Well done Christine! It sounds like you held a very steady course in something of a choppy ride! I loved your story of faith in the process and at the same time a willingness to try something else in the interests of your client.
Kind regards Amanda Commercial Mediator www.AmandaBucklow.co.uk www.blog.AmandaBucklow.co.uk +44 207 121 8772 P Save a tree ... please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to On 6 Dec 2013, at 12:57, christine koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > After reading several posts here discussing the medecine wheel, I decided to > use it as an evaluation tool for an open space I did recently with 100 > managers. As it was really helpful and productive, I would like to thank you > and to tell you the story > > The open space itself had not been so easy to do, as it followed the report > of a diagnosis that showed the many problems faced by the management in this > organization. And it was tough to hear, for all of them. So after listening > to the diagnosis, the open space started with a loooong silence. And > inbetween each topic there was again a looong silence. I could see the > director and members of the planning commitee turning white or sweating. Yet > we ended up with 12 topics. 2 slots of discussions, very intense. They > discussed the real problems. > Then I opened space again for action planning. To tell the truth, I was > scared that they would not dare support actions. But they did : 10 topics, > for which, except one, several people jumped in, and that covered 90% of the > diagnosis. (probably the 10% left dealt with a category of people who were > not there for quite complicate and administrative reasons). > > Yesterday, when I did the evaluation with the planning team, I explained > quicly the medecine wheel and have them reflect about what they learned for > each quadrant. What surprised me is that they did not answer about the > process they experienced the day of the event, but about the organization. In > a very short time they pictured a very clear, realistic yet optimistic image > of their organization. It was great. > The result is that they all commited to continue working together to support > the action plans for the coming months, although they had accepted the "job" > only because it was a one-time commitment. > And for the fun part, one of them told me "it looks like you guided us > through this like a shaman" ;) > > Christine > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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