Talk:OpenAgile Primer on Organic Growth

In the "What is growing?" section, I visualized it as 4 concentric circles with:

* "value delivery" in the middle, followed by   * capacities as individuals, * team capacities, * and then processes (including OpenAgile processes working towards growth).

Often value can be constrained by the weakest performing member of a group, and a real team is certainly more than the sum of the capacities of the individual members of the team. Often a team can be constrained by external processes in the organization in which they work. So organic growth needs to happen at all levels to succeed: individuals, teams, and processes. Thus adding more value by becoming more responsive to change through timeliness (of individuals), cohesiveness (of the team), and promoting efficient processes.



--JoshW 28 September 2011

Response
Hi Josh,

Very interesting graphic. I perceive, in this image, that the capacities of the team & individuals (to deliver value) is enveloped by the OpenAgile "processes" (perhaps "framework" in other words).

When I saw your graphic I thought about how an envelope is sometimes good (like a hug) but sometimes limiting (like a straight-jacket). I'd like to see an image which somehow portrays how OpenAgile invites individuals and teams to explore the big world beyond the outer ring...because I believe it's important that we frequently "think outside the circle" and to never conclude that *existing* OpenAgile principles define the outer-bounds of growth.

I wonder also how people would respond to your diagram if the labels for each of the concentric shapes were not (from inner to outer) "value, then individuals, team, processes" but "courage, detachment, search, & love". -- DavidSabine 14:18, 29 September 2011 (PDT)