#aonw Opening Circle. April Jefferson with a reminder and an introduction to
Open Spaces, 5 Principles, 1 Law; butterflies, honeybees, ...and how to pull sticky notes without curling.
Elevator pitches for Open Spaces topics at AONW. 4 corners of the gym, 2 spaces in each of 2 classrooms, the library, and "wherever".

perpetual retrospective space on the large landscape decorated board - ok to put stickies.

colored balloons marking gathering spaces in larger rooms (2x or 4x)

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For session notes, see LinkedIn under the hashtag #aonw2026 . (AONW org: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agile-open-northwest )
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Topics for the sessions are moderately heavy on LLMs and agentic techniques.
"tasks that were previously not worth it are now done" (e.g. docs and warning linting; part of a session on agent augmented programming and behavior shaping)
topic wanted? "Harm Reduction in LLM augmented software development"
A link on "The Green Path" of behavior change before context and advocacy (in software coaching context) - Marian Heather Hartman https://changethatsticks.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-teaching-and-start-designing
When We Stop Teaching and Start Designing

Why Behavior Comes Before Explanation

Change that Sticks
A terrible metaphor from Blue Eyed Samurai about the value of old vs. new techniques re pre LLMs and new LLM augmented techniques.
A happy spirit haunting this session: Arlo Belshee. #aonw2026

Listening to a discussion on evolving and growing skill and ability in agile coaching and I think about Alistair Cockburn and the Crystal family of just enough method for the scale.

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