I am enjoying your responses, all, and it also does touch upon what I first thought when I myself was about to respond.
Everything in a human systems dynamic (facilitation, dialogue) touches upon and informs everything else So what came to mind for me - in addition to how many chairs or breakout spaces I design into a big meeting room for Open Space… - depends on how you yourself explain the principles and such - do you invite the individual thinker or do other illustration of those principles - depends on how you invite the topics (or whatever language you may use) - do you say ‘even a question you do not know the answer to’ or another way of saying everything is welcome - depends on the design of the timing - are you giving enough time in the agenda co-creation time for both quick responders and also for reflective thinkers - depends on how many or how short the discussion session times may be - depends on how much furniture is available or what kinds of chairs they are - chairs with little desks attached or ‘wide-body’ chairs or ? - depends whether the room is square or long and skinny - depends on the sound quality in the room …in addition to the important elements my colleagues are naming here… - depends on so many things, all ideally taken into consideration in advance of the event. By the way, I say the same - topics may seem the same but may be totally different in two individuals’ heads; if it’s so important it came up through different people it may benefit from two different conversations with different mixes of people at different times in the day; only the convenors may make that decision; and: for some groups when appropriate / when I sense it (as sometimes with academicians) - think of how our Western / Northern (hemisphere) culture / education has us always move towards synthesis, majority-think. Think what rich diverse ideas something might yield when we do not automatically move to synthesis / combination but instead honor and make room for the differences. What then might we discover? Lisa On Jan 27, 2015, at 8:27 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > I also point out that combining topics might seem like a good idea but for > complex problems there is actually a benefit to having two different > conversations. There is no such thing as redundancy and different > conversations with different people gives you the obliquity to address > intractable issues. > > Chris > > > > >> On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:54 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Susan, >> >> yes, thats my feeling too, 15 to 20 breakout spaces for 30 to 40 issues. >> >> Jeffs response on "combining or abandoning" topics got me to reflect on the >> word "topic". From work wayback with structured brainstorming I remember a >> group of 25 "generating" between 30 to 50 topics. >> >> With os crowds and my use of the word "issue" (with talking a bit about what >> is meant with "issue" in contrast to "topic or idea or something I am >> interested in", mentioning passion, urgency etc.) I find that there was >> decreasing tendency of combining or abolishing. Actually, when someone >> suggested to combine issues I would suggest in a very low-key way that this >> was not illegal and add something like: What might look and sound very >> similar often turns out to be different in an important way. >> >> As a participant I have become quite uncomfortable, irritated or even >> foaming when I had a facilitator go to the Bulleting Board and "cluster" >> stuff... turning into a space invador. My reaction, I suppose, got me to be >> cautious with "combining". >> >> How is your take on the impact of the "words" we use? >> >> >> Cheers and good luck with a very short event! >> >> mmp >> >>> On 26.01.2015 22:59, Susan Partnow via OSList wrote: >>> Hello dear OSers... I am planning a very short OS here in Seattle at the >>> WOW (Women of Wisdom) conference - Sunday afternoon, Feb 15 - and trying to >>> call the rule of thumb for anticipating the likely number of sessions to >>> plan for - We have two brief OS times and expect ~100 participants. Any >>> educated guesses as we plan for delineating break out spaces? Thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ 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 .
