Thank you Harrison. I'll surely do it again!
Stefano On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > Congratulations! Just knew it would all turn out perfect. Now just do it > again. > > > > 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 <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Stefano Lucantoni > *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 11:52 AM > > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator > > > > Hi all, > I'm finally back to tell you that my company enjoyed our first Open Space > (my first as facilitator :) ) and it was really a great success. > > I experienced on my skin what Harrison wrote on the "User Guide" about OS > facilitation... it has more in common with Zen than with a straight, linear > application of a cookbook technology. > As facilitator you are totally in play and the more you are in tune with > the energy flow around you, the more you are able to give help, even only > with your passive presence. > > There were several tries (expecially near after the opening of the > marketplace) by people who asked me a help to take things under control and > it was really simple to help them let the things go the way they were going. > > A satisfaction aura pervaded the most of them and during the evening > closing session the feedback was a pleasant confirmation of that. > > Every moment was a good surprise for the participants but I can say that > the most shocking one was when they had in their hands the proceedings. > They were shocked... some reactions were like: "Really?" - "It's not > possible!" - "So soon?" > but the one I liked more was "WOW!". > > Now the Space is Open and we have lots of work to do to continue our > cultural change until the next Open Space (maybe in September). > > Please let me say thank you to you all again for your suggestions and > encouragement, expecially to Gerardo De Luzenberger who I called the day > before the OS having with him a very interesting exchange. > > Ciao > Stefano > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Stefano Lucantoni < > stefano.lucant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Diana, > > My intention is to be there and I'll be happy to meet you and all the > agilists OS practitioners who will be in Rome during those days. > > > > Tks a lot for your kind availability. > > Let's stay in touch. > > Stefano > > > Il giorno 25/mar/2014, alle ore 19:18, Diana Larsen < > di...@futureworksconsulting.com> ha scritto: > > Hi Stefano, > > > > One more thought, I know there will be people attending the XP2014 > conference from a couple of companies I know about in Europe that use Open > Space as a regular part of their internal communication and decision making > processes. If you're in the area then, I could connect you with them. > > > > Diana > > > > ************** > Diana Larsen > > http://futureworksconsulting.com > > > > Envisioning a world where everyone at every level of the organization can > say, "I love my work; this is the best job EVER!" > > > > ******************** > > > > > > On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Diana Larsen <di...@futureworksconsulting.com> > wrote: > > > > Yes Stefano, > > > > As Harold suggests, the Agile Open program might be something to look > into. > > > > Also the XP2014 conference is in Rome this year May 26-30. The main > conference days May 27-29 will feature a parallel open space. I will be in > Rome for it and would enjoy meeting with you too. I could tell you about > the other resources and supports I'm familiar with. > > > > I'm sure there are other wonderful OS facilitators based in Italy who > could also help. > > > > Diana > > Diana Larsen > > http://futureworksconsulting.com > > Sent from my iPad. Please excuse typos & other fumble fingered effects. > > > On Mar 24, 2014, at 15:43, Stefano Lucantoni <stefano.lucant...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Harold, thanks for your suggestions. > > I didn't know the Open Agile Program, it seems really interesting and > starting one of these conferences in Italy is an exciting option. Next > summer I know that there will be a two Open Space days for the Italian > Agile Coach Camp... Maybe they adhere to the program. > > > > About Daniel Mezick I know his work very well and our first Open Space > should be our first step adopting his OAA framework. Unfortunately I can't > attend his first training at the end of April. > > Waiting for future training in Europe, in the mean time we'll try to do > the best with the help of his book (The Culture Game) and all the useful > stuff he published on his site. > > > > Thanks again for your suggestions. > > Cheers > > Stefano > > > Il giorno 23/mar/2014, alle ore 14:51, Harold Shinsato < > har...@shinsato.com> ha scritto: > > A fellow agilist! Welcome Stefano. Glad to be reading your questions and > remembering the tension and the joys of the first time opening the circle. > > Many from within a company have facilitated an open space for that > company. I've done it myself at SAP back in 2008. But this is a lot like > the recommended division of roles between the scrum master and the product > owner. They don't mix well, because in many ways the Scrum Master is > supposed to be a facilitator, whereas the Product Owner is more like a boss. > > Also, the traditional team manager is definitely *not* a good candidate as > the scrum master. If you are the manager of the team or group, being the > facilitator is extremely challenging. If someone owns the decision making - > it is very hard to give up that decision making to the team. And even worse > if you are determining their salaries and whether or not they get fired or > promoted. But if you are seen as being on the same level as the rest of the > team or group, it's much easier for you to be considered neutral and > capable of keeping the space safe and open for new ideas and challenging > opinions. I don't see a problem with a good agile coach being a facilitator > for an open space. Though I think Daniel Mezick has an interesting view on > that. More about Daniel later. > > As an agile coach - you might be interested in two pieces of history. > Diana Larsen is on this list, and has been at the core of the Agile Open > program, http://www.agilealliance.org/programs/agile-open-program/ , > which has used open space on the agile theme starting in Portland but now > is happening in several places in the country. My annual Montana Open Space > conference just joined that program this year - our MACH One @Missoula. > Shameless plug. http://machmissoula.org. They are fantastic conferences > if you get a chance. You might even consider starting one in Italy. > > A second newer piece, Daniel Mezick is promoting a framework