Re: [OSList] Good questions for a OS

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Thanks for the reminder about the Inviting Guide, I’d forgotten all about it
Alan

On 13 Jun 2018, at 11:59 pm, Michael Herman via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

I want to second what Marai says about "How..." questions, because they are 
such an easy default.  I, too, find them more closing than opening.  I think we 
actually tend to hear "How do we..." as "Do you know how we can..."  which is 
essentially a yes-no question without a lot of potential for discussion.  

Having tried for many many years to improve on "What are the issues and 
opportunities for... (usually the future of something)?" -- and only 
occasionally, very situationally, succeeded... I've pretty much stopped trying. 
 There's lots of room for discussion, framing and storytelling in the 
invitation, but the "issues and opps" question is as good a punch line there is 
for anchoring the invitation and carrying into the circle.  It's wide open, 
nobody knows the whole answer, and it leaves room for positives and negatives, 
history and futures.  

Once upon a time, a client was struggling with the drafting of an invitation.  
I made a list of questions and suggested she think about short answers to each, 
or the ones that resonated most.  She and then others found that useful.  Over 
the years that page evolved into a short guide and then I wrapped all the rest 
of my favorite OS sharing materials around it.  

Here's the link to that document, still called an "Inviting Guide."  
http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf 
  I 
often point clients to the one page full of questions that might be useful and 
suggest they sketch a few lines to answer a few of the most relevant questions. 
 They're listed in an order that the answers could almost always be simply 
strung together in that order and make good sense, but that almost never 
happens.  In the end that list of questions is just a way to ease into the 
potential.  

And, having just cracked open Harrison's User's Guide for the first time in a 
long time, I find no reference to the "broad and inclusive" language mentioned 
earlier, but the Guide itself is still a marvel of substance and simplicity!!  

Michael










 
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
Wooow, thanks Rolf, sounds like lots of fun and rewarding. Will try it!
Thomas

Skickat från min iPhone

12 juni 2018 kl. 19:18 skrev Rolf F. Katzenberger via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>>:

> Craig,
> 
> 
> sometimes I use a specific setup to help an org/core team refine their intial 
> "raw" question. Essentially, it's 5 people (or 5 pairs, groups, ...) assuming 
> one role, each:
> 
> IT - represents the need and the purpose
> I - represent the caller(s)
> YOU represent ta single (!) person receiving the call
> WE - represent the relationship between the Is and the YOUs
> FLOW - represents the flow & lifecycle of IT, and of the open space
> Whatever format for a conversation these 5 people choose, they'll be refining 
> the raw question along the lines of the meta-question: "As one of these five, 
> what do I need to feel myself represented well by this question?"
> 
> 
> This leads to all kinds of interesting discussions, like:
> 
> IT wants to be more open, e.g. "hey, we're already imposing a conclusion on 
> the YOUs!"
> I want to be more visible, "those folks want to see a living person behind 
> the call"
> YOU want to feel appreciated and attracted - there's not enough in it to 
> convince YOU to come yet
> WE want to be something new, together - what kind of relationship am I 
> inviting YOU to?
> FLOW wants this to be less restricted / confined / pre-arranged, "WE are 
> still in our infancy, folks..."
> ...and so on Just remember to talk about what each of the five wants more 
> of, instead of what it wants less of. Otherwise, alternative words will have 
> a really hard time emerging.
> 
> Usually, it also pays to have a limit of 12 words for the question (suggests 
> that you make decisions and avoid the committee-phrasing-syndrome; set 
> priorities; stay open), and many times it's even helpful to use the Fridge 
> Magnet technique (stick large post it with one word each to a wall, put 
> alternative words in columns, play with it in the group, always keep the full 
> question in sight and see what it feels like).
> 
> 
> In the end, seek consent (no severe objections to the refined question), not 
> consensus (everybody is very fine with the refined question). If there is 
> consensus among the 5, there is no need for an open space, I'd say ;-)
> 
> Just my 2 cents, maybe it's helpful.
> Rolf
> -- 
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Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2018 Registration

[Michael Herman via OSList]

For years, I've made the connection between what we see in urban landscapes
and what we see unfold in conference rooms in OS, diverse, chaotic,
overlapping patterns.  So I love the photo in the registration page, Kari!
Added the link to openspaceworld.org... so anyone who can't remember the
link to the conference can always remember openspaceworld.org to refer
friends.  Thanks, Michael


