here's a link, doug... https://www.revolverobotics.com/get-kubi/
i think you'll be disappointed in the scary department. it's really
just a neck/stand for an ipad. so it's not much more spooky than
television or other video. there's another version, scroll down on link
above, so somebody can put their face on an ipad and roam the halls,
knocking of office doors to chat and hanging out with folks at the water
cooler.
--
Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)
http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 4:07 PM, doug <o...@footprintsinthewind.com
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Michael--
Got a picture or link about that robot gizmo? Sounds futuristic and
a little scary!
:- Doug. Germann
On 08/31/2016 04:56 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
I watched a video yesterday from a recent conference, a traditional
affair with all shapes and sizes of workshop/presentation sessions.
This one I was watching had a sort of panel presentation, with five
different people sharing stories. All of their stories were
accompanied
by a powerpoint backdrop, but that is sort of forgivable since their
topic was specifically about visualization of complex work and
dynamics. Would have been weird without some visuals to their
stories
of visualizations.
The interesting thing is that one of the panelists was across an
ocean.
He presented on the big screen, shared his screen to show his
examples,
and all through the session he watched the audience and the other
speakers on his laptop. He asked questions of the audience and
got a
show of hands. He was totally there.
So some of the wondering about face-to-face or online sounds
like to me
a bit like asking if open space needs a fancy retreat setting or
could
it happen in a ballroom or church basement or middle school
gymnasium.
Online in just another place. Wherever it happens, it's open space,
right enough. You can search the archives for when Ralph
Copleman had
us cooking up solutions for opening for a large-ish group on a
beach.
In a session at the same conference I mentioned, we did two
sessions on
distributed teamwork, where people from all over work on the
same team
everyday. We had 40-50 people in the room and another 10 or so
online,
via sococo.com <http://sococo.com> <http://sococo.com> and also
using some little robot
gizmos each of which lets one person put their face on an ipad and
remotely control the neck that holds it, so they can turn their
head,
nod, look up and down.
in a recent training conversation we boiled down the must-haves
in open
space to just two. we wiped out circle, postits, chairs, and so
on. we
decided the two essentials were people and a story.
so if the fifth principle works, online is just another place. yes,
some places are better for us than others. pillars are a
hassle. so's
not being able to see faces of other ppts. not being able to move
myself between breakouts is pretty much like fixed theater seating.
what works online? pretty much what works everywhere else. we need
people and a story, someplace to tell the story, so that implies a
gathering place. we need a way to see other ppts, their faces
and their
groupings in clusters of conversation. we need a way to wander
around
and get in other people's view, to be noticed, so we can say
hello. we
need a way to write and read topics for discussion and hang them
somewhere. We need a way for anyone to ask the facilitator a
question,
but ideally not in the middle of the opening briefing, or right
as it
finishes. A way to capture notes and share them with everyone.
The onscreen view can be very simple. I'm wondering just now
what it
would look like as a slightly larger than screen-sized space, so it
needed to be moved around and zoomed like a google map. That's a
totally new idea for me, just now, and I think i do like that.
Zoom and
Slide in a big online working space. Can you rig that up, Lucas?
--
Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 <tel:312-280-7838> (mobile)
http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
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Makes me of the response from a techie on why they still
have face
to face meetings with all the tech available for communication:
higher bandwidth.
Ben — thanks for painting a terrific picture of the potential.
Peggy
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The story of OS and the Techies is a long one. As it
happened, the
folks who were present for the first OS, and subsequently
constituted major parts of the early community were all
Techies of
a sort. Some of them actually designed systems and wrote
code and
others were more “eager participants” – that would
include me. The
new toy was Internet, which at the point we became
involved was
still property of the US Army and known as DARPA NET.
The world
changed under our feet, and the word “exciting” is
pretty limp. ____
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Early on some of the commercial techies thought they saw
possibilities in OS. One group came to me with what they
thought
was a revolutionary idea: Set up a room full of laptops
and have
everybody communicate through them and a “master” screen
set on
the wall. The whole thing was prewired and magnificently
packaged.
They made their presentation, but their faces fell when
I said,
“Guys, we could actually talk to each other.” In fact,
I believe
they made a fair amount of money selling the thing to
corporations
who were (had been) convinced that their executives were
too shy,
or whatever, to communicate directly, face to face. ____
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The iterations have continued over the years. You know
the most
recent ones, but there are more. I have always admired
the energy
and creativity. But at the end of the day, I really
didn’t see
much value added that couldn’t have been supplied (at
much less
cost) by the simple application of everyday, off the
shelf kinds
of stuff. I do grant that the proposed systems were an
awful lot
prettier – and I really was impressed with my electronic
“birthday.” But from the very beginning it seemed to me
that we
were looking at a technology in search of an application. I
totally understand the techie attraction, and I salute their
tenacity….____
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Somehow, the attempt to “replicate the Open Space experience
online” just doesn’t catch me. The comparison is indeed
odious –
but it rather reminds me of attempting to replicate
making love. ____
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So I guess I am back to where I started – What next?
