Non-convergence, action planning and strategy

[Chris Corrigan]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:55:20 -0500, Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:

> FS will certainly work – but it is also a lot of work to prepare for. I
> think you would get the same results (better? J) with the process of simply
> opening space once again around the dominant issues. Chris Corrigan has some
> material on how to do that.

OK...I'll bite...but I'm changing the name of the thread because I
have a practice question that goes along with this, the answers to
which will probably be useful in this context.

The basic non-convergence process is this:

1. Participants receive a copy of  the proceedings with the
instructions to review them and note pieces of action which stand out,
things that must be done, projects and patterns that seems to want to
emerge from all this work.

2. Participants are asked to reflect on which of those pieces of
emergent action grabs their attention and passion to the extent that
they feel like they could take responsibility for moving it forward.

3. Open Space, as per usual, and with comments about how this is a
space for action planning, and that anything that happens in this
space wants to find a way out of the room.  So invite maximum
responsibility.  The resulting bulletin board represents an agenda for
action.

4.
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com

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