I wanted to share a few experiences (I'll be writing more detailed articles for the network, so this is just the preliminary information)
I did an OS in Jordania, with public servants (mixed with a few German advisers). 1. OS works in the Arabic culture and empowers people to work on their passion. 2. As an OS facilitator, take care during the marketplace that the whole thing is not monopolized by individuals. I had to intervene, else all focus groups of the first round would have been merged. 3. The time between calling participants to step into the circle and the begin of the first focus groups is crucial and should be as short as possible to avoid lenghty discussions. Better risk to run into first sessions time (what I did in an other OS I had in Germany. Obviously this time period depends on the number of participants (I had another OS, were the time was much too short, and I had to re-write the post-its with the time of the sessions). Any other experiences, rule-of-the-thumb, how to approach this? 4. Against all warnings, I did the OS at the 3rd day of a 5-days-workshop on Learning Organizations. It worked well, and we got a lot of material to work on during the last two days of the workshop. I would like to be with you in Chicago - hope to join you next year. Love, Holger Dr. Holger Nauheimer Training - Coaching - Consulting Freisinger Str. 10A 10781 Berlin Toolbook for Change Management: http://www.snafu.de/~h.nauheimer
