Stuart--
Thanks for this explanation.
So it goes further than others I have seen which say:
9:00 introduction to meeting
9:45 first session
11:00 second session
12:00 lunch break
13:00 third session
14:30 fourth session
16:00 closing
I gather then that the agenda is entirely fictitious and at the opening
you tell people so? I am picturing you standing there, dramatically
ripping up the fictitious agenda....
Still not sure how you use this quasi-tool. Could you say a bit more,
please, Stuart?
:- Doug. Germann
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 08:07 +0100, Worsley, Stuart wrote:
> Doug
>
> The boxy agenda is just a time event framework - that is a traditional
> agenda, printed on a piece of A4. In fact it is a very boring piece of
> paper that serves to give some people a bit of comfort before they get
> there, and even justify to their bosses why they are coming. For example
>
> Monday 9:00 - 9:45: Introduction to Water Policy in Kenya
> Monday 9:45 - 10:00: Questions and Answers
> Monday 10:00 - 10:30: Coffee break
> Monday 10:30 - 12:00: Analysing water policy in Kenya
>
> And so on. It is quite therapeutic to start with open space, and then
> throw away the agenda. People find it liberating and even funny.
>
> I only do this when there is real discomfort with leaving it all open
> from the outset.
>
> I have, on a number of occasions, been summoned to the office of the
> boss of the client organisation who insists on seeing the agenda, and
> critiquing it. The box agenda therefore serves its purpose.
>
> Does this help?
>
> Stuart
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