Key Takeaway
This will introduce a major new open source initiative within Agile and also more widely in related fields such as organisational development and strategy:
Based on the principle that complex systems scale by decomposition and recombination, HEXI allows for a multi-vendor approach to using methods and tools, creating unique assemblies in context rather than following a prescribed recipe. The launch partners included Scrum.org, Agile Business Consortium, Comic Agile, Team Topologies, agile42, the Flow System and Essence.
The workshop will provide both the underlying theory and principles behind the approach and practical experience in using the physical artefacts. The underlying theme is very much about becoming a chef rather than a recipe user and working with the originators of the methods, or those licensed by them.
Format: Half-day workshop, combining play and talk, using Hexis.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the scientific principles behind scaling in complex systems
- Discover new ways to integrate agile methods and tools into the wider business and organisational environment
- Gain practical experience in how to facilitate a Hexi session
Speakers
Dave Snowden
I am currently working on the application of natural sciences to social systems through the development of a range of methods and the SenseMaker® software suite. I started work in an NGO post University and then moved onto HR & Training in the late 70s when I started work with computers. That together with a diploma from The Certified Accountants got me a job as Development Accountant in the same firm where I headed up the Treasury function and was responsible for computerisation. An MBA in financial management saw me move into consultancy and software designing decision support systems in what became Data Sciences where I became a General Manager (creating MURCO) and the Corporate Business Development Manager where I created the Genus Programme (an integration of JAD/RAD, Object Orientation and Legacy Management) which was one of the main components in the turn around of that company. IBM acquired the company 1997 and after than my more public career started.
Specialties: Sense making
Knowledge Management
Complexity Science applied to organisations
Narrative
