THanks for your responses Eric, Elisabeth and HO I have never used any warm-ups in an OST but it sure would be interesting to see how that would work! A "real" theme has always worked for my groups and I like that. Your suggestion Harrison is pretty close to the theme already chosen (From good to best (but in Swedish)) - but I think it was not communicated clearly, with passion. It will be interesting how things work out on Friday. And what they/we come up with.
One idea that struck me is to use a fish-bowl start where the leaders - and if others care to join - clarify way ahead. Another thing. As I shared earlier we had a brief report out in the morning, before starting. I had preferred to have it in a separate room but due to difficulties with microphones we had it besides the circle. 9 groups that started last year shared - one minute each - their achievements. And there were some quite major achievements… Hmm maybe this set a tone that interfered… It is always difficult to know what affects what and how… I very seldom have any activities such as presentations before starting… Hmm Hmmm… More comments very welcome Hugs Thomas 23 aug 2014 kl. 16:30 skrev Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net>: > One of the problems of doing an Open Space as an "annual affair" is simply > that it is done because it has "always" been done -- and not because there > is some specific, high passion issue and opportunity. In my experience, the > predictable result is (unfortunately) what you experienced. And as is true > with any sort of meeting... if there is no compelling reason to have it -- > Why bother? My practice is Open Space when you need space opened -- and > never because the calendar has hit a certain date. All that said... For your > second event how about something like this..."Things are great! How do we > make them greater? Issues and Opportunities." > > Harrison > > Winter Address > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, MD 20854 > 301-365-2093 > > Summer Address > 189 Beaucaire Ave. > Camden, ME 04843 > 207-763-3261 > > Websites > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com > OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go > to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of > Thomas Herrmann > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 8:27 AM > To: OSLIST > Subject: [OSList] org'n works too good to use OST.? > > Had a "funny" experience yesterday when I facilitated an OST with an > organization that I mentioned about earlier, they have dived into OST and > use the approach more and more in everyday life. Every August they have 1-2 > days with all employees. Last year we had 2 full days (twice with half the > staff each time) in OST resulting in a total of 23 action plans implemented > by self managed workgroups. We have had follow up meetings reporting the > progress from teams that now have dissolved or are still working. Their > business (a hospital) now runs really smoothly, producing well over targets > with energy and high spirit. > Out of different reasons the message for the first of this years conferences > (one full day, next Friday is the next - for the other half of the staff) > was a bit blurry (in my opinion/how I experience it) so the energy was not > so high (setting agenda was really slooooow, didn't experience anything like > that in the hundreds of events I have facilitated!) and some thought the day > was a bit boring/slow. At the end most who were still there were happy(some > left early - long day on Friday is not a good choice either) - 9 action > plans with concrete improvements! I used re-opening space, so it was all by > invitation (-: > > Anyhow, a challenge may be to find a really hot theme when business runs so > good. I am now in communication with the leadership about how we can get the > steam going better next Friday. > Any experiences to share, ideas and/or suggestions? > Warm regards > Thomas Herrmann > _______________________________________________ > 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 .
