OS and Future Search

[Jay Vogt]

In a message dated 6/21/99 3:51:31 PM, nmcc at rt66.com wrote:

<<I would be interested in hearing how the more experienced practitioners
would talk about the differences between OS and Future Search.>>

Hi Wallace:
You mention the obvious structural differences, and of course the role of the
facilitator is very different.
In terms of differences with outcomes, I offer the experience of the Bank of
Montreal as one example.

The Learning Center (some such name) there reviewed all large group
technologies for use as culture change vehicles at the bank.  They selected
OS over FS partly because the requirements for FS are so daunting that the
chances of it spreading easily and quickly through the culture were remote.
They went with OS and sure enough soon had folks trying it all through the
Bank.

Although both technologies empower participants, Open Space is simply and yet
goes farther, deeper, faster


Best, Jay

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Hi List Folks:

I am not sure we have announced the new OSI Canada website, but it is
getting to be interesting. So I thought I would let you know: The site is
www.openspacecanada.org . We have some French language materials with more
to come. We have our past newsletters and the outputs from our March 1999
gathering.

So those of you, like Michael Herman, who are managing other linking sites,
please change the OSI Canada site to the above address. We will build in
links to you as well. Let us know what links we are missing.  Sharon
Quarrington is our able webmaster. sharonq at pdesigns.com .

Larry

Larry Peterson
Associates in Transformation
41 Appleton Ave., Toronto, ON,
Canada, M6E 3A4
Tel:/Fax: 416-653-4829

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