Just Starting Out - Introduction and Some Basic Questions
Sheila Beauchemin
s.beauchemin at SHAW.CA
Sat Oct 14 15:57:32 PDT 2006
Greetings to the List,
I am a new member as of today but have been exploring Open Space for a
while. I work primarily with the provincial government in Victoria
British Columbia and have assisted clients resolve a range of issues from
business planning to program design and development.
Recently I have been approached by a client to undertake a review of their
organizational structure. The client has a very real need but little idea
of how to approach the review other than from a very linear and
traditional approach that involves review of existing structure,
interviews with section heads, consideration of best practices etc. She
wants some very real, action orientated recommendations that she can begin
to implement in the new year.
To me this is a perfect application for OST and intend to pitch this to
her as the best way to truly get results that mine the collective wisdom
of her staff (about 80+),provide an opportunity to hear from
stakeholders/clients and establish a priorized action plan that staff will
have bought in to 'cause they created it themselves.
So, I have a couple of questions some general and some rather basic I'm
afraid.
First, any words of advice to someone just starting out with OST? Any
wisdom to impart regarding attempts to "sell" a client on the OST
concept. I should say, the provincial government is not the most
progressive when it comes to trying out new ways of getting at a problem.
Second, I suspect that there may be some good and compelling examples of
theme statments related to reviewing organizational structures. Can
anyone share those with me?
And finally, some questions about basics:
- I'm confused about creating the Time/Space Matrix:
- How do you anticipate the "right" number of breakout groups in
advance?
- While breakout rooms can be secured and placed on the matrix, how do
you provide for the option that participants want to find their own spaces
to hold meetings?
- If over lunch is an acceptable time for meetings, how do participants
schedule here if there are not post-its and locations provided in that
time slot?
I know, very basic and obviously, I've been reading (and re-reading) the
book....
Anyhow, thank you all in advance for any help/expertise you can share. I
have not felt so jazzed up about an approach for a long time. In fact, my
husband is very perplexed that I am so obsessed on a Saturday afternoon!!
Cheers, Sheila Beauchemin
Victoria, BC Canada
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>From Sat Oct 14 15:59:02 2006
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:59:02 -0700
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From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
Subject: Re: marketplace
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Welcome Sheila to our lovely global community!
Sheila wrote:
< I confess that I am having trouble understanding the consistency between
"leaving the room" only to return at the end of the session for evening
news, and the necessity to "hold time and space". Here, it appeared that
the facilitator was to remain around but not visible - doing all those small
tasks that keep the space safe and comfortable for those busy beavers
working away in the breakout sessions? Can you provide some further
enlightenment - and encourage as I find the notion of leaving a hard one!>
I am one of those who stays in the room.
At the start, after I invite participants to post their topics in Opening
Circle and the Agenda co-creation time, I often sit back down in the circle
to hold space that way as they create their marvelous meeting topics.
Although sometime(s) during the day I will usually take a walk around the
building as a way to have a sense of place and a sense of the day, fresh air
- to breathe and to notice the beautiful things just outside the room, I
feel I hold space best by being in the room for most of the meeting -
totally present and completely invisible as I clean up plates and coffee
cups from the floor, breathe, replenish materials in the discussion areas,
breathe, help the Newsroom Coordinator as needed, breathe ;o) and so on.
You will find what fits for you, I know,
Lisa
PS: as you are new to this you (and any others of you my dear readers who
would like to explore) may wish to visit the resources at my website - I put
them there for sharing. Go to http://www.openingspace.net
<http://www.openingspace.net/> - and click on Open Space Technology / The
Method to see the shared thoughts of many colleagues on this list, to see
'Resources for OST Practitioners' and if you click on the upper right-hand
corner of the pages, to see the "Gallery" for photos of various Open Space
events.
___________________________
L i s a H e f t
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
O p e n i n g S p a c e
lisaheft at openingspace.net
www.openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net/>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sheila wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>< I
confess that I am having trouble understanding the consistency between
"leaving the room" only to return at the end of the session for evening
news, and the necessity to "hold time and space". Here, it appeared
that the facilitator was to remain around but not visible - doing all those
small tasks that keep the space safe and comfortable for those busy beavers
working away in the breakout sessions? Can you provide some further
enlightenment - and encourage as I find the notion of leaving a hard one!></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I am one of those who stays in the room. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>At the start, after I invite participants to post their topics in
Opening Circle and the Agenda co-creation time, I often sit back down in the
circle to hold space that way as they create their marvelous meeting topics.
