Agendashift roundup, January 2024

Posted on by Mike Burrows

STOP PRESS – just too late for the main roundup below, here’s the episode I recorded on Monday for the Clean at Work podcast with hosts John Barratt and Sarah Baca. Enjoy!

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In this edition: February TTT/F; 15-minute FOTO, Obstacles Fast and Slow, and 25% off; From Flow to Business Agility; Upcoming events; Top posts

February TTT/F

Approaching fast, the next Leading with Outcomes: Train-the-Trainer / Facilitator (TTT/F) begins on the 6th. With the Inside-out Strategy module now split into two parts (I will record part II of the self-paced version after TTT/F finishes) and a much stronger relationship with the two most-used Agendashift / Leading with Outcomes workshop designs, the TTT/F agenda now looks like this:

  1. Tuesday 6th February – Leading with Outcomes: Foundation – a trainer’s eye view on the first two chapters of this core module of the Leading with Outcomes curriculum, introducing the IdOO (“I do”) pattern – Ideal, Obstacles, Outcomes
  2. Wednesday 7th February – Inside-out Strategy (I): On the same page, with purpose – featuring classic exercises including Celebration-5W, Obstacles Fast and Slow, and the first of two experiences of our Clean Language coaching game 15-minute FOTO. This session builds on the Leading with Outcomes Discovery Workshop and related workshop designs, including the Outside-in Strategy Review
  3. Tuesday 13th February – Inside-out Strategy (II): Fit for maximum impact – featuring the Leading with Outcomes Assessment Debrief Workshop and related workshop designs including the Adaptive Organisation Workshop, this session’s exercises include Option Relationship Mapping and a second experience of 15-minute FOTO and of course the assessment tools
  4. Wednesday 14th February – Moving into Action – Completing Leading with Outcomes: Foundation (specifically, the ideation part and its core pattern, Meaning, Measure, Method) before delving deeper into Adaptive Organisation

All sessions begin 13:00 GMT, 14:00 CET, 8am ET and finish by 17:00 GMT, 18:00 CET, 12 noon ET.

Ping me for coupon codes if any of the following apply:

  • Past TTT/F participants can join again for free (a popular perk)
  • Past participants of Leading in a Transforming Organisation get 60% off
  • Employees in public sector, education, and non-profit organisations get 40% off
  • Members of the old partner programme get 30% off
  • Last but not least, Agendashift Academy subscribers get subscription-specific discounts also

More information on Leading with Outcomes and its trainer and facilitator programmes here.

15-minute FOTO, Obstacles Fast and Slow, and 25% off!

Partly a bonus of the recently-announced release of the self-paced version of Inside-out Strategy (I): On the same page, with purpose, I will soon be releasing updated materials for our Clean Language-inspired coaching game 15-minute FOTO and the exercise that typically precedes it, Obstacles Fast and Slow (formerly Good Obstacle, Bad Obstacle).

Expect a new 1-deck 15-minute FOTO sometime in February. The one deck will cover both the Classic and Lite editions, plus the new cheat mode!

The March webinar/AMA is given over to recording a new video for Obstacles Fast and Slow. Join us! Materials and website updates to follow shortly after.

The release of Inside-out Strategy (I) also heralded some site reorganisation and a win/win! Details here:

From Flow to Business Agility

What can I say? January’s first blog post has been read more times than anything that made it onto last year’s top 10! If you missed it:

Upcoming events

With me (Mike Burrows) unless otherwise specified:

February

March

April

May

Top posts

  1. From Flow to Business Agility (January)
  2. My favourite Clean Language question (January 2019)
  3. What Lies Beneath (Spoiler: Constraints) (October 2023)
  4. From Reverse STATIK to a ‘Pathway’ for continuous transformation (October 2019)
  5. What’s in store for 2024 (January)

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:

  1. Leading with Outcomes: Foundation
  2. Inside-out Strategy (I): On the same page, with purpose
  3. Inside-out Strategy (II): Fit for maximum impact
  4. Part I: Business agility at every scale
  5. Part II: Between spaces, scopes, and scales
  6. Outside-in Strategy: Positioned for success

Individual subscriptions from £24.50 £18.40 per month after a 7-day free trial, with discounts available for employees and employers in the government, healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors. For bulk subscriptions, ask for our Agendashift for Business brochure.

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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