Hi, Thomas! 1) We did six consecutive one-week Open Spaces. We did some experiments. One experiment was: free-form marketplace vs time-space grid? For our context, we opened more successfully with a time-space grid.
2) How did I get management to say Yes to a 6-week Open Space? I'm still not sure! At the time, I think I had a lot of "influence capital" in the organization. I had a reputation as a successful transformer of teams. We had a deadline, and no one had a better idea. It was somehow the right time and place, and my boss trusted me and gave us the time and space to do it. Cheers! -- Richard Kasperowski http://kasperowski.com/ On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Thomas Perret <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Thank you. Inspiring. Questions about your project: > > 1. In the slides you write "Avoid: Skimp on detail - Free-form session > grid with no obvious day/time/space boxes". Does this mean you tried a > free-form grid? If yes, what happened? > > 2. How did you (or someone) get management to say yes to a 6-week open > space? > > Best regards, > Thomas > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 9 jan 2015, at 15:57, Richard Kasperowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, Thomas! I think OS is perfect for this! 8 people, 2-3 days, desire to > explore: perfect! > > When I worked with Nokia, we did an OS for 6 weeks straight. We were > transferring responsibility for a large software product from a legacy team > to a new team. We could have spent a lot of time designing a curriculum, > training trainers, running classes, etc.--and probably getting it wrong. > Instead, we used OS and let things emerge. The right people did the right > things with the right groups at the right times, and, without knowing how > it would happen ahead of time, we got it done. I shared some of the story > here > http://kasperowski.com/2012/10/radical-innovation-six-week-open-space.html > . > > Cheers! > > -- > Richard Kasperowski > http://kasperowski.com/ > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Thomas Perret via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> >> I would like some help. >> >> I have been approached by a company who wants to find innovations within >> a certain technology. They are looking to have a team of 8-10 working for 2 >> or 3 days, and they have invited me to give them a suggestion for how to go >> about it. >> >> My questions: >> >> 1. Do you think OS is the best approach with only 8 people and this kind >> of mission? If not, how would you go about it? If yes, how have you had it >> work? >> 2. There are over 100 people in the company - how could one utilise this >> potential for the purpose without having to release everybody from client >> work for 2-3 days? >> 3. They would really want to explore new innovations more broadly, but >> are looking, for now, to look within a certain technology because they fear >> being more general will give less results. Thoughts on this? >> >> Gratefully, >> Thomas >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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