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Although sometime(s) during the day I will usually take a walk around
the building as a way to have a sense of place and a sense of the day, fresh
air – to breathe and to notice the beautiful things just outside the
room, I feel I hold space best by being in the room for most of the meeting -
totally present and completely invisible as I clean up plates and coffee cups
from the floor, breathe, replenish materials in the discussion areas, breathe, help
the Newsroom Coordinator as needed, breathe ;o) and so on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You will find what fits for you, I know,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>PS: as you are new to this you (and any others of you my dear readers
who would like to explore) may wish to visit the resources at my website –
I put them there for sharing. Go to <a href="http://www.openingspace.net/">http://www.openingspace.net</a>
– and click on Open Space Technology / The Method to see the shared
thoughts of many colleagues on this list, to see ‘Resources for OST
Practitioners’ and if you click on the upper right-hand corner of the
pages, to see the “Gallery” for photos of various Open Space
events.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>L i s a H e f t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=ES-MX
style='font-size:10.0pt'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=ES-MX
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net">lisaheft at openingspace.net</a>
</span></font></p>
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From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
Subject: Re: Principles-law-be prepared in German
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Hello my dear friends (pretend I am saying that in German or any other
language that is your own ;o)
Thank you so much for your quick responses, Marei and Michael M Pannwitz
(and cheers to my other friends I had contacted about this) - I truly
appreciate it. Gerardo helped me with some great translations in Italian,
too.
I feel that using multiple languages if they are spoken in the groups I work
with invite and welcome and share awareness about diversity - it also makes
it easier to understand for folks whose home languages are not English, of
course. And even if I am doing an Open Space in English, I use signs with
multiple languages - for the same reason of welcoming and honoring
diversity.
I will add these German phrases to the Glossary - at a time soon when I am
not floating all around from here to there (figuratively and literally!).
Thank you thank you.
For those of you interested in seeing (and using!) the growing Glossary of
international terms and phrases for Open Space - go to my website
http://www.openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net/> - click on Open
Space Technology / The Method and then in the little orange bar at the top
of those listings you'll see the word "Glossary" to click on.
If you see that your own language is not represented for all the words and
phrases, and if you would like to translate some or all of those into your
language to add to the Glossary, I invite you to email me and I shall send
you a list of those words and phrases. I am a little slow on adding Arabic
(hello, my dear dear Carol Daniel Kasbari !!) and just catching up on many
many things after a bit of time away, but as time passes - we will water
this Glossary with words and fertilize it with sharing and it shall grow
like a bouquet of beautiful flowers.
Lisa
___________________________
L i s a H e f t
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
O p e n i n g S p a c e
<mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net
<http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello my dear friends
(pretend I am saying that in German or any other language that is your own ;o)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thank you so much for your
quick responses, Marei and Michael M Pannwitz (and cheers to my other friends I
had contacted about this) – I truly appreciate it. Gerardo helped me
with some great translations in Italian, too.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I feel that using multiple
languages if they are spoken in the groups I work with invite and welcome and
share awareness about diversity – it also makes it easier to understand
for folks whose home languages are not English, of course. And even if I am
doing an Open Space in English, I use signs with multiple languages – for
the same reason of welcoming and honoring diversity.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I will add these German
phrases to the Glossary – at a time soon when I am not floating all
around from here to there (figuratively and literally!). Thank you thank you.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>For those of you interested
in seeing (and using!) the growing Glossary of international terms and phrases
for Open Space – go to my website </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net/">http://www.openingspace.net</a> – click
on Open Space Technology / The Method and then in the little orange bar at the
top of those listings you’ll see the word “Glossary” to click
on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If you see that your own
language is not represented for all the words and phrases, and if you would
like to translate some or all of those into your language to add to the
Glossary, I invite you to email me and I shall send you a list of those words
and phrases. I am a little slow on adding Arabic (hello, my dear dear Carol
Daniel Kasbari !!) and just catching up on many many things after a bit of time
away, but as time passes – we will water this Glossary with words and
fertilize it with sharing and it shall grow like a bouquet of beautiful flowers…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
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>From Sat Oct 14 19:51:06 2006
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From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
Subject: Fabulous Facilitators breakfast (like a Stammtische) October 30
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Hello, dear all -
If you will be in the San Francisco Bay Area on October 30 please do join us
at a Fabulous Facilitators pot-luck breakfast conversation at my home in
Berkeley, California.
