Celebrating the book launch and connect event
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Last week was truly a week of celebration with our book launch and our annual (in-person) Agile Connect event. Plus, our friends Jeroen and Els celebrated their birthdays.
Book Launch
The moment had finally arrived: the launch of our book *Expedition Agility*. It was a memorable event that we celebrated with our family and friends of change. We went all out at Restaurant Zuiver in Utrecht with delicious snacks and drinks and gave an interactive presentation where we shared the journey we embarked on to create the book. Naturally, we also took our audience along on a journey through the book itself, giving them a chance to discover just how agile they really are. It was wonderful to celebrate this moment together and thank the people who contributed to the book, like our publisher OMJS, our reviewers Bianca, Esther, Merte, Jeroen, Rebecca, and Vivian, and of course Astrid, our graphic designer. Without them, this book wouldn’t have turned out so beautifully and professionally. Naturally, we are proud of our book and hope it inspires others to get started on making their own organizations lighter, more fun, and more agile.
Agile Connect Event
That same week, we tried out how to use the book in practice with a group of Agile Champions during our annual Agile Connect event. Using the practical cases brought in by the Agile Champions, we held an OpenSpace, where we used our book as an additional resource.
A useful tool for this is the Expedition Agility Canvas and its accompanying legend. These tools help you move from the current (disruptive) situation to the desired (more agile) situation. The legend provides an overview of the treasures you can find, the ballast you can unload, and the work forms (message in a bottle) you can use to help resolve or improve the disruptive situation.
Besides all the practical tips from the Agile Champions themselves, the book was considered a valuable addition to help take a step forward.
Would you also like to get started with *Expedition Agility*? Then visit our website at [https://amigos.nu/book/](https://amigos.nu/book/). Here, you can order the book, download the Expedition Agility Canvas, and access the work forms and other materials we’ve made available online for all friends of change – free to use and get started with right away!
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Our book Expedition Agility is ready!
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Last week we had a great milestone: Our book Expeditie wendbaarheid is at the printer and can be pre-sold! Yoehoe, the flag can fly! It took a while to work hard to meet the agreed deadline, but then we have something that we are really proud of. We can’t wait to get our hands on it! If you are already curious, we expect to have the book in Dutch and English on the shelves of bol.com at the beginning of September.
Did you know that this book was written especially for you, friend of change? It is your hand luggage for the journey to agility of you and your organization. It is for people who believe that they can make a difference, can take people with them and together make the organization a little better every day. Together, with pleasure and in a sustainable way, change things.
How? Is the question we answer with the book. In the book you will find our experiences and approach to helping organizations change. It is written as a journey of discovery, where you will discover step by step why your organization is not yet so agile. It is a graphically beautifully designed workbook that remains open very conveniently when you start working with it. You will find no less than 76 fun work forms that you can use very practically to bring about change. By structuring and bundling our experiences, it has already helped us solve practical situations. We hope that will be the case for you too.
The proverbial final steps were tough. Nevertheless, we look back with pleasure on the past years in which we have written and shaped the book. Each of us had our own role in this. By continuing to inspire each other and questioning critically, we have been able to make the book a little better each time. Fortunately, it did not become an endless iteration and we are now really finished with the Dutch version. The translation into English will be done this summer and then it will be time for the book launch! We will keep you informed!
Do you want to be one of the first to receive a copy of the book Expeditie wendbaarheid? Then reserve the book here now, and you can be sure that it will land on your doorstep in September.
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Invitation: Agile champion league event 12 September 2024
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Alas! Due to corona measures, the WWF Earth Hour run has been cancelled. Very unfortunate because we were really looking forward to it. As Amigos, we feel it is important to contribute positively to the world. We even had 5th place in raising sponsorship money.
Every year, WWF organises ‘Earth Hour’. Together with millions of people in more than 180 countries, we show that we want to protect our beautiful planet. This can be done by turning off the lights for 1 hour. This year, for the first time, a sponsored 10 km run was also organised. This global signal is important to put the problem and solution of climate change on the global map and join hands for nature on earth. Thanks to Earth Hour, more and more consumers, businesses, governments and countries are making sustainable choices.
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