Hi Thomas I think Harrison's response is excellent and if you can provide an open invitation to the rest of the organisation (and a suitable framing question to match) then OST would be a fine methodology.
>From the few words use, though, I feel like OST is our hammer and you do not really have a nail. *#ThinkingOutLoud warning* The situation does not seem urgent and may not be particularly complex. In my experience OST helps drive innovation where complexity (that is held between many heads) needs to be negotiated/navigated, where transformation is needed, people need a forum to offer the wisdom they have within, trade-offs and interplay are the key ingredients. It does not sound to me like this is your challenge... but, you can probably tell me if I am wrong and that sounds like it exactly! Then go ahead! If it does not sound like it then I would be considering what I could draw on from other facilitation philosophies. In particular I think design based ideation and development process would be a solid place to start. (But if you are not personally familiar, this would involve getting in another facilitator - be picky here, there are far fewer people who get design collaboration than understand holding space!) But then, thinking through it again... if (process) designers are part of the team they have OST may well be the best way to unlock this capacity and help them to design their own process. IF however they are more technically minded and are looking to you for the collaboration skills, then I am not sure OST will provide the contribution necessary. I am sure most here will disagree with me, but I think that is all the more reason to say it. Best of luck! *John Baxter* *Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator* jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/> | CoCreateADL.com 0405 447 829 | @jsbaxter_ <http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_> *Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City Grill!* *Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/ <http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/>* On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:25 AM, 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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