Hi David...used OST a long time ago when a Department of Health Services was considering it's future within the University of British Columbia. The resulting document was just a typical book of proceedings, which was rolled into the ongoing strategic planning work of which I was not a part. I did however write a short story, the salient paragraph of which follows: The UBC OS was with a small group of 26 (24 of whom were women) to envision the future structure of an organization or a college which will unite a variety of faculties. The OS was convened to further work that had been captured in a strategic plan, and the half day went well. We had three hour long time periods and 12 discussions. There was a fair amoount of attrition with the result that during the last time period, the remaining group (16 or so) decided to meet in one circle to discuss the remaing three topics. What was remarkable was watching how the group moved through their work and then began their own closing. I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out when the "session" had finished and the "closing" began. Fortunately I didn't have to do anything other than join the circle when the sponsor declared the closing opened (if you follow me.) Then I just sat in the one available chair in the circle and remarked about how deep their conversation seemed to be and how uncomfortable I was having to move it from one thing to another. We then did a quick closing and broke up.
Not a data filled story of the critical path towards how we accomplished a full on strategic planning for a university, but a little more than a simple "yes" to your question. The long term result, by the way, was judged very positive by both the Dean and the Department head when I ran into them a few years later. A college was indeed formed and Dr. John Gilbert, my sponsor on the day, now heads it: john.gilb...@ubc.ca Chris On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM, David Cox <dw...@astate.edu> wrote: > Can anyone on the list give me an example of where OST has been used for > university or college strategic planning? Any contact names? Would anyone > happen to have the resulting document (strategic plan itself) from such an > OST event? > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Facilitation - Training - Process Design Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