These monthly breakfast conversations are like a great Open Space session.
Conversation may be about our methods, our challenges, our learning or
anything else about facilitation and group process. And as in Open Space,
the conversation goes where it goes.
Contact me directly if you will be in town and I can send you the
particulars.the meetings are monthly, always on a Monday, always 9:00am to
11:00am.
Cheers from an autumnal (yes, it gets autumnal here - v-e-r-y subtle but/and
beautiful), Berkeley, California, USA,
Lisa
___________________________
L i s a H e f t
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
O p e n i n g S p a c e
<mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net
<http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If you will be in the San Francisco Bay Area
on October 30 please do join us at a Fabulous Facilitators pot-luck breakfast
conversation at my home in Berkeley, California.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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like a great Open Space session. Conversation may be about our methods,
our challenges, our learning or anything else about facilitation and group
process. And as in Open Space, the conversation goes where it goes. </span></font></p>
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and I can send you the particulars…the meetings are monthly, always on a
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autumnal here – v-e-r-y subtle but/and beautiful), Berkeley, California,
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>From Sun Oct 15 11:59:48 2006
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:59:48 -0400
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From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
Organization: HH Owen and Co.
Subject: Re: marketplace
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Sheila -- I can certainly understand your confusion! In my case, there is a
question that I constantly ask myself during an OS -- What do I need to do
for myself so that I can be fully present for the participants when needed?
For example, after the opening there is a high liklihood that I will be more
than a little pooped. I start early making preparations, and the opening
itself is a very high energy situation for me. When we get to that point
that all the participants are going to the Wall for sign-up and
negotiations, I really need a break, and of equal importantce, they don't
need me. And as a matter of fact, my physical presence can actually be a
detraction to the whole affair. If I am around (visably) folks might
reasonably expect me to "make some order out of the chaos." I know that I
can't do that, and more to the point, I shouldn't even try. And most
important -- the folks can and will create their own order -- which is what
self-organization and Open Space are all about. So I do leave the room --
and even take a nap.
I can understand that taking a nap may seem to be a complete cop-out and
derreliction of duty, but I don't think so. I have found that even when
sound asleep I am somehow in real "communication" with the group. Most often
I just sleep peacefully, but there have been occasions when I just "knew"
that my physical presence could be helpful. I have learned always to trust
the intuition and just follow my nose -- which always seems to take me to
the "right" place. Once there (whever there is) doing something is usually
beside the point, but really BEING THERE can be most helpful.
After a few more Open Spaces, you will discover that there is a more or less
predictable "flow" -- with long space/times when you can go and take care of
yourself. This is not selfish, but sensible, I think. If you are a wreck,
there is not much chance that you can be fully present when needed. This is
especially true in very high conflict situations. Most of the time, the
people will take care of themselves, but there are moments when you focused
presence can be critical. And you have to be in good shape to really pull
that off.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland 20854
Phone 301-365-2093
Skype hhowen
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Sheila
Beauchemin
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:22 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: marketplace
Hi there,
I am an open space neophite so my questions must be taken with that in
mind. I confess that I am having trouble understanding the consistency
between "leaving the room" only to return at the end of the session for
evening news, and the necessity to "hold time and space". Here, it
appeared that the facilitator was to remain around but not visible - doing
all those small tasks that keep the space safe and comfortable for those
busy beavers working away in the breakout sessions?
Can you provide some further enlightenment - and encourage as I find the
notion of leaving a hard one! Call it the value for money proposition
that I occassional face (albiet not in an OST environment) - e.g. "Sure am
paying a lot of money and what are she really doing? She isn't even in
the room!"
I have more basic questions but will post these separately along with an
introduction!
Regards,
Sheila Beauchemin
Victoria, BC Canada
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