What a treat to have a CEO immersed in Open Space and an Agile Scrum guy to boot! I agree with Harrison; it will lead to amazing things for your company if you jump in the ring with everyone. So inspired. Wish we had met in Paris. I was there then. Keep us posted!
Suzanne P.S. Gerardo translated Harrison's user guide in Italian. I have my very own copy which Gerardo signed dedicating it to my dad who read the book from cover to cover years ago in Italian. He was a medical doctor. He loved it! On Mar 21, 2014 4:24 PM, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Stefano - If Milano can talk to Roma, good things might happen! > > > > I was going to add in my previous note that while it is certainly possible > for the CEO to facilitate an Open Space as you propose, that would not be > my first choice for several reasons. First - no matter what you say you > will STILL be the Boss (or whatever) - which makes it harder to believe > that it really is Open Space, and that you are not setting the agenda. As > you probably know by now, it is virtually impossible to "control" an Open > Space. Certainly you can shut it down, but you and everybody else will be > out of control, simply because everybody is "in control." You know that, > but your people don't, at least for their first Open Space. So I would not > put unneeded barriers in the way, even if they will be cast aside. The > second reason that doing it yourself is problematical is that as > facilitator, you really need to keep your hands out of things (present and > invisible, so to speak). But then everybody loses, assuming that you have > some value to add. Which I am sure you do. > > > > So do yourself and everybody else a favor. Invite my good friend Gerardo > (Milano) to do the honors. And if he can't, there are many other good > folks, all speaking Italian. If he/they can take care of the space, you can > have the marvelous fun of playing in it with all your comrades. At least > that is what I would do. > > > > Harrison > > > > 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 <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stefano Lucantoni > *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2014 9:46 AM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator > > > > Hege, tks for your words. > I'm very lucky because I'm part of a team (agile coaches team) who shared > strong values and maybe our passion was capable to 'infect' our management. > > We hope OS will be a first step toward a new way to live collaboration in > our company. > > We're going to do a one day Open Space. > > And to answer to a previous Suzanne question: we're located in Rome. > > Stefano > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Hege Steinsland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Stefano, I wish you all the best and congratulate you with your courage > and the trust your company shows in you and the method! A great > opportunity! I looke forward to listen to your experience. Are you doing a > one ore two days Open space? > > > > All the best from > > Hege > > Norway. > > 21. mars 2014 kl. 13:16 skrev Stefano Lucantoni < > [email protected]>: > > > > Thanks a lot Suzanne. > I'm reading Harrison's guide again and again and I admit that the more I > read it the more the stress drops down because it really seems to me that > the Open Space is self sufficient or anyway needs a very small help. > > Thanks again for your support. > > Ciao > > Stefano > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Stefano...bravo! Love the theme, love that you will have 100 people and > most especially that you have invited your organization into Open Space. > Besides telling you to enjoy the experience, I would refer you to > Harrison's guide. After 5 years I still go back to it to do the basic > preparations and to also sink into my invisible role opening and holding > the space. Where are you located? > > Thank you for sharing and making us part of your first experience. > Remember you can do no wrong. It will happen with you and in spite of you. > Keep us posted. > Suzanne > > On Mar 20, 2014 6:49 PM, "Stefano Lucantoni" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear all, > I'm new to this OS world. After my first, and unique, OS experience in > Paris during last September (The Global Scrum Gathering) I came back home > with the idea to adopt this kind of meeting in my company too. > On next March 31st my company's first Open Space meeting will take place > and I'm going to be the facilitator. wow! > We'll be around 100 people and the theme is "how could we make our company > a better place to work?" > If any of you have a suggestion to share with me, something that you would > have been happy to receive before your first time as an OS facilitator, I > think it would be really a gift for me. > > thanks all > Stefano > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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