I am with Michael 100% on this one.
In addition, for me this is an example of the benefit of questions as
"themes." Coming up with the question helps test the parameters
Michael refers to in ways that being catchy or triggy often miss.
Over the years I have had groups come up with some questions that were
not at all catchy, and even cumbersome, but which I recognized through
the pre-work provided an authentic springboard they needed for their
work. I have been a participant in a few others that had clever
themes. Generally speaking, I will take cumbersome authenticity over
catchy or clever.
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Quoting Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]>:
Dear Hege and Eiwor,
you came up with a catchy theme, Eiwor, just what Hege was asking
for. I am not sure about the "triggy" part (my Big Webster does not
know the word), maybe you meant "triggering"?
I imagine there might be a bunch more themes that would fill the bill.
In my experience, not finding a heading for an os-event in the
planning meeting or the prework, has always been a sure fire sign
for trouble ahead, a kind of indication that something is missing or
not in place.
If this rather rare situation of not finding a heading strikes, I
encourage the planning group step back (before continuing on the
task of finding the Heading they all like) to look again at
---their expectation for the event
and to check once more if all
---the people needed to fulfil the expectation (breakthrough) are
identified (important for the invitation)
and to look at the planning group once more as they are assembled
and to think a minute on whether
---everyone needed for planning the event is present.
The result of such reflection has been
---OST is not the right approach in this situation (a hidden agenda
surfaces or it becomes very clear that one of the prerequisites for
OST to do its thing is not in place)
---we need to meet once more with x and y being present for the planning
or, and this is the case most often
---suddenly THE heading surfaces.
Looking at this from this perspective, it is a blessing not to find
a heading in the first try... a situation that benefits from
stepping back (expanding the space) and have the planning group take
this hurdle and not the facilitator. After all, the facilitator
should not work harder than the client.
Good luck, Hege
mmp
On 26.03.2014 09:52, Eiwor Backelund wrote:
"Issues and opportunities to create the miracle we are looking for".
Just occurred in my mind that they need a miracle and that is what people do
when they work in Open Space.
Good luck!
Eiwor
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Hello wise people.
I`m doing an OS on a shipyard soon. We just had the pre-work, but we did not
manage to come up with a catchy and triggy theme....
The situation is that they really are trapped in a corner with a 2 month
delay even before they have started the project. They are up against time
and budget, and really need a breakthrough to make this work, and some real
learning to gain for the future...
Any suggestions
Hege
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