Eva and All: I'm glad to be able to check in to so many exiting conversations on the list. I've done some things like Eva with clients with ongoing OS and change work. Recently I was part of the facilitation of a follow-up to the 5 simultaneous OS events I mentioned. I am working with Starfield Consulting on that project and it involves tenant leadership. At the first meeting after the event, the sponsors wanted to support the development of ideas that were more than "do its", that really required some project planning. So, Rodger King developed a simple project planning approach that was well understood by project leadership. He also met with some of the groups that initially struggled with gaining some clarity. All of the emergent groups developed some clear projects -- deliverables, time lines and all. When they reported back to the meeting I mentioned they were thrilled at what they had developed: participatory theatre led by tenants to orient staff, new process to develop tenant safety committees that seem to work, ways to increase the chance that maintenance is done right the first time, etc. Tenant leads worked with manager support to their largely tenant groups.
So the follow-up project planning help was very useful and was able to help some of the energy from the OS event be sustained, particularly in a place where "project planning" is not something they know how to do. As for Opening the Space again, I followed that approach in Taipei when I was there in a full 2.5 day event and it worked well. The group was voluntary, and would not continue as an organization, so any action planning would be done by those who had a passion. Priorities made no sense as it was commitment and passion that would lead any initiative forward, no mater what the group's priorities were. The theme was "Implementing our ideas" not the original theme. To me that gave a different focus to the second opening and it seemed to work. Just some thoughts as I take a break. Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 la...@spiritedorg.com www.spiritedorg.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