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On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Bhavesh Patel via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Kind of connected...
>
> This year's global gathering of Wiki people at Wikimania has the title " 
> Bridging
> knowledge gaps: the Ubuntu way forward
> , "
>
> https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
>
>
>
> On 11 June 2018 at 23:07, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear OST-community,
>>
>> WOSonOS 2018 Bridging the Divide: How are we meeting the challenges of a
>> changing world?
>>
>> Place & Date: Reykjvík Iceland, October 22-24
>>
>> Please head over to the registration page to read more and sign up:
>> https://events.artegis.com/event/WOSonOS_2018
>>
>> We reserved a few hotel rooms in a hotel nearby and these are available
>> on the registration site, but many of us are renting an Airbnb or staying
>> in other accommodations close by.
>>
>> Gamla-Bíó is our venue: https://goo.gl/maps/dDPdoV2jcZE2 ... The
>> original plan was to have the event in Harpa, looking at the price led to
>> the idea of moving the event to the close-by Gamla-Bíó. I am particularly
>> happy that we manage to do that and lower the registration fee in the
>> process.
>>
>> The local currency is ISK (Icelandic Króna), you will get about 105 ISK
>> for each USD $ dollar, or about 125 ISK for each € Euro.
>>
>> The flight time to here from New York is about 6 hours, and from London
>> it is about 3 hours. Flights to Iceland are cheap.
>>
>> With best regards,
>> The Wosonos 2018 Team
>>
>>
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Re: [OSList] Good OS questions

[HENRI LIPMANOWICZ via OSList]

Hi Craig,

Check out http://www.liberatingstructures.com/4-wicked-questions/ 
 
You will also find many useful questions inside the invitations of many of the 
Structures.

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On Jun 11, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Craig Gilliam via OSList 
 wrote:

Another request along with my last about good questions is:

Do you or can you give me examples of some effective/good questions you have 
used/experienced in OS?

Thanks again,
Craig



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Re: [OSList] Good questions for a OS

[Michael Herman via OSList]

I want to second what Marai says about "How..." questions, because they are
such an easy default.  I, too, find them more closing than opening.  I
think we actually tend to hear "How do we..." as "Do you know how we
can..."  which is essentially a yes-no question without a lot of potential
for discussion.

Having tried for many many years to improve on "What are the issues and
opportunities for... (usually the future of something)?" -- and only
occasionally, very situationally, succeeded... I've pretty much stopped
trying.  There's lots of room for discussion, framing and storytelling in
the invitation, but the "issues and opps" question is as good a punch line
there is for anchoring the invitation and carrying into the circle.  It's
wide open, nobody knows the whole answer, and it leaves room for positives
and negatives, history and futures.

Once upon a time, a client was struggling with the drafting of an
invitation.  I made a list of questions and suggested she think about short
answers to each, or the ones that resonated most.  She and then others
found that useful.  Over the years that page evolved into a short guide and
then I wrapped all the rest of my favorite OS sharing materials around it.

Here's the link to that document, still called an "Inviting Guide."
http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf  I
often point clients to the one page full of questions that might be useful
and suggest they sketch a few lines to answer a few of the most relevant
questions.  They're listed in an order that the answers could almost always
be simply strung together in that order and make good sense, but that
almost never happens.  In the end that list of questions is just a way to
ease into the potential.

And, having just cracked open Harrison's User's Guide for the first time in
a long time, I find no reference to the "broad and inclusive" language
mentioned earlier, but the Guide itself is still a marvel of substance and
simplicity!!

Michael











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Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org



On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Wooow, thanks Rolf, sounds like lots of fun and rewarding. Will try it!
> Thomas
>
> Skickat från min iPhone
>
> 12 juni 2018 kl. 19:18 skrev Rolf F. Katzenberger via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:
>
> Craig,
>
>
> sometimes I use a specific setup to help an org/core team refine their
> intial "raw" question. Essentially, it's 5 people (or 5 pairs, groups, ...)
> assuming one role, each:
>
>1. IT - represents the need and the purpose
>2. I - represent the caller(s)
>3. YOU represent ta single (!) person receiving the call
>4. WE - represent the relationship between the Is and the YOUs
>5. FLOW - represents the flow & lifecycle of IT, and of the open space
>
> Whatever format for a conversation these 5 people choose, they'll be
> refining the raw question along the lines of the meta-question: "As one of
> these five, what do I need to feel myself represented well by this
> question?"
>
>
> This leads to all kinds of interesting discussions, like:
>
>- IT wants to be more open, e.g. "hey, we're already imposing a
>conclusion on the YOUs!"
>- I want to be more visible, "those folks want to see a living person
>behind the call"
>- YOU want to feel appreciated and attracted - there's not enough in
>it to convince YOU to come yet
>- WE want to be something new, together - what kind of relationship am
>I inviting YOU to?
>- FLOW wants this to be less restricted / confined / pre-arranged, "WE
>are still in our infancy, folks..."
>
> ...and so on Just remember to talk about what each of the five wants
> more of, instead of what it wants less of. Otherwise, alternative words
> will have a really hard time emerging.
>
>
> Usually, it also pays to have a limit of 12 words for the question
> (suggests that you make decisions and avoid the
> committee-phrasing-syndrome; set priorities; stay open), and many times
> it's even helpful to use the Fridge Magnet technique (stick large post it
> with one word each to a wall, put alternative words in columns, play with
> it in the group, always keep the full question in sight and see what it
> feels like).
>
>
> In the end, seek consent (no severe objections to the refined question),
> not consensus (everybody is very fine with the refined question). If there
> is consensus among the 5, there is no need for an open space, I'd say ;-)
>
>
> Just my 2 cents, maybe it's helpful.
> Rolf
>
> --
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> Craig Gilliam via OSList schrieb am 11.06.2018 um 15:35:
>
> I do not post often, but I read the