Dear Sheila, dear ho,
it sounds like a predecessor to a Method that was created in the late
sixties (thats about 40 years ago)in Germany in the wake of the
anti-authoritarian / free speech / democratisation period called
"Metaplan". In that process, people are
-asked to jot down aspects ot a theme they are interested in on small
cards (postits had not been invented, I think)
-post them on a pinboard
-cluster them into "theme areas"
-give each cluster a "heading"
-work in small groups on the identified clusters and plan next steps
The voting, I think, was not part of this process (a real progress).
Of course, open space technology is a quantum leap, where people focus
on issues they have passion for and want to act on and go ahead and do
it in selforganisation in a matrix of space and time they can adjust to
their needs...with the facilitator definitely not up front managing the
process.
Greetings from Berlin just back from an exhilerating stammtisch with 16
colleagues in our favorite pub in Berlin-Kreuzberg ... filled with open
space reports from Belarus, collegiate counselling, contacts to our
friends in Kyiv, deals being struck, new collaborations developed´,
heavy consumption of spirits and greek food...
Any others out there with stammtisch experiences tonite?
mmp boscop eg
Harrison Owen wrote:
Sounds a little closed to me, Sheila. In fact what it sounds like is
something called The Technology of Participation (TOP)which was created
about 35 years ago by people from ICA.
Harrison
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Beauchemin
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: When is Open Space Not Open Space
Hello all,
I'm very new to Open Space and am still feeling my way around. While
discussing Open Space with a former colleague (and potential client)
recently, I was surprized to hear her take on this method. She was
familiar with it, and indicated she had indeed delivered two or three Open
Space sessions - one for about 80 people and another for about 300.
However, her description of how the events were managed was not strictly
speaking, "by the book". Here's what was described:
- all participant were given post-its and asked to identify their topic
areas and put up on the wall. Then, these were themed by someone and
participants were then given 3 votes and asked to place check marks next
to those items of highest importance to them. The topics with most ticks
then became the breakout session topics.
- these sessions were short - only 2 hours in one example
- circle was not created
- results were mixed.
So, my question is...though I am definately all for adapation to meet
circumstances, when is "Open Space" not open space? And, how do you
counter the perception that what was done is what you understand to be OS?
Thanks for any thoughts on this - Sheila
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