Great Diana! Very inspiring! Thanks! Lise, sunny Copenhagen
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Diana Larsen Sendt: 11. december 2006 21:39 Til: [email protected] Emne: Moving to action Recently I opened space for a group of about 100 people that is used to Open Space sessions concurrent with conferences, but this time wanted to move into action. After a day and a half of sessions, just before the lunch break, I posted a bunch of flip chart pages on the wall (because I didn't have any butcher paper rolls) to make a big blank area. I put the OS theme in the middle of the paper. I asked who in the group was familiar with creating mind maps and many people raised their hands. I asked them to explain the process to anyone around them for whom mind mapping was new. Then I invited the group to create a mind map of what they had discussed over their time together. When we got back together in circle after lunch, I reviewed what was on the mind map (for those who couldn't see it across the room) and asked for any additions. A few things were added. I solicited suggestions of how to group the items on the mind map, and circled the affinity areas the group identified. Then I wanted to find who had energy to take on some section of the mind map to plan for future action. I asked for a host for each section, then who would join that person to work on the area. We allowed 90-120 minutes for the groups to work, then they reported their progress and intentions to the whole group before our closing circle. Afterwards everyone said it was the best OS they had ever had. I think it was because they finally walked away with something more than unresolved discussions. ;-) It was one of those ideas that came to me unbidden as I sat holding the space and wondering what would work best. (I had another plan but it didn't feel like a good fit.) I'll try the mind map again. Diana Diana Larsen 503-288-3550 www.futureworksconsulting.com co-author, "Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great!" Amazon Best Books of 2006 Top Ten Editors' Picks: computer & internet http://tinyurl.com/ynacvb Attend "Agile Open Northwest 2007: Agile for Real" January 30-31 2007, Portland OR http://www.agileopennorthwest.org * * ========================================================== [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
