in the 21st century? You need a 21st century engagement model:
- Based not on the imposition of prescribed solutions but around authentic agreement on outcomes
- Not linear and plan-based, but emergent, humane, and complexity-conscious
- Not just one-off projects, but the beginning of new conversations and new kinds of conversation
- Not proprietary, but open and framework-agnostic – built by and for a welcoming community of experienced practitioners working at the exciting intersection of Lean-Agile, Strategy, and Organisation Development
The Core workshop ‘Facilitating outcome-oriented change’ provides a quick, single-day pass through the Agendashift engagement model. It is aimed at coaches, consultants, and managers wishing to practice a range of outcome-centric facilitation techniques and develop some awareness of the continuous transformation process.
Who Should Attend
- Agents and leaders of organisational change – whether internal or external, specialist practitioner or sponsor
- Coaches and consultants
- Those occupying managerial and business leadership roles
Duration
This course is 8 hours when delivered online and a full day when delivered in the classroom. The online session(s) may be 2, 3 or 4 hours each depending on the instructor.
Topics
1. Discovery: Describing where we’d like to get to
Exploring organisational context, objectives, obstacles, and outcomes using these exercises:
- Celebration-5W – context, future focus
- True North / obstacles (Lean and Agile)
- 15-minute FOTO (Clean Language)
- Plan on a Page (Lean Change)
2. Exploration: Prospecting for opportunities
- Debriefing the Agendashift delivery assessment (Lean and Agile)
- Prioritisation and obstacle identification
- 15-minute FOTO (Clean Language)
3. Mapping: Building a visual transformation plan
One or more mapping exercises taken from the following ‘string’:
- The four points contextualisation exercise (Cynefin), introduced as Option approach mapping
- Option visibility mapping (Wardley, Keogh/Scotland), previously known as Reverse Wardley mapping
- Pathway mapping (User Story Mapping, Reverse STATIK)
4. Elaboration: Framing our actions, testing our thinking
- Option generation and prioritisation
- Hypothesis (Lean Startup)
Experiment A3 (Lean)
What You Will Learn
- Practice in a range of outcome-oriented facilitation techniques
- Recognition of the role of outcome orientation in the modern organisation
- Understanding of the integration of techniques and concepts from Lean-Agile, Kanban, Clean Language, Cynefin, Lean Startup, and A3
Takeaway Materials
Students exit this course with a wide range of PDF artifacts for executing on outcome-based organizational change using the Agendashift engagement model.