Hi John, Thank you. What you describe is pretty much the feeling that got me asking.
I think I need to get deeper into their situation. Best regards, Thomas On Jan 12, 2015, at 5:12 AM, John Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 | CoCreateADL.com > 0405 447 829 | @jsbaxter_ > > Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City > Grill! > Summary and links: 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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