Betty: I have led effective one and two day Open Space sessions with Boards
of 12 and a staff team of 10. If the conditions are right and the theme a
clear performance challenge for the group, they will, in OS, self-organize
their agenda and meetings with productive results. They may stay in one
4) Sparse prior connections
Harrison: This condition intrigues me when we talk about
self-organization. Open Space events that include multiple stakeholders
and go beyond the boundaries of a particular unit or organization can be
very powerful. Open Space events that are within an
I am thrilled that there is a listserv for Open Space Technology, as I am in
development and am a huge supporter of asset-based community development
techniques. I just joined the list and would like to know if this list is
unmoderated!!!
I, myself, moderate a listserv and know the benefits
Peg,
I think you are correct in using different language and descriptions of OS.
Especially since I hear from time to time OS talked about in relation to
clients. Even though we know that spirit or Spirit is part of the OS
experience, it is hard to talk about it to people who have not yet had the
Birgitt wrote:
A few meetings focused on the use of Open Space Technology for
reconcilliation with Aboriginal peoples, the details of which were almost
identical to the conversations I have been in here in Canada regarding the
use of Open Space Technology for reconcilliation with indiginous
Dear Birgitt,
Welcome back and thanks for your descriptions of your travels. I am
sure that you shared your marvelous ideas with many Australians and
learned from them as well. Then upon your return you really stirred the
pot with your questions about self-organizing systems and spirit. I
Maura, this list is unmoderated. You can, for instance, set the list in
DIGEST mode. That way, you'll end up with just one or two
messages. Alternatively, you could set up a filter in your email client
that sends all the OSLIST messages into a separate folder.
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My question is this - there are only 5 board members (plus one exec
director,and one newsletter editor.) My experience facilitating about 7-8
OS has been with groups of 100-250 and all in the context of
conferences/gatherings. I am having trouble envisioning how the process
would be productive
Birgitt wrote:
It is human beings, especially human beings in our formal organizations that
I am not so sure about. And yes, I am separating us from the rest of nature
as I talk about us here.Mostly because that which differentiates us so much
from the rest of nature is that we have will and the
I think three days is a grand amount of time for an OS.
I could see how the OS retreat time could be a chance for the Board to
renew
themselves, get to know each other, maybe bring something they'd like to
share/do with the others, and reflect on what is up for them with the
current changes.
They met in every permutation of five there is.
The only difficulty I had was trying to be present and invisable. But that
turned out to be one situation where being a smoker was an advantage.
Nobody was surprised when I disappeared for a while.
Thanks for the info.
I think we will go for it. I
Betty-- Some of us on this list use a combination of Appreciative Inquiry and
Open Space in our work. I do that often and have found it to be quite
effective. Group size and several things you said about the state of flux
strongly brought forth in me the thought of the AI/OS possibility. If you
Betty:
I too used open space to facilitate a retreat for the Board (13) and two staff
of a national women's group. I was to start with an evening of story telling
following a board meeting that had ended up being very conflicted. There was a
huge dead moose under the table.most people
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