Carol I have done lots - including 4 OS events with 800 women for London's Met Police, two for a mixed agency / community activists / young people / police on gun crime and about to do one with a mixture of prosecutors, magistrates, police, youth offender workers and probation offices - plus others - see below
All work like a dream as Harrison says. Don't be put off by concerns about too much openness - police culture is very can do and they will fly with like everyone else. I would say more - but about to dash off to Berlin. You can find some information here: The Greater London Authority, in partnership with other key London crime agencies convened the BME Cracking Crime conference to engage Black and Minority Ethnic communities in the development and delivery of Londons crime and disorder strategies. Day one involved using an adapted Future Search based methodology whilst day two used an Open Space process. (mention is made on this website http://www.go-london.gov.uk/GOLNewsletter/july03/young_people_big_issues.asp ) Dancing on the Glass Ceiling was a series of four Open Space events that enabled 800+ women working for the Metropolitan Police Service to discuss what more could be done to address issues of diversity and equality in the organisation. A further Open Space event for men was convened a year later. (See http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/x-eodb/2004/041104/12a/ for a mention of the events) A two day simulation was commissioned by Thames Valley Police to examine the introduction of a new organisational structure and the implications to how partner organisations (such as housing associations and local authorities) would work alongside the police in the future. The first day of the event was the simulation. The second day used Open Space to extract and record the learning from the first day. In January 2004 with a follow up event in May 2006, these two Connected events were commissioned by the Home Office to explore gun and knife crime among young people. Both events involved a large number of young people, community activists, senior police and central policy makers in uncovering what actions could be taken to join up and improve action to reduce such crime. Reports of the two events, which both included Open Space processes for more than half of each, can be found at http://connected.homeoffice.gov.uk/about/index.html Good luck! Jon ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Jon Harvey Director www.jonharveyassociates.co.uk +44 (0) 7771 537535 +44 (0) 1280 822585 j...@jonharveyassociates.co.uk Skype: jonsharvey Helping you connect the prose and the passion to deliver superlative results http://smallcreativeideas.blogspot.com/ for ideas about how to improve public & third sector services http://jonharveyassociates.blogspot.com/ for articles & ideas about leadership and organisational change from a whole systems perspective http://twitter.com/JonSHarvey for ideas and questions to help build a more creative, fair and ambitious world Jon Harvey Associates Ltd Registered Office: Chandos House, School Lane, Buckingham, MK18 1HD Company Number 6661588. VAT Registration Number 936 2921 11 Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. All business mileage is offset with http://www.carbon-clear.com -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Loughrey Sent: 11 May 2010 14:32 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Open space sessions for Police Department Thanks Harrison, I really fear that the union is going to encourage its members not to come and there is a sincere concern amongst the rank and file that there will be "Consequences" if the senior management hears things they don't like. I will have done 8 different briefings before the open space starts on Friday - glad they wanted to pay me by the hour rather than lump sum. The moose is definitely on the table!!! I will share your comments with the group I am briefing at noon. Carol On 11/05/10 10:22 AM, "Harrison Owen" <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > Short answer -- yes. My favorite was a 2 1/2 day strategic planning effort > for our (US) Immigration and Naturalization Service. Yu got it -- The Border > Gestapo! Ex military all! When we started and they found themselves sitting > in a circle, the comments would make most people blush, but by the end all > that had been forgotten. One guy came up to me the end and said something > like -- "I have been in the Service for 20 years and a Regional Director for > the past ten. This gathering is without doubt the most productive one I have > ever been a part of. Even worse, it was fun." Works just like usual. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > Phone 301-365-2093 > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Carol > Loughrey > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:40 AM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Open space sessions for Police Department > > I have been asked to do 3 back to back open space sessions > (to accommodate shift work) for my local police department which > is experiencing difficulty in terms a union loss of trust in > Senior management. There is a concern amongst the rank and > File that too much "openness" on their part will result in > Consequences. > > > I was challenged as to whether I had ever done one in the "para- > Military" environment of a police force. I have not. Has anyone > else out there done an open space with a police force? If, so > Were there any problems related to the nature of the organization? > > > Any advice that could sooth there concerns or just the fact that > it had been done would be of use to me. > > I have met with the management team and talked about the importance > Of the space being safe and respectful and that they needed to check > Their egos at the door. 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