Harrison wrote:
"...how to open some more space - anywhere, anyhow, with anyone???? Doing an OS 
is cool, but surely that represents but a tiny fraction of the opportunities 
available.  So come on Folks (Lurkers included) how do we open up some more 
space? And how are we doing right now. Perhaps if we shared we cold give each 
other some really good ideas."

This question really got my attention.  My thoughts have gone from the 
grandiose (doing Open Space on TV...What is the biggest notice board we have 
ever set up...Open Space in Airports, Railway Stations...) to the everyday (How 
can I Open Space with the person next to me in the check in queue?)

My keepers so far are:

- I really like Susan Scott's book 'Fierce Conversations' where her question is 
something like 'What is the most important thing that you and I need to discuss 
right now?'

- I wondered if we are using the potential of the internet for this work. Do we 
have our online notice board where people can say their name and what they 
would like to have a meeting about, and where other people can sign up for that 
meeting?  Bulletin Boards don't seem to do it for people that I know.

- We had a big company conference last week with the biggest yellow stickie 
board I have ever seen for people to give feedback in different headings.  At 
the end it was dense with post it notes.  I wish I had taken a photo.  Could we 
set something like this up in a public place like an airport, railway station 
or shopping mall, perhaps in association with a charity, and publish the 
results?  Do you remember in China they used to have a wall where people posted 
articles?  The theme could be something like 'Making a better world'.

Still working on this!

Colin Morley
www.empowermentillustrated.com





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