Hi, Michael! I like this description very much. Especially the 1. day. As I mostly dont' have the rest.
Be well! Arno Ar 2013/11/27 Michael Wood <[email protected]> > Hello Hege, > > The design for the program that Brendan does here in Perth is different to > the one I have been doing with church leaders in Brisbane. For my part, > I've made quite a long reply to you, Hege, about what I've been doing in > Brisbane. The group is comprised of both clergy and laity, which I think is > always a good combination (i.e. trusting that whoever comes are the right > people). > > I'd be interested in hearing more about your question on Open Space and > story telling. If you mean, could you use Open Space to enable people to > share stories, then why not? I think the same principles would apply. If > it's you who are interested in hearing the stories, then you are the > 'sponsor'. Develop an invitation outlining the theme of the story telling > sessions and invite whoever wants to come to be there - to either tell > stories or listen to them. Sounds like fun. > > Here's the outline of the Brisbane program with Anglican Church folks: > > On Day one, start with a 'check in' talking circle. Brainstorm some ideas > about 'crucial questions I'd like to sponsor conversations about in my > church'. Get people to red-dot-vote on questions that most engage them. > Come up with an overarching 'question' for an real-play OST meeting. Ask > one of the group to be in the role of Sponsor. We then run a short OST > meeting (3 x 30 min conversations and a short action planning sessin). All > of this takes us through to mid afternoon on Day 1. > > After they have experienced a 'real' OST meeting, I invite them to get > into groups of 3-4 for about 20 min to reflect on two questions ('what did > you notice about the process' and 'what questions are emerging'). I ask > them to write one question per piece of A4 paper with marker pens. Then we > come back into the main circle and throw the questions on the floor. As a > group we constellate the questions into themes. Generally the themes tend > to naturally fall into about three main areas (i) preparation work with the > sponsor (ii) set up and facilitation on the day (iii) convergence and post > open space. The constellated themes then form the 'agenda' for the next > full day day. I also keep a little 'check list' up my sleeve to ensure we > cover most important things for a faciliator to know, and I encourage them > to buy Harrison's book, 'OST - a user's guide'. Interestingly we just about > always end up covering all the areas on my check-list from the question > which people put on the floor > at the end of Day 1. > > On Day 2 we work through all the practical questions mentioned above. > > On the third day we take a look at the underlying themes of self > organising systems rather than just the 'mechanics' of OST process. Some of > the diagrams from Peggy Holman's book 'Engaging Emergence' are very helpful > , along with the eight principles from Harrison's book 'Waverider'. Day > three includes some self organised conversations on how to be a Waverider > in every day parish life i.e. how would people use Wavering principles in > pastoral care, governance, education, worship, mission, outreach ete etc. > > Because this is a Chrsitian group we also spend a couple of hours, on the > third day, reflecting on the question, 'Was Jesus a Waverider?' This has > been a really important and deepening part of the learning process. I have > an article on this theme on my web site which I am happy to develop and add > to and receive feedback on. In fact Chris Corrigan just shared another > great thought on the story of Jesus walking on water (symbolic in Jewish > thought of 'chaos'. So what does it mean for us to walk, in faith, through > chaos?) > > On the last afternoon it's back into a short OST on the question, > 'Waveriding in the Sunshine State - where to from here'. This is to provide > space for people to think about what they are actually going to do back in > their parishes or agencies to apply OST and Waveriding principles. > > We finish with a closing circle, send poeple on their way, and then meet > again after three months. At that follow up day we have a look at one case > study in depth (something that someone in the group has tried) and then the > rest of the day in OST on the question, 'what have we been learning and > where to from here'. So this is basically giving the group a pattern for an > ongoing community of practice. I think this follow up day has been really > crucial in keeping monentum going - without which people simply get > absorbed back into the 'business as usual' culture of command and control. > > Lisa Heft has a very good 'Open Space Ideas Book' which I understand she > is happy for people to use with appropriate acknowledgement to Lisa (I make > an honorarium donation to Lisa when I use this resource). > > Michael Wood > www.michaeljohnwood.com > A warm sunny day in Perth, Western Australia > Ph. 0435 065326 > > > > > > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:05:46 +0100 > From: Hege Steinsland <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Wave Riding in OZ > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > Wow. I just love this story. And I?m so glad every time I hear about open > space and self organization used in the church. I?m trying to make this > possibility known in the church of Norway as an approach that can make > people less stressed out, more happy and more concerned with the really > important things in church and life :-) I love this Dean, that have made > the wisdom in the principles and the law a way to live and work. > I`m looking for more shared experience with story-telling. How to invite, > who to invite, do you still need an sponsor and how do you frame it? I wold > love to learn from others experience here. > I would also love her more about Michael and Brendans program. Is it an > training program in Open space for clergy? > All the best fro > a cold and windy night in Norway. > Hege > _______________________________________________ > 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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