A story from Holland

[Alan Stewart]

G'day Carla and All

You may be interested to know that Tim's great story is in the public domain
(thanks to Martin Leith) at
http://www.openspaceuk.com/community/index.html#abn_amro

And that, while Tim is now relocated to Nova Scotia, his email is still
tim at engage.nu

Alan
Adelaide



----- Original Message -----
From: "Vliex, Carla (cvl)" <CVL at tg.nl>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: A story from Holland


> Hi there
>
> Tried to read all the very different mails from the list from last months,
enjoying the diversity of them!!
>
> Does anyone know the email adres of Tim, I want to contact him about his
mail ; 'a story from Holland'.
>
> from Holland
> Carla Vliex
>
>
> drs. Carla Vliex, senior adviseur
>
> Twynstra Gudde
> Postbus 907
> 3800 AX Amersfoort
> tel:        +31- 33 4677761 (secr)
> mobile:   +31- 6 53927407
> fax:       +31 -33 4677572
>
> email: cvl at tg.nl
> www.twynstra.nl/www.twynstra.com
> www.kennis.tg.nl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Tim
> Merry
> Sent: donderdag 1 juli 2004 12:38
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: A story from Holland
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> The gathering was called by the Change Community in ABN AMRO. Folk I
> have been working with for one and half years crafting a chaordic space
> for the change agents and heros of the future n the bank. The evolving
> purpose of the change community is: To live, plant and support action
> towards and more meaningful and inspiring work/life.
>
> We were ready to come out from under the radar. Our movement in the
> bank was strong enough, we felt we had a track record and credibility
> enough to move form underground to over ground. So we began design.
> Inspired by Larry in Toronto (thanks for the phone call) we designed a
> gathering of five simultaneous open spaces.
>
> Invitations by email, post cards sent to friends, posters all over the
> bank, invites over lunch. Word spread until we had 200+ signed up. We
> could fit no more in the room!
> Each open space hosted by a member of the Change Community who had sat
> in the fire of the Art of Hosting training. Hosted by bankers for
> bankers ... each to also host the spirit f the actions that emerged
> following the events ...
> Each Open Space was sponsored by a champion at the top of the bank ...
> roles were clarified early on.
> Each Open Space was designed to create communities of practice around
> specific issues ...
> Each open space is followed up two months later with a second open
> space again hosted by the change community host with the sponsor
> present and the actions teams ...
> I hosted the hosts and held the larger field.
>
> We opened as one group, played a bit to loosen and the challenged was
> dropped:
> we are the ones we are waiting for.
>
> Into the five strategic question groups:
> How can we unleash our pride in working for ABN AMRO?
> How can we enable a culture of sharing positive success stories at ABN
> AMRO?
> How can our managers become leaders and coaches?
> How can we create clear, meaningful and productive communication in all
> levels of ABN AMRO?
> How can we turn our most wacky ideas into positive actions?
>
> Each group got busy in space, designing their own futures with good
> vigour ... by the end of the day we had 16 action groups each with
> clear next steps and links to senior management to act as roadblock
> removers and supporters.
>
> Check with the medicine wheel - we are on fire.
>
> We then as the hosting team sat in circle and shed tears as we felt our
> closeness and the collective field we had been holding for the day. Our
> learning had been deep together and we had each stepped closer to our
> humaness ... outside the band the playing and the spirit of the bank
> had begun to dance ...
>
> Love
> Tim
>
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