I have always found it useful to "demonstrate the Marketplace" aspect of OST.
In a quick heartbeat I say, "Here's all you have to do to create today's
agenda. I have an issue. I do not get paid enough to Facilitate this event. So
my Topic is 'Help me get more pay!' (I write it on the paper, announce it to
the circle and move to the wall). Here's the tape to attach it to the agenda
(apply the tape) Now I need a time and place for you to meet with me. ( I pluck
a pink post-it with 2 pm printed on it and stick it to my issue) Now you know
what I need your help with and where and when to find me."
"When you do that RETURN TO YOUR SEAT and LISTEN to the other meeting
announcements. If we do that, there will not be many duplicate meetings. We'll
all go to the same one."
The final statement in this "demonstration" is a clear way to gain
understanding of the process while reducing potential duplicate meetings.
Elwin GuildFuture Development International (deep in snow in Portland
Connecticut)
From: Lisa Heft - via OSList <[email protected]>
To: OSLIST <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OSList] Anticipating number of topics/sessions...
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!
>>>
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