Hi Lisa! Thanks for your thoughts. We decide to embrace our uncertainty using agile techniques to self-organize our AgileDay, since our discipline is exactly about embracing it. When we found the need to bring the inner thoughts of our partucipantes we will open the OpenSpace.
Thanks & cuatro abrazos Agustin On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]>wrote: > Dos abrazos! > > So I would need to know more about context and culture - why something is > not well-addressed, what does that mean, what are the consequences of that, > why cannot it be addressed in other ways before or after the meeting - > things like that. > > Without knowing more - I would say that anything you curate, invite, > select a topic for - do it the day before / not in relationship to the Open > Space part. If there is more time / a larger event that this fits within, > look at the overall design, not just the Open Space part. > If you really truly feel that people will not know the essential things > you need them to know by the end of the conference. > > Because once you recommend, pre-select, or invite pre-selected topics, you > are affecting the human dynamics of the Open Space part. > The way people hear in-person what someone is announcing as a topic, that > propels them into the center with a new topic-idea-because-of-that. > The power dynamics of how - if someone hears that x person will be > presenting on a subject, that must mean that 'I am not the expert on that - > even though I might have wanted to host a discussion around an > un-answerable question about that subject, I will now self-select to not > step forward with that different kind of thinking - expert will know all.' > > I think it is fine to curate some workshops for another time in your same > workshop. > But if you or funders or whoever it is feel you have to lead, fill in, > ensure discussion about… specific topics, then often that is an indication > that this is not a time for Open Space, but for something really delicious > and interactive but not (as Open Space) completely participant-driven. > > To me, if your local OS is so very valuable and scarce time is available > for it you want to maximize what OS can deliver that is different than > 'here are some workshops we have selected / invited'. > > Other colleagues here have a practice of inviting participants to post > topics they may want to talk about, in advance. I honor my colleagues but I > have found that even when doing that, only some people do it, other people > decide not to talk about something because x person will be doing so - it > shifts things. > > All choices = thoughtful choices. For anything you do with a living > system, the most important thing for me is not that you try something > different or not, and observe whether it worked for you or not - all good. > The most important thing for me personally and professionally when working > with a living / human system is the *thought process* before making that > adjustment about why, to what end, what will it deliver / affect > differently, what will be gained / offset / changed by having done it, and > so on. The conscious reflection and imagining of what would change when > making a change in process. So I underline, that I know it will be fabulous > no matter what you decide, and I am not saying 'bad! bad!'. I am just > saying to think deeply about the why's, why nots', why now for this part of > the meeting, and so on. > > I love that your local OS is very valuable. > > How can it not be? It is OS. And it is held so beautifully… by you, and by > your wonderful colleagues… > > Probablamente tres abrazos by now… > > Lisa > > > > On Sep 18, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Agustin Villena <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Lisa! > > My problem is the preparation that the talks/workshops need, that is not > well addressed in the just-in-time organization > > Maybe we need to do a preparation some time before de OpenSpace > researching some topics of interests that may need a structured > talk/workshop > > Do you know any experiences that made any similar arrangements? > > Our local OS is a very valuable and scarce time and we really need to make > the most of it > > Saludos desde Chile > > Un abrazo > Agustin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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