Sheila
Sometimes people undermine the principles and practice of Open Space,
usually closing space by trying to control it or making it highly
prescriptive.
Frankly, the approach you describe is odd, especially the failure to
start and end in circles. Moreover, posting topics by everyone in
the room and voting on which to discuss must take an inordinate amount
of time when people want to start work immediately. Voting, if used to
indicate priorities, usually comes after outputs from breakout sessions
are reported back to the Community.
We have encountered examples of Open Space events which sounded
anything but open and it often gives the process a bad name. It would
be useful if your former colleague read Harrisons's OPEN SPACE
TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK before she misleads others with something she has
chosen to call OST.
Cheers
Kerry
Edinburgh
www.openfutures.com
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