Thank you so much for coming back on this Christine :-) Hege 7. juli 2015 kl. 23:33 skrev Marie Ann Östlund via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:
> Thank you Christine, that was a brilliant learning! Inspiring. > > Marie Ann > > tisdag 7 juli 2015 skrev Catherine Pfaehler via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>: > Ah, Christine, c’est trop beau – merci de l’avoir partagé! > > > > Meilleures salutations de Berne (très chaud aussi…), Catherine > > > > Catherine Pfaehler > > Burckhardtstrasse 2 > > CH - 3008 Bern > > +41-(0)31-536 05 31 > > > > Von: Suzanne Daigle via OSList [mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org] > Gesendet: Montag, 6. Juli 2015 04:29 > An: Christine; World wide Open Space Technology email list > Betreff: Re: [OSList] urgent need of your wisdom : how to reassure a > political guy who fears that the OST format will not be inclusive enough ? > > > > Christine.... You rock. Thanks for posting! Thanks for sharing! > Suzanne > > On Jul 5, 2015 9:11 AM, "christine koehler via OSList" > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Dear Martin, Harrison, Lisa > > > > Thank you very much for your answers. It helped ! > > > > I had the call with the guy, and we had a long conversation together. We talk > about the range of outcomes he wished for. Having Harrison's voice in mind I > told him that to my knowledge, there was no other way to have 90 people > engage in 3 hours with the ability to act together soon and keep connected on > the long run in spite of divergent interests. he insisted on having 2 guys > presenting briefly before I explained how it worked. We ended up with the > agreement of 5 people supposed to speak 5 mn each, including himself. > > > > Of course they spoke 10 mn each, so I shortened the opening keeping it to a > minimum. > > It was obvious that the sponsor was doubtful and his glances at me - and his > team- were quite cold. But he played the game. > > And guess what... of course it worked ! > > > > There were 30 sessions and about 20 action plans. > > In spite of heat wave (and no chairs for breakout sessions , because of no > chairs allowed in the huge hall...), people didn't leave during breaks, and > obviously were not in a hurry to leave after the closing... Everybody was > very happy. > > During closing circle, all standing, the sponsor admitted he was very > doubtful, then added quietly" today I learned a lesson about participative > democracy". Another guy said he was used to open space, and that this one was > very convivial. > > > > :) > > > > I'm glad I know how to breathe. > > > > Lisa, you asked me why I am asking when I know the answers. Precisely for > these reasons. Knowing that there are other people somewhere that are as > crazy as I am and do believe the same, help me breathe and open the space > the best I can. > > > > Christine > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Lisa Heft - <lisah...@openingspace.net> > wrote: > > Hi, Christine - > > > > Several things come to mind. And I know you already had your phone > appointment. And I am wondering what you sensed and did and what happened. > But still I will share reflections if it helps in general or as you reflect. > > > > 1) What does your intuition / gut / sensing say? I imagine you know your own > answer. Is there a reason you hesitate when you can feel inside exactly what > to do and say? > > > > 2) I agree that it sounds like OST is a good approach if the issue is complex > such as this. However there are huge power dynamics operating as well, right? > So these next things come to mind: > > > > - if the sponsor > > fear that there it will not enough reflect the diversity of actions and > timeframe and the possibility to create a kind of frame to support long term > action on the territory. > > — then her/his intuition may be speaking loudly, not just her/his fear, no? > If this all is so, does that not tell you both that it is more important to > take more time to plan (rather than the rushed planning) and find a longer > meeting time on another date? if it is so important? > > > > And SO many things support long-term action. Not a single short event by > itself. Instead, relationships, infrastructure, time, ability, resources, > partners, champions, desks and computers, ability to step outside one’s daily > tasks to add in these tasks, SO many things. Are these in place before the > event to support the actions that are being invited? If not, is asking for > action appropriate for this particular event? Or is this for part of that > strength, such as in ideas, relationships, and so on ? Does all that have to > be accomplished by one short event? And if it is complex, why so short? > > > > 3) I always go with what is realistically achievable, given the circumstances > which I may or may not be able to inform. > > > > - Without knowing more details, dynamics, ideas and