At 09:37 AM 5/7/2003 +0200, Gabriela wrote:
For me, OST with 10 people is always so very different as with 30. And OST with 90 participants is also so different as with 150. And an one-day is so different to a two, or three-day OST. And it is so different, if you have your "own" Open Space or if it is combined with another event.
I certainly agree that time makes a difference (1/2 day, 1 day 2 days) but only (in my experience) in the depth of conversation. Given more time, people generally do go deeper -- and that is a real plus. However, at the level of process, I fail to see any significant difference. It all "works" just like usual. Even the time it takes to get started is almost identical regardless of size. For a group of 25 I always expect 1 and 1/2 hours from start to "Going to Work." And the same is true for groups of 250, 500, 1000. With 2108, guess what ? 1 and 1/2 hours.
What do you think, is there also a special difference between 1000 and 2000?
None that I could see -- except more bodies and more space.
What I know is, that your OST was an one-day-event at the end of a very big 4-days-conference. With your new experiences of today - what have you learned about that imbedded setting?
An "embedded" (shades of Iraq!) Open Space is always a problem, and one that I would choose to avoid if possible. And a 4 day conference is (for me) definitely too long. The fatigue level really starts to rise. Having said all that I really can't imagine an Open Space with greater spirit and flow than we experienced. That did surprise me. I think part of it was, people had spent 3 days sitting in rows in darkened rooms, listening to speeches. Suddenly breaking into Open Space was not unlike kids getting out of school. ho
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