Dear Chris I have worked and still use both OS and World Café(+group graphics) but I haven´t mixed them.
I have almost only used the Café when I have had a large group and little time (often 2-3 hours).I do know that there are people around who use Café to go deeper than we do on these occasions. As soon as I get more time and the conditions are right I use Open Space. One important aspect for me is that I think the experience of "we did it ourselves" is so powerful. Another thing is that I think it is more efficient when there is enough time. One more thing is that I think OS gives conditions that enhance relations between participants and builds new networks amongst them, on a deeper and more focused level (interest groups). Today I facilitated a full day of Open Space with 170 staff of a school in the south of Sweden. Now the 22 reports are posted on a wall, and they have a week to do the voting with dots. Then we´ll meet again on the 31st to continue convergence and do actionplans. By the way, the reports are already in their mailbox! Warmest regards & Good Night Thomas Herrmann > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]För Chris Macrae > Skickat: den 16 mars 2004 07:48 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: what happens when you mix OS and world cafe > > > I am trying to understand what the difference in outcome is > between a day spent in open space and a day that mixes open space > and cafe -latter case here > http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyconversing.html > > Worse I am coming from a situation where I would have been happy > with open space but the powers that choose sound like they will > go for the mixture. (And yes the one day feels like another > cramping factor) > > I am taking a first guess that Open Space is better where there > is conflict resolution on all sides and indeed the normal powers > that be are part of the communal problem. OS and cafe may have an > advantage if like the charette there are some expert parameters > that are going to need to be built (eg if an architect is > designing something in a town at the end of the day the > co-creation has to stand up to being architecturally stable) > > Is that a correct first guess? And what other major differences > are there/ eg is there something about Open Space being better if > you want the people to reconcile with each other and continually > network around their shared situation whereas the OS & Cafe may > be more about one product development decision where neither of > these issues (there may not be people-based hidden agendas to > start with and the need for people to continuously reconcile > viewpoints from that day on may not be as primary as it would be > in peacemaking context) may be so big? > > Help! > chris macrae > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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
