Thank you Harrison, for sharing ingihts and litterature :-) All the best from Hege 27. nov. 2013 kl. 16:38 skrev Harrison Owen <[email protected]>:
> Hege ... Stories are wonderful, and as I have remarked, We are the stories > we tell. So telling stories and hearing the stories of others is critical to > a deepened understanding of self and community. Not to bore you with a lot > of reading, but if you want more on my understanding of the power of story > (one might also say, myth), take a look at the opening chapters of my book > "Spirit: Transformation and development in Organizations." Out of print, but > you can download a copy at http://openspaceworld.com/Spirit.pdf I have also > dealt extensively with stories in a book that is still in print called "The > Spirit of Leadership" (Berrett-Koehler)which comes in a digital version. > > So stories are definitely important, and if you think about it, Story > Telling is in some ways the heart and soul of Open Space. That's what > happens, not as a special program, but as perhaps the core activity. I don't > think it is pushing too far to say that every issue group is a storytelling > circle. And when the stories get really juicy, the spirit flies. Or > something like that. > > Sometimes it can become truly powerful to formalize the story telling, and > the night before an Open Space is a great time to do that. But you don't > want to make it too formal, I find. So I have had great luck by inviting the > participants to randomly create self-organizing story circles right there on > the floor. Just find 5-6 people, more if you like and sit in a circle. The > rules are simple: Tell your story, one person at a time. A talking stick > helps. And of course the Law of Two Feet is critical. If the story becomes > old and tired, move on. I never have a schedule (time periods) because you > can never tell how long a good story(s) will take, and all our stories are > different. It also turns out the good stories can also be told in silence. > > ho > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hege Steinsland > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:31 AM > To: Michael Wood > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSList] waveriding in Oz > > Thank you so much Michael, for this long and detailed reply. It s a gift! > You`ve given me another gift in your article about Christian leadership, > Theology and emergence. I`ve really learnt a lot from that! In this article > you describe Open space and dialog circle as two very helpful and rich ways > of working. Im quite familiar with Open Space, but I`m eager to hear more > about ways to use storytelling or dialog circles ( is this two words for > more or less the same thing?) > > In the Church of Norway there is quite a lot of frustrations and insecurity > nowadays, due to different things. One of them is big changes in the > relations between the state and the church and discussions and processes > about how to set the new church organizations. This leads to discussions and > arguments more than conversations, and a lot of focus on structure more than > on purpose and care for the system more than the person in the system. Many > of the people in the church are suffering, and there is, In my experience, a > lac of openness and trust and more conflict, frustration and disillusions. > (There are also wonderful things going on, especially in the work with > children) > > I`ve been a part of the church system for 22 years myself as a lay leader ( > a system that is special in Norway where we have a lay leader next to the > clergy with wide responsibility for work in the church). I left this > position and started as an consultant three years ago. Every now and than > I`m contacted by churches that find themselves in trouble. > > I think Open Space can be a very good way of working, but maybe we need some > storytelling as well? Leaders are afraid to open up, because they dont know > what will come out in the open, and what to do with it? > In storytelling, as I understand it, we tell our stories to each other, > without arguing og commenting, but just to listen to it? As a kind of > greafwork. > > I would love some shared experience, and some backup on how to think about > the use of this method, if you have some more to share? > What kind of questions are useful for the dialog circle? how many people? > how many stories? What do we do after the stories are told? And wow do we > prepare? > I know I´m very detail oriented in this phase of exploring a new tool, but > that´s how it is to be inexperienced and gaining courage to do something new > :-) > > If you can find time to share some more, I´m most grateful. > > All the best from > Hege Steinsland > > 27. nov. 2013 kl. 02:55 skrev 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
