Right on! Chuni!! Given the nature of the issue, doing a OS with the WHOLE company (at least all those who care about the company) is really critical. The wisdom of nine contrasted with the collective wisdom and experience of everybody else is pretty small, to say the least. And the buy in from everybody else who is not included will be, predictably, smaller. Paul, do yourself and your client a real favor. Have this conversation with them. If it were me, unless there were huge extenuating circumstances (which I couldn't imagine) I would make companywide (voluntary) participation a condition of my participation. Sounds a little harsh I guess, but experience, sometimes bitter, has taken me there. And if you question whether such a tender situation could be effectively dealt with by all parties in Open Space... The answer is quite simple: YES. In fact that is where Open Space really shines. If you look through the book, "Tales from Open Space" - you will find the story of a large company of 2500 downsizing itself to 1200 - all in a series of Open Spaces. You can find a copy at:
http://openspaceworld.com/Tales.pdf Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 04843 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of chunili2...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 11:09 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Small group OS Hi Paul, I will comment on the 2nd part of your question. Issues like new org structure and downsizing have wide impact. These types of issues can be a very good theme for a wider audience than the 9-person management team (if not the entire organization). I would suggest to the management team to consider inviting the whole organization to come and see how cares to show up. Who knows? The collective wisdom may lead to solutions better than downsizing. At the minimum, if people understand the issues and challenges well, and participate in the grieving process of restructuring, they can deal with the pain of downsizing better. Chuni From: Paul Nunesdea <nunes...@me.com> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:10 AM Subject: [OSList] Small group OS List, Apologies if this is a recurrent question... Would opening space at management team level (9 persons) would work? The issue is a burning 'new company structure' eventually facing a downsize. I have experienced to host larger groups OS but wonder how it would be also useful in a smaller group context. My question is twofold: - would a OS session of 9 persons would work in terms of marketplace dynamics, would the sessions be too small? - If that works well, then I wonder if extending results to the remainder of the company not in the OS meeting would be effective? Your experience would be much valued! Best Paul >From my iPad _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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