It’s wide
open and massively potential… but we ain’t there yet. I
don’t
think.____
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Hello HO,____
NOW WHAT indeed!____
No more apologies for getting carried away. Be it me
bubbling
forth with the feeling of "love", a word I would not
have dared
utter loudly in public, most especially in professional
contexts.
Yet those feelings are undeniably there and I shall
utter them as
they happen. :-) So far I've survived speaking my
mind... Even
more it's blasted holes by opening more space that led to
productive inspired work, in ways that made me happy I
didn't keep
my mouth shut. With guys and gals. ____
Nor shall I hold back on what I envision in the virtual
world.
Beyond the so called internet. As one who has hosted
often in my
physical house and been similarly hosted in the homes of
others, I
know there is more to be invented there.
While I may not be the one doing the inventing, I will
gladly
partake in the joy of this imagined future experience
and I will
wholeheartedly nudge, prod, and encourage those who
passionately
see beyond the reaches of what I see. ____
So rather than a duel on the matter, what say you to a
hearty
Martini in Manila so I can paint a picture of what I
see?____
After all, you're the one who got me in this mess of
Open Space
with all this spirited wave rider stuff and grateful am
I that it
came my way!____
From a happy Florida camper,
Suzanne____
On Aug 30, 2016 5:38 PM, "Harrison Owen"
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> OK – You do get carried away for a bit! But you are
right!! AND.
Your imagination is exceeded only by reality!!! (“Today as I
imagine the possibility of a Virtual House where I
could drop in
to just hang out with family, friends, colleagues and
Open Space
pals, from around the world, I know that this
possibility exists.
To see Tova in Israel, Claudia in Egypt, Sharon Joy in
Manila,
Alan in Australia, etc. etc. etc.”)
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> Suzanne – This is what we do. Every day. All the time.
Ever
since!!!! It’s called The Internet.
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> Dear Lucas and all,
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> As you pose your question and I saw the replies, I
realize once
again how passionate you, Ben Roberts, Brian Burt and
others are
about creating virtual experiences for others and with
others.
With the spirit and essence of Open Space. Thank you so
very much!
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> In seeing your names, I relived the magic of past
virtual Open
Space events (Brené Brown and the Global Conversation -
Maestro
and Brian Burt) and Harrison's 80th Birthday Party
(Lucas and
Michael Herman) last year and yes WOSonOS Florida too (Ben
Roberts and others) with opportunities here and there to
welcome
colleagues.
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experiencing of it.
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> Lucas I share your "Field of Dream Passion - Build it
and They
Will Come" though not in developing, refining, improving or
simplifying the mechanics of it in the backroom so all
can go
smooth in the virtual space. That is not my expertise or
passion.
It is the work of unsung heroes.
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> If I was to focus on your word "simplest" aka
"simplify", I
wonder if we could not create the feel of sitting in a
circle
without talking about a circle (like sitting around a
campfire, in
the comfort of your living room or around your kitchen
table)?
Rather than breakouts, could we have rooms and corners where
people can go hang out? Rather than a marketplace wall,
it could
be like going to a movie with a bill board that
announces the
movies that are playing. Then of course you could see
who's there,
in which room. People would instantly think this is
really cool
and not a process thing.
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about Open
Space; we don't talk about a circle, breakouts and
stuff. We
simply invite from the purpose, theme or reason for
meeting. In
those first moments of sitting in a circle, looking at
the floor
and the marketplace wall, it all seems so foreign to
people who
have never experienced OS before. Why then should we
bring these
concepts into the virtual space? We don't have to
counteract the
familiarity of a theatre style setting, reject the
podium or a
panel of speakers.
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connecting
and getting things done from the comfort of our own home
or office
or wherever.
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> For each element of Open Space, there could be a way of
explaining it that invites a degree of freedom that feels
different, open and fun. People might attribute it to
"this is how
it happens virtually" and in the process they would be
living the
law of two feet. We'd be communicating intent as we give the
mechanics of how to move around.
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once told me
years ago that he pictured that some virtual meetings
could be
better than in person. I didn't quite believe him. Today
as I
imagine the possibility of a Virtual House where I
could drop in
to just hang out with family, friends, colleagues and
Open Space
pals, from around the world, I know that this
possibility exists.
To see Tova in Israel, Claudia in Egypt, Sharon Joy in
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down so that
you might have a moment to think about what online OS
experience
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> how many virtual breakout spaces there are
> who is in each virtual space right now
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