Adaptive Action Conversations
Adaptive Action Conversations
Conversation 4: Implementation: Fit over Fidelity Glenda Eoyang Royce Holladay Human Systems Dynamics Institute adaptiveaction.org hsdinstitute.org wiki.hsdinstitute.org
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
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Today We Will Explore Implementation Challenges Define “FIT” CAS, Adaptive Action
Discover Adaptive Implementation Explore Options for Action
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The Implementation Challenges Global meets Local meets Global Evidence-based practice is proven to work Every environment is different We can blueprint perfection, but we cannot build it ! Our systems are open to the unexpected ! People doing the work know what works ! Change is certain, but rate is unknowable ! ! ! !
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What is FIT? Complex Adaptive System A collection of individual agents who have the freedom to act in unpredictable ways, and whose actions are interconnected such that they produce system-wide patterns.
Agents interact © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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What is FIT? Complex Adaptive System Those system-wide patterns, in turn, influence the behaviors of the agents
System-wide patterns emerge
Agents interact © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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How to FIT? Adaptive Action
Adaptive Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Very Clear
Goal
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Adapted from Dennis Cheesebrow’s Change Maturity Model Voices from the Field (HSD Press. 2003)
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
8
Very Clear
Goal
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Few
Many
Options for Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
9
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Explore
Goal
Plan
Very Clear
Adapt
Maintain Few
Many
Options for Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
10
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Explore
Goal
Plan
Very Clear
Adapt
Maintain Few
Many
Options for Action
What needs to leave the system?
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Adaptive Implementation Tips and Traps ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Turn judgment into curiosity Expect to be surprised Track multiple projects on same landscape Consider benefits of moving up, up, and out Stretch and fold time Shift measures over time Use adaptive planning
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To Learn More . . . ! Books ! ! ! !
Facilitating Organization Change (Olson & Eoyang) Coping with Chaos (Eoyang) Patterns (Holladay & Quade) Adaptive Action (Eoyang & Holladay)
! Web ! ! ! ! !
adaptiveaction.org & hsdinstitute.org wiki.hsdinstitute.org hsdcommunity.ning.com #hsd #adaptact @glendaeoyang @rjholladay
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
Out in April 2013 Preorder NOW
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Even More Resources
! Training ! ! ! !
!
Webinars HSDP Certification Custom Classes Open classes • Tasters • Agent training • Short courses Adaptive Action Labs
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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What will you do? ! Adaptive Action is ACTION! ! How will you use what you learned today: ! Assess current projects ! Revisit current project plans ! Define “FIT” for your org/projects ! Improve your capacity to: • Explore • Plan • Adapt • Maintain © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Conversation 4: Implementation: Fit over Fidelity Glenda Eoyang Royce Holladay Human Systems Dynamics Institute adaptiveaction.org hsdinstitute.org wiki.hsdinstitute.org
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
1
Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
2
Today We Will Explore Implementation Challenges Define “FIT” CAS, Adaptive Action
Discover Adaptive Implementation Explore Options for Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
3
The Implementation Challenges Global meets Local meets Global Evidence-based practice is proven to work Every environment is different We can blueprint perfection, but we cannot build it ! Our systems are open to the unexpected ! People doing the work know what works ! Change is certain, but rate is unknowable ! ! ! !
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
4
What is FIT? Complex Adaptive System A collection of individual agents who have the freedom to act in unpredictable ways, and whose actions are interconnected such that they produce system-wide patterns.
Agents interact © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
5
What is FIT? Complex Adaptive System Those system-wide patterns, in turn, influence the behaviors of the agents
System-wide patterns emerge
Agents interact © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
6
How to FIT? Adaptive Action
Adaptive Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
7
Very Clear
Goal
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Adapted from Dennis Cheesebrow’s Change Maturity Model Voices from the Field (HSD Press. 2003)
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
8
Very Clear
Goal
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Few
Many
Options for Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
9
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Explore
Goal
Plan
Very Clear
Adapt
Maintain Few
Many
Options for Action
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
10
Ambiguous
Adaptive Implementation
Explore
Goal
Plan
Very Clear
Adapt
Maintain Few
Many
Options for Action
What needs to leave the system?
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
11
Adaptive Implementation Tips and Traps ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Turn judgment into curiosity Expect to be surprised Track multiple projects on same landscape Consider benefits of moving up, up, and out Stretch and fold time Shift measures over time Use adaptive planning
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
12
To Learn More . . . ! Books ! ! ! !
Facilitating Organization Change (Olson & Eoyang) Coping with Chaos (Eoyang) Patterns (Holladay & Quade) Adaptive Action (Eoyang & Holladay)
! Web ! ! ! ! !
adaptiveaction.org & hsdinstitute.org wiki.hsdinstitute.org hsdcommunity.ning.com #hsd #adaptact @glendaeoyang @rjholladay
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
Out in April 2013 Preorder NOW
13
Even More Resources
! Training ! ! ! !
!
Webinars HSDP Certification Custom Classes Open classes • Tasters • Agent training • Short courses Adaptive Action Labs
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
14
What will you do? ! Adaptive Action is ACTION! ! How will you use what you learned today: ! Assess current projects ! Revisit current project plans ! Define “FIT” for your org/projects ! Improve your capacity to: • Explore • Plan • Adapt • Maintain © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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