Thanks for your report and clarifications, Christine.
And maybe it is time for OST to come back to Africa, Christine and Harrison ;-)
Merci
Artur
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They were national heads and OD people from a worldwide organization. Indeed
Harrison, I was expecting this kind of reaction, but it didn't come, I don't
know why, although they came from all parts of Africa except South and East
Africa.But they loved it immediately. One of them told me he will start using
it nexr week for his board meeting.People from Maghreb were worried in the
beginning and saw limits (one guy was upset people had not read the document
they were supposed to have read beforehand).
I was although surprised by the quiteness of women. They were fewer than men
and also fewer to occupy high positions (which is the same in some groups I
work with in France) , and did not speak much during morning and evening news.
Of course they participated fully in the breakout sessions. On the 3rd day I
think things were changing. Yet no woman told me she was going to use it.
I was expecting remarks about having to kneel down to write topics (i have had
this here) but no, although it didn't go unoticed : i got a question about why
it was so by a person with a very high position (who did not post topics, but
admitted the meeting had been more interesting than what he expected)
I can't imagine they didn't find it familiar but I don't know why they did not
menton it
Christine
Le 12 juin 2015 à 19:53, Harrison <[email protected]> a écrit :
Christine – Job well done! Congratulations, and thanks so much for sharing. I
am curious who the participants were. Often when I am in Africa, people will
say, “This (OS) is just like we used to do – where did you learn it?” I always
smile and tell the truth. My inspiration for Open Space came from Africa.
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Subject: [OSList] Closing circle in French Speaking Africa Hi Coming back
today from a 3 days OST in Africa, with 35 participants from more than 18
French speaking countries, I would like to share with you a few words from the
closing circle.My hope is that this will help spread OST in Africa.christine
"It was a very important meeting , thank you . What we heard was different than
usual. " ` "It was a very rich meeting , even for the very old leader that I
am . " "I am more than satisfied because for me usually three days in one
place is a waste of time . But there I learned a lot. We will bring the
recommendations of that meeting to the General Assembly ." " Usually when we
come to a workshop, we put our computer on the table, open them and spend 50%
of our time working on our daily problems . There I regret having brought my
computer because I did not use it. " "It was time to find this way of working:
it is important to get help from ones peers when you have gone through many
failure. Big or small we face the same challenges. " "At first I did not know
why my organization had been invited. Because I did not know what my role was,
so I listened. And it got me thinking. I'll take up the results of this meeting
at the highest level " "At first I asked myself many questions. Now I am very
happy. First for discovering the method. We are leaders and we know that we are
very isolated. Here it was like a 3 days collective intervision . Then because
it strengthened my conviction: we have many responsibilities and we must take
what interests us and what concerns us. It is for us to take move forward.
Finally I would like to share the emotion I felt when I felt the real
motivation of wanting to change the world through what we do. " en français «
C’était une réunion très importante, merci. On a vu des discours différents par
rapports à d’habitude. « « C’était une réunion très riche, même pour le très
vieux responsable que je suis. » "Je suis plus que satisfait car pour moi
d'habitude 3 jours au même endroit c’est une perte de temps. Mais là j’ai
beaucoup appris. Nous allons porter les recommandations de cette réunion à
l’assemblée générale ». "D’habitude quand on arrive à un atelier, on ouvre nos
ordinateurs et on travaille à 50% à nos problèmes quotidiens. Là je regrette
d’avoir apporté mon ordinateur car je ne l’ai pas utilisé. « "Il était temps
qu’on trouve ce genre de fonctionnement : c’est important de se faire aider de
ses pairs quand on a vécu beaucoup d’échec. Grands ou petits on a les mêmes
défis. « "Au début je ne savais pas pourquoi mon organisation avait été
invitée. Comme je ne savais pas quel était mon rôle, alors j’ai écouté. Et ça
m'a fait réfléchir. Je vais remonter les résultats de cette réunion au plus
haut niveau »« Au début je me posais beaucoup de questions. Maintenant je suis
très content. D’abord pour avoir découvert la méthode. Nous sommes dirigeants
et nous savons que nous sommes très isolés. Ici c’était comme une grande
intervision collective de 3 jours. Ensuite car cela a renforcé ma conviction :
nous avons beaucoup de responsabilités et nous devons prendre ce qui nous
intéresse et qui nous concerne. C’est à nous de nous bouger avant tout. Enfin
je voudrais partager une émotion que j’ai ressenti à sentir la vraie motivation
de vouloir changer le monde à travers ce que nous faisons. »
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