Lisa: Phill Cass in Columbus Ohio USA is using Open Space among other methods in transforming the health care system there and I think he has been working with a number of univeristy folks as part of that effort. If his address is needed, let me know and I'll send it along.
And by the way the sponsor of the Open Space I did with the medical faculties at UBC said to me earlier this year that the event had long standing effects in helping the university to move forward on a Faculty of Health Sciences and an integrated approach to teaching health disciplines. So not only is it possible - even with denitists - but it appears to work quite well too...( :-) ) Chris On 12/14/06, Gerard Muller <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Lisa, The closest to what you're looking for that I have done is facilitating an OS for a University Hospital's Special dentistry and jaw surgery department, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The question simply was "How do we develop our department in the coming years ?" It was a two day event (lunch to lunch) which took place in two consecutive years in a period of a lot of change. Details of the invitation are below. The use of polarities as a way of giving a sense of (a) the territory, (b) a different kind of meeting - especially in cases where the question is not blindingly obvious, I thank to Leopold Stieger, Open Space Institute Austria. Greetings from the Netherlands, Gerard Muller Open Space Institute Denmark Phone: (+45) 21269621 Skype: openspace1 Mail: [email protected] OS in 2003 "How do we develop our department in the coming years ?" After all we have achieved the past couple of years, we now need a phase of consolidation The biggest change will take place in the coming 2-3 years Our planning is systematical, transparent and professional We plan in an amateuristic way - and by the way we don't stick to our plans Our strategies, priorities and task divisions are crystal clear There is a bit of a basis, but it is totally unclear how we're going to do this in practice Our assistants (=doctors in training) get lots of opportunities to learn within a clear framework Our assistants are really onl an production factor; we leave them almost totally to themselves The work of our staff members is so diverse we will never manage to make a whole out of it If we manage to create synergies between our subspecialisations, we have a world class department Any serious amount of research is simply just unfeasable for such a small department A few years from now we'll find it hard to imagine how much we used to focus on production only Our team is getting stronger and stronger We are moving more and more to becoming an island kingdom. OS in 2004 "How do we develop our department in the coming years ?" The plan we made last year is still 95% valid We urgently need to adapt it to the new realities We are a typical pioneer organisation: creative and energetic, but somewhat chaotic It is high time to organise ourselves in a more professional way, otherwise we may get into trouble Our training program is very professional It is not a bad start, but now we need to get serious in organising it professionally Our support staff is professional, flexible and well organised Are they really ? We have grown so much we now need to pause and consolidate Consolidation is a euphemism for grinding to a halt Leadership is in good hands with our professor It is only natural that staff members take responsability for various tasks as we grow The next year we really must make an impact in the wider region Unless we get our internal organisation right, we will never make a difference "outside" Our internal communication has improved greatly in the past year Our internal communication is still reason to worry On Dec 14, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: > Hello, dear colleagues – > > A colleague of mine is preparing to do her first Open Space, with > faculty and clinicians at a University school of pediatric dentistry. > > She is looking for examples of OS being used for such folks. > > Perhaps you have had experience with some or all of these or a > combination – a teaching institution in the field of medicine or > specifically the field of dentistry. > > You know how sometimes a client wants to hear that someone exactly > like them has used OS – I think that's why she's looking for this. > > Thanks for sharing your experiences here on the list, and I shall > collect them and pass them on to her (and also use them to build my > slowly-as-I-go-but-growing resource for you all to share on how OS is > used by whom). > > From a rainy Berkeley, California, USA, > > Lisa > > > ___________________________ > L i s a H e f t > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > O p e n i n g S p a c e > [email protected] > www.openingspace.net > > > > * * ========================================================== > [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
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