that makes > Open Space the center piece of an organizational adoption of agile and has > some great experience and ideas on how to make that successful. The Open > Agile Adoption framework. http://newtechusa.net/open-agile-adoption/. > He's been active on this list as well. He has said it's better for the > facilitator to be external so they are not considered as part of the team, > and I think if you were doing a formal OAA process, you're supposed to find > an external facilitator. > > Cheers, > Harold > > > On 3/22/14 12:25 PM, Stefano Lucantoni wrote: > > Well, I think there was a little misunderstanding and for sure it's my > fault. > > I'm not the CEO but one of the three agile coaches of our company. > > > > Our work is focused on helping our company to upgrade its culture (we > started as Scrum Masters and now we work at all the company levels) and > Open Space is the most powerful tool to support us with this big challenge. > > > > Since the beginning I thought that as company coach and facilitator it > could be ok to facilitate this meeting too, even tough I'm a company > employee. Am I wrong? > > > > Anyway now I know that you Gerardo are very close to me and it would be > great to establish a direct contact during the next days. > > > > Please, let me all know what you think. > > > > Tks everybody > > Stefano > > > Il giorno 21/mar/2014, alle ore 21:51, Suzanne Daigle <sdaig...@gmail.com> > ha scritto: > > What a treat to have a CEO immersed in Open Space and an Agile Scrum guy > to boot! I agree with Harrison; it will lead to amazing things for your > company if you jump in the ring with everyone. So inspired. Wish we had met > in Paris. I was there then. Keep us posted! > > Suzanne > > P.S. Gerardo translated Harrison's user guide in Italian. I have my very > own copy which Gerardo signed dedicating it to my dad who read the book > from cover to cover years ago in Italian. He was a medical doctor. He loved > it! > > On Mar 21, 2014 4:24 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Stefano – If Milano can talk to Roma, good things might happen! > > > > I was going to add in my previous note that while it is certainly possible > for the CEO to facilitate an Open Space as you propose, that would not be > my first choice for several reasons. First – no matter what you say you > will STILL be the Boss (or whatever) – which makes it harder to believe > that it really is Open Space, and that you are not setting the agenda. As > you probably know by now, it is virtually impossible to “control” an Open > Space. Certainly you can shut it down, but you and everybody else will be > out of control, simply because everybody is “in control.” You know that, > but your people don’t, at least for their first Open Space. So I would not > put unneeded barriers in the way, even if they will be cast aside. The > second reason that doing it yourself is problematical is that as > facilitator, you really need to keep your hands out of things (present and > invisible, so to speak). But then everybody loses, assuming that you have > some value to add. Which I am sure you do. > > > > So do yourself and everybody else a favor. Invite my good friend Gerardo > (Milano) to do the honors. And if he can’t, there are many other good > folks, all speaking Italian. If he/they can take care of the space, you can > have the marvelous fun of playing in it with all your comrades. At least > that is what I would do. > > > > 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 <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20/> > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20/> (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto: > oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Stefano Lucantoni > *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2014 9:46 AM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator > > > > Hege, tks for your words. > I'm very lucky because I'm part of a team (agile coaches team) who shared > strong values and maybe our passion was capable to 'infect' our management. > > We hope OS will be a first step toward a new way to live collaboration in > our company. > > We're going to do a one day Open Space. > > And to answer to a previous Suzanne question: we're located in Rome. > > Stefano > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Hege Steinsland <steinslandh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Stefano, I wish you all the best and congratulate you with your courage > and the trust your company shows in you and the method! A great > opportunity! I looke forward to listen to your experience. Are you doing a > one ore two days Open space? > > > > All the best from > > Hege > > Norway. > > 21. mars 2014 kl. 13:16 skrev Stefano Lucantoni < > stefano.lucant...@gmail.com>: > > > > Thanks a lot Suzanne. > I'm reading Harrison's guide again and again and I admit that the more I > read it the more the stress drops down because it really seems to me that > the Open Space is self sufficient or anyway needs a very small help. > > Thanks again for your support. > > Ciao > > Stefano > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaig...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Stefano...bravo! Love the theme, love that you will have 100 people and > most especially that you have invited your organization into Open Space. > Besides telling you to enjoy the experience, I would refer you to > Harrison's guide. After 5 years I still go back to it to do the basic > preparations and to also sink into my invisible role opening and holding > the space. Where are you located? > > Thank you for sharing and making us part of your first experience. > Remember you can do no wrong. It will happen with you and in spite of you. > Keep us posted. > Suzanne > > On Mar 20, 2014 6:49 PM, "Stefano Lucantoni" <stefano.lucant...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear all, > I'm new to this OS world. After my first, and unique, OS experience in > Paris during last September (The Global Scrum Gathering) I came back home > with the idea to adopt this kind of meeting in my company too. > On next March 31st my company's first Open Space meeting will take place > and I'm going to be the facilitator. wow! > We'll be around 100 people and the theme is "how could we make our company > a better place to work?" > If any of you have a suggestion to share with me, something that you would > have been happy to receive before your first time as an OS facilitator, I > think it would be really a gift for me. > > thanks all > Stefano > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > har...@shinsato.com > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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