Hi Birgitt: I recently sent you 3 personal emails at birg...@mindspring.com and all three were returned. Is there a problem with mindspring? I am teaching a class in leadershipand would like to share your story with the class. Please email me at cad...@piedmont.edu. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Birgitt Williams" <birg...@mindspring.com> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Re: My story of the Open Space Organization Part 2 of 4 > Artur, > thank you for your comments and your kindness in reading all of those words. > I too think the story that some people will learn something from. At this > stage, it is a story that is sharing my travel log. During the travel, I > developed a bit of a map that might be useful so that others have some > wayshowing. It is wordy, not yet a paper, and with my best attempts to tell > it from the heart and as I remember it. In parts 3 and 4 of this travel log, > I will go through my thinking about this from 1995 to the present and why I > am in the current perspective that I have. (I hear Brian Bainbridge in > Australia groaning--he is one of my precious mentors and keeps encouraging a > slightly different shorter writing style). > > Once I share this in this way, the next steps for this material is that it > will need to be condensed, edited and so on. If there is a chance to publish > it once it is edited, it would be good. So--any suggestions for editing and > improvements would be most welcome. Whether there is publishing of this or > not, I intend to include this material as part of a multi-media training > package that is to be complete by the autumn. > > I will not address your specific questions here but hope my view of some > answers appears to you in the next parts of the story. > > Kindest regards, > Birgitt > > Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy > Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness > ********************************************************* > For ongoing professional development, join us for training in the Genuine > Contact Program for exceptional results in organizational effectiveness. > The Genuine Contact Program, for leaders, consultants, and facilitators is > made up of four components, each of which can be taken independently of the > others as a "stand alone" workshop. > Those completing all four components of the Genuine Contact Program meet the > requirements to attend the "train the trainer" session of four days, > resulting in authorization to use the Genuine Contact Program for "in-house" > training of teams. > Detailed information is available on our website at > www.openspacetechnology.com > > Training dates for 2001: > Session One: Working with Open Space Technology ($600US): Vancouver, British > Columbia,Canada Jan 29-Feb 1; Niagara,Ontario, Canada April 2-5; Calgary, > Canada May 15-18; Holland June 8-11; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Oct 1-4 > Session Two: Working with whole brain Process Facilitation ($195US):Seattle, > Washington, USA Mar20-21; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Mar 26-27; > Niagara, Ontario, Canada April 23-24; Sweden May 29-30; Raleigh, North > Carolina, USA: Sept 17-18 > Session Three: Working with Cross Cultural Conflict > Resolution($195US):Seattle, Washington, USA Mar 22-23;Vancouver, British > Columbia, Canada Mar 28-29; Niagara, Ontario, Canada April 19-20; Sweden > May 31-June 1; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Sept 19-20 > Session Four: the Advanced Program in Open Space Technology focusing on the > Open Space Organization($800US):Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Feb 2-4; > San Francisco, California, USA April 28-May 1; Niagara, Ontario, Canada May > 3-6; Berlin, Germany June 13-15; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Nov 1-4 > Train the Trainer ($1500US): Raleigh,North Carolina, USA Sept 21,22,23,24 > > We invite you to the first conference of the International Alliance for > Mentoring, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Sept. 25-26 > Fee $100 US. > > "It is time to lead organizations as though God matters and people are > precious. And in doing so, to be effective in fulfilling the mission of the > organization." > Birgitt and Ward Williams - we create opportunities for Genuine Contact for > higher consciousness > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Artur > F. Silva > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:38 PM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: My story of the Open Space Organization Part 2 of 4 > > > Dear Birgitt: > > I want to thank you for your superb story on OSO. I look forward > to see the next 2 parts. But this one gives enough matter for > dialog and clarification. First let me tell you that yours is the first > DETAILED story of repeated OST's in the same organisation > I know, intended to develop an OS Org (OSO, from now). Because > of this it can be very important to all our community, especially if > it gets published.. > > I will comment/ask here things I think can be of general interest. > I will also discuss some suggestions of editing that I think have > general interest, especially if you plan to publish the story. But > I will not discuss some detailed suggestions on editing that I > also have made and will send you privately, shall you be interested > in them. > > Please note: I am using a lot of my time to do that; please don't see > "criticism" where there are only friendly suggestion for improvement. > > My comments will respect the order of your text. I will sometimes > refer to pages of my printing, even if pics can be different (my text > has 22 pages). > > - The OSO story and your story are too much interwoned. They are > perhaps difficult to separate; but I think your readers are not interested > in your decisions when you were 9 year old; no CEO will consider this > to be relevant, even if he/she made the some votes by that age, and > especially if he/she didn't. I would begin yout story at the University. > > When you first refereed to the three centres an immediately > carification of the objectives of each would be good (you only give it > many pages below). > > You make a very good case for the use of many OSTs to promote > cultural change and co-operation (but not "every one you can" - only > relevant ones). > > First OST with "broader possible theme" - very good idea; > > The CEO being the OST facilitator of first OST (I had never thought > about that - but it worked); what were the immediate comments of other > participants? and a long term evaluation (Vs using an external facilitator?) > > The CEO being the facilitator for all following meetings (if I > understood well); why not rely on other facilitators, from the > organisation? why not train all staff to become facilitators? > > Hierarchy Vs OS - many doubts. > > Don't skip the opening - good suggestion... > > Achievements from 1992-95 > > The achievements are related with story. Why not separate them: > story before and a list of achievements as a conclusion? > > There is an implicit idea that OST made the merging of cultures; > but the effect of seven years of merging (even if not very good > merging) in not clear. Should OST be used 7 years before, would > the same good effects of OST on merger appeared? > > A lot of people made the cultural change; so why was it so easy > for the new Treasurer to reverse the situation? > > Ingredients of the Open Space > > From point 5 to the end, those are specific to OST/OS. Previous ones > are "good general management practices" not directly related to OS. > My suggestion: suppress them or refer them earlier as preconditions. > > I think the story of last years should be rewritten - or suppressed in the > document and reserved for questions - if this was a paper presented to > a Conference. > > Brigit, your paper in wonderful, especially as it is the first of a kind. > Thank you fore it. please, see my observations as the comments I > would make to a close friend or expect to receive from one. > > Looking forward to see the two last parts > > Friendly > > Artur > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > =========================================================== > osl...@egroups.com > To subscribe, > 1. 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