Hello Mayke, I will have a short training session on Open Space in South Africa next week. I will give you feed back once I am back.
To my knowledge one of the leading OST specialists in Africa is Valerie Morris from Cape Town. I am copying your message to her and you might contact her if you wish. To my experience so far, you should not fall into the African "trap" that everything needs to be discussed at length. So, after you have introduced the rules, do not accept any discussions but open the market place immediately. You might also run into slight problems if there are some senior people who want their status to be honoured. Michael P Pannwitz, can we send her Theo's dissertation? Regards, Holger Dr. Holger Nauheimer BeraterKompetenz Rosenheimer Str. 5 10781 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 684 49 http://www.beraterkompetenz.de/ http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/ -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]Im Auftrag von Mayke Wagner, essence Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Marz 2004 08:19 An: [email protected] Betreff: Open Space experience with African countries Hello from springtime Germany, I have my first Open Space Conference coming up in April and Lisa encouraged me to make use of the expertise and experience of all of you! The Open Space will take place in Nairobi, Kenya and we will have participants from Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sounth Africa. The topic will be "Towards Sustainability of Healthcare Technology Systems" with participants being stakeholders, decision makers, and maintenance staff from all levels (national, regional, district, facility) of the healthcare technology system. My question is whether - from your experience - there are certain cultural aspects I need to consider. Do you have any experience with / recommendations for this group of participants? Looking forward to your ideas and stories, Mayke ___________________________________________ essence - Beratung, Training, Coaching Mayke Wagner Hanser 3 88279 Amtzell GERMANY [email protected] Tel (+49) 07520 / 9232 02 visit us: <http://www.t-e-a-m.org> * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
