Hello Lise Thank you so much for your input. I hear what you say about engineers - this is my experience of them too!
I will let you know how things progress. Kind regards, Anne --- Lise Damkjær <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am an engineer myself and do a lot of open space. > > My point of view is that we have to be very > appreciative in our way of > putting the question and that it is easier to get > engineers to get > passionated if the theme is about getting something > to work. And having a > question that seems unrealistic to solve is tempting > us to think different > and at the same time it helps us to get motivated. > > > > I would trust in open space to let entusiasm and > teamwork emerge and let the > question be something else. > > If posible ask the organization what they expect > from bringing entusiasm and > teamwork why do they want that? Probably they want > some work done make > the question from that. > > If the work they want done is about getting more > customers then ask for > instance: How do we get double as many customers > and an exciting workplace > at the same time? > > > > I would love to do it together with you, but > Copenhagen is a little too far > away so I wish you very good luck! > > > > Lise > > > > _____ > > Fra: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] > På vegne af Joelle Lyons > Everett > Sendt: 23. marts 2007 21:08 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: Re: OS with engineering consultants - help > with theme please! > > > > Anne-- > > >From my experience, you likely need a meeting with > a design team made up of > representatives from the various groups that you > mention in the > organization. Allow enough time to play with the > theme until you get beyond > the obvious expressions, to something that the team > feels excited about. > > I have found that as an outsider, I am a poor > predictor of what will > resonate, intrigue, and excite people within the > organization. Some design > teams have come up with themes that totally left me > cold, but they attracted > lots of people to the meeting and started lively > conversations. Your role > can be to listen for what brings up energy and > excitement (in the design > team work), perhaps combine a couple of thoughts or > statements and help the > group shape the theme so it reads easily and is not > too long or complicated. > In other words, you are a facilitator here, not the > proposer. > > In a case or two where the organization was not > interested in getting > involved with this process, the resulting OS did not > work as well. When you > have a design team and it is truly representative, > you will begin to see the > issues and coalitions that are likely to show up in > Open Space. These > people who are involved in the OS before the actual > meeting date can also be > your allies within the organization, drawing in > other people by their own > involvement and enthusiasm. > > All my best wishes for a project that should be an > exciting one! > > Joelle > > Joelle Lyons Everett > Sound Resources > Shelton, Washington, USA > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more > about what's free from > AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > * * > ========================================================== > [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 > * * ========================================================== [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
