Great Christine! Shaman's are powerful :-) :-) Eva Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc Medlem i Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se Skype: eva.p.svensson Facebook sida: EPS Human Invest AB twitter:@EvaPSvensson
"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates 6 dec 2013 kl. 13.57 skrev christine koehler: > 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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