emotions brought up > during your pre-work conversations, I can only say that as an outsider to > this my own intuition / gut / body says to take advantage of what a short OS > meeting can =realistically= deliver - which is a highlighting of emergent > issues, ability for people to notice who else cares about these things, ideas > generated for opportunities and for describing challenges, and that’s about > it. With a documentation design that really captures, with another event > scheduled after people can rest and reflect on their documentation (data), > then going into the next step of mapping out (or even a small group having a > conversation about) what are resources / relationships / realities for what > in their systems can support actions, then inviting people who are really the > people who have power-mobility-ability-relationship to identify and work on > some actions, and so on and so on in a chain of meetings and conversations. > Not just a quickie because (do I understand you correctly?) there was some > meeting time within a COP21 event. > > > > - Also with these power dynamics I would pay attention to other things that > can help as in: no introductions, no speeches, name tags only saying names > (not organizations or titles), and maybe even more of an emphasis in the > theme question on “I” to bring it into peoples’ bodies (mixed dynamics here > can often bring in tension and words of ‘somebody should’) - things like that. > > > > Lastly, you asked what we did in a similar situation. I spoke to truth. > Always. “This will not work if you do x.” “If you want to do x, I can support > that by changing the process to do y but the Open Space process will not work > if you do that.” “Are you worried about x.” “You know that will not fix x” > “Then we need more time for inviting diverse people.” “Then we need more > hours in the meeting to embrace that tension and possibility.” “That > deliverable cannot be delivered in that short a time frame.” “Then we must > change the objective / theme / goal.” “Then we must schedule additional > meetings to accomplish each of these tasks over time.” “You know that that > does not support sustainability - you have seen it before, I am sure.” And so > on. > > > > He is such a busy man, you say. If so, it is essential to help him use his > (and others’) time wisely and productively. Right? That is what you do, when > you do your best, Christine… > > > > No doubt some of us may be sharing thoughts and experiences about these sorts > of things when we gather for the Open Space Learning Workshop in Krakow > September 8-10, and also during the WOSonOS on September 10-13. I SO look > forward to that... > > > > Lisa > > > > On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:32 AM, christine koehler via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > of course, the way I put it sounds rather comic.. > > > > I am supposed to facilitated a 3h 1/2 OST next wednesday with 90 participants > from a very diverse background (impact of local actions on climate change and > COP21 -in Paris next fall- and they are all local actors : politics, > technicians, companies, non-profit etc.. Host is the territorial entity via a > statesman with a territoral mandate. > > All has been organized in a few days, we have considered many different > design to come back to OST because of simplicity and efficiency . > > But now the sponsor fear that there it will not enough reflect the diversity > of actions and timeframe and the possibility to create a kind of frame to > support long term action on the territory. > > Diificulty lies in the goal : for the planning team, immediate need is the > use of the space that the entity is willing to rent (and pay for) during > COP21 BUT that has to be run collectively (and not as usual here « we do it > for you ») , for the politics, the goal is « long" term with something that > will be created and will last even after the COP21 event. > > > > I believe that OST s the only way that may reach all those goals in such a > short time frame (at least set the first step) but obviously there is no > control enough for him and now he want a few discourses speeches from a > variety of actors before opening the space so that everyone knows about all > this and that… > > > > What would help me is what you did in similar situation.. because I don’t > know what to tell him (« trust the process obviously does not work…) My > appointment (by phone of course, such a busy man) with him is in a few hours > > > > > > > > Christine > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Executive Coach, Médiateur > www.christine-koehler.fr > Tel : 06 13 28 71 38 > Fax : 09 72 32 36 65 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > > > > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > www.avast.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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