Hi Birgitt, Thanks for sharing your journey. I will be attending the Working with OST training that Anna Caroline and Thomas are facilitating in DC. Looking forward to it!
All the best, Jake ________________ When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:27 PM Birgitt Williams via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jake, > thanks for digging this old case study up. It was published by the Open > Space Institute of Canada but the correct name of the study doesn't have > the word 'institute' in it. > > My quest path from that first great experience was to find out if the same > experience and results could be created in other organizations. I > deliberately chose organizations of 100 people or less so that we could > track our process, the progress, the outcomes. From 1995 through 1998 I > worked with wonderful leaders, all of the senior leaders I worked with were > women yet there were influential, impactful men on the senior leadership > teams. > > Length of consulting assignments varied but averaged nine months to > accomplish an organizational transformation. My involvement varied from > eight days to forty days over that span of time. The results were > consistent. The leadership teams were brave. Not all moments were easy. In > every situation, the need to transform was significant to achieve improved > performance. I demonstrated that the outcomes were the same as I had > achieved when I was CEO, and that it wasn't my particular leadership that > was needed for the outcomes. > > This work led to the development of what I first named the Conscious Open > Space Organization and then, as per feedback from some clients, renamed the > Genuine Contact Organization. The Genuine Contact program was also born, > offering a blended package of modules that were our basis for the outcomes > we were getting. One of the primary modules is Working with Open Space > Technology. This module focuses on working with OST in the organization. > > By 2000 we had requests from people who had learned several modules of the > Genuine Contact program, requesting the opportunity to be authorized > trainers of the Genuine Contact program so in Sept 2001 the first Train the > Trainer took place. One of the outcomes of these wonderful people and their > work in the world is that we proved to ourselves that I wasn't at all a > factor in the outcomes that organizations were achieving as the GC trainers > were also getting the same outcomes...in various cultures, various > geographic locations in the world, various languages. > > The Genuine Contact community of practice <http://www.genuinecontact.net>was > born at that time and in 2020 we are celebrating 20 years of helping > leaders and their organizations. We are a membership organization. If you > go to that website you will see a link in the top right corner to be a > member. Then, you can have the experience of being in an organization that > has its roots in OST. Every one of us who gets involved has important > experiences, learning, experimenting, sometimes falling on our faces, and > always (so far) getting up again realizing we have done our best, and then > continuing on to our newest best. > > We are neglectful of writing up our case studies except as reports for our > clients. Some of us are writing one of our newer stories to be included > with the great project of the Library of Collaborative Change when they > publish the volume on Amazing Stories of Change. > > and if you are really really interested, I encourage you to join a > fantastic group of people at the Genuine Contact Summer Academy > <https://www.dalarinternational.com/gco-sa2020/> taking place July 3-10, > 2020 at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario, Canada. > > At that learning intensive of eight deep dive days together, case studies > will be shared and recorded. > > Birgitt > > > *Birgitt Williams* > *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"* > Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> > Founder Genuine Contact Program > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact> > Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC > <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/> > Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network > <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/> > > *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and > working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"* > > Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology > <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>. > Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating > meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring + > Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle; and > Self-Study > + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real > time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on > October 18, 25, and November 1st. > > PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613 > Phone: 01-919-522-7750 > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 2:43 PM Jake Yeager via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have come across two case studies of "organizational Open Space," i.e., >> where the organization operated in Open Space at all times: >> >> 1. Open Space Institute in a Social Service Organization >> <https://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/social.htm> by Birgitt >> 2. Practicing Open Space - Our First 10 Years >> >> <https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/practicing-open-space-our-first-ten-years> >> by Hans-Georg Wicke >> >> Both of these case studies offer very detailed descriptions of outcomes, >> and the organization described operated in organizational Open Space for >> many years. Does anyone know of other case studies like these? Does anyone >> want to write one? :D >> >> Thanks! >> >> All the best, >> Jake >> ________________ >> >> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and >> you will be free of problems. >> - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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