It is great this list, really helpfull, thanks Alan
Met vriendelijke groet, drs. Carla Vliex ____________________________________ Organisatieadviseur Twynstra Gudde Management Consultants Stationsplein 1, 3818 LE Amersfoort Postbus 907, 3800 AX Amersfoort Telefoon 033 4677761, Fax 033 4677572 Mobiel 06 53927407 E-mail [email protected] Internet www.twynstragudde.nl Privé Aziering 18 3823 WP Amersfoort Telefoon 033 4554321 -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alan Stewart Sent: dinsdag 17 augustus 2004 15:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A story from Holland G'day Carla and All You may be interested to know that Tim's great story is in the public domain (thanks to Martin Leith) at http://www.openspaceuk.com/community/index.html#abn_amro And that, while Tim is now relocated to Nova Scotia, his email is still [email protected] Alan Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vliex, Carla (cvl)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Re: A story from Holland > Hi there > > Tried to read all the very different mails from the list from last months, enjoying the diversity of them!! > > Does anyone know the email adres of Tim, I want to contact him about his mail ; 'a story from Holland'. > > from Holland > Carla Vliex > > > drs. Carla Vliex, senior adviseur > > Twynstra Gudde > Postbus 907 > 3800 AX Amersfoort > tel: +31- 33 4677761 (secr) > mobile: +31- 6 53927407 > fax: +31 -33 4677572 > > email: [email protected] > www.twynstra.nl/www.twynstra.com > www.kennis.tg.nl > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tim > Merry > Sent: donderdag 1 juli 2004 12:38 > To: [email protected] > Subject: A story from Holland > > > Hi there, > > The gathering was called by the Change Community in ABN AMRO. Folk I > have been working with for one and half years crafting a chaordic space > for the change agents and heros of the future n the bank. The evolving > purpose of the change community is: To live, plant and support action > towards and more meaningful and inspiring work/life. > > We were ready to come out from under the radar. Our movement in the > bank was strong enough, we felt we had a track record and credibility > enough to move form underground to over ground. So we began design. > Inspired by Larry in Toronto (thanks for the phone call) we designed a > gathering of five simultaneous open spaces. > > Invitations by email, post cards sent to friends, posters all over the > bank, invites over lunch. Word spread until we had 200+ signed up. We > could fit no more in the room! > Each open space hosted by a member of the Change Community who had sat > in the fire of the Art of Hosting training. Hosted by bankers for > bankers ... each to also host the spirit f the actions that emerged > following the events ... > Each Open Space was sponsored by a champion at the top of the bank ... > roles were clarified early on. > Each Open Space was designed to create communities of practice around > specific issues ... > Each open space is followed up two months later with a second open > space again hosted by the change community host with the sponsor > present and the actions teams ... > I hosted the hosts and held the larger field. > > We opened as one group, played a bit to loosen and the challenged was > dropped: > we are the ones we are waiting for. > > Into the five strategic question groups: > How can we unleash our pride in working for ABN AMRO? > How can we enable a culture of sharing positive success stories at ABN > AMRO? > How can our managers become leaders and coaches? > How can we create clear, meaningful and productive communication in all > levels of ABN AMRO? > How can we turn our most wacky ideas into positive actions? > > Each group got busy in space, designing their own futures with good > vigour ... by the end of the day we had 16 action groups each with > clear next steps and links to senior management to act as roadblock > removers and supporters. > > Check with the medicine wheel - we are on fire. > > We then as the hosting team sat in circle and shed tears as we felt our > closeness and the collective field we had been holding for the day. Our > learning had been deep together and we had each stepped closer to our > humaness ... outside the band the playing and the spirit of the bank > had begun to dance ... > > Love > Tim > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
