hospital event
Harrison Owen
hhowen at comcast.net
Tue Nov 9 10:53:10 PST 2004
It is free – and if you have any trouble Michael Herman (on the LIST) should
be able to help you out.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland 20845
Phone 301-365-2093
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/>
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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Johann
Borquez
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:43 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: hospital event
Dear Harrison:
I am amazed by the amount and level of response I received. I feel really
suported by the Int'l community of OST.
Regarding the software, I'll download it -is it free?- and try to translate
into Spanish.
Thanks,
Johann Bórquez Bohn
Chile
>From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: hospital event
>Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:11:02 -0500
>
> Johann Wrote:
> I think, my best bet is to open the space with the whole
>system in a room and to have the divergence process done there, but to
>renounce to converge at the end of that meeting. The convergence could =
>be
>done later on, after everybody has received and -hopefully- read a copy =
>of
>the proceedings. Then we can vote to prioritize items, and maybe meet =
>again
>to voice the results.
> In fact I have done almost exactly what you are proposing
-
>and it was also in a hospital. We know from experience that one day
>(regardless of group size) is sufficient to get the major issues on the
>table and allow the conversations to start. Of course it is also true =
>that a
>second day (with a night in between will go much deeper) - but your
>situation does not seem to allow for that. Anyhow if you do one day with
>everybody (all 1500) - record and distribute the proceedings hard copy =
>or
>online - or both) convergence, prioritization and action planning can =
>take
>place at a later time and slower pace. What you will lose is the sense =
>of
>urgencyenergy that inevitably builds when you have the whole group =
>together.
>
> I know that some (many :-)) of my colleagues have an
>aversion to electronic "voting" when it comes to the prioritization and
>convergence process - but frankly if you are trying to accomplish all =
>that
>in what I might call a "distributed mode," I can't see that you have =
>much
>alternative. And when you are dealing with 1500 people over an extended
>period of time, I rather think that having something that "benchmarks" =
>the
>level of energy in the group relative to the major issues becomes more =
>than
>useful. The software that I have used - which is available on
>www.openspaceworld.org (I think) will do the job. Unfortunately it is =
>all in
>English. However, it is a relatively simple Excel program which some =
>local
>techie ought to be able to duplicate, or better yet, improve. You will =
>find
>the essential (simple) math involved in The User's Guide. With the
>availability of such software you can then set up "Polling Places" =
>around
>the hospital. The balance of the process of moving from Issue =
>identification
>and discussion (in the large Open Space) on to development of action =
>plans
>and implementation should be pretty straight forward.=20
>
> Good Luck
>
> Harrison
>
>
>Harrison Owen
>7808 River Falls Drive
>Potomac, Maryland 20845
>Phone 301-365-2093
>Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com =
><http://www.openspaceworld.com/>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On
>Behalf Of Johann Borquez
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:22 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: hospital event
>
> Dear Kerry:
> I sincerely thank you for taking the time to respond and
for
>the interesting suggestion. It goes hand in hand with ny first guess:
>producing several smaler meetings instead of one BIG one. But then... =
>what's
>the point of using OST if it isn't usable with huge groups?=20
> I see OST as a divergence-convergence movement. In the
>beginning, everybody goes his/her way, hoping for more people to come =
>along.
>The organization de-organizes itself to become something new, to evolve
>along unknown paths. From this so called "chaos", a new order emerges, =
>and
>this new order is a convergence: we have explored new ways to be an
>organization, and now we come together again with our conversations, and
>conclusions, and dissensions, and put in common the new knowledge we =
>have
>generated. Without this, OST will be just a cathartic movement, and =
>nothing
>more. It's not about control, it's about building something new from the
>chaos.=20
> If we se it this way, I think, my best bet is to open the
>space with the whole system in a room and to have the divergence process
>done there, but to renounce to converge at the end of that meeting. The
>convergence could be done later on, after everybody has received and
>-hopefully- read a copy of the proceedings. Then we can vote to =
>prioritize
>items, and maybe meet again to voice the results.
> What do you think?
> Greetings,
> Johann
> >From: kerry napuk <k at napuk.demon.co.uk>=20
> >To: Johann BORQUEZ <zekrov at HOTMAIL.COM>=20
> >Subject: hospital event=20
> >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:47:28 +0000=20
> >=20
> >Dear Johann Borquez=20
> >=20
> >You face quite a challenge!=20
> >=20
> >What about five half day events with 300 people in each
>one, all=20
> >addressing the same theme and all having one session on
>issues and=20
> >proposed actions. While making the numbers more
>manageable, it will=20
> >allow participants to have deeper discussions in break
out
>spaces=20
> >because the groups will be smaller.=20
> >=20
> >On the other hand, you will have to pull all the outputs
>together by=20
> >priorities after voting. If you decide to do this, I
>suggest your=20
> >amalgamated priorities are presented at the front of your
>write-up=20
> >with the votes from each session used as back-up, which
>will avoid=20
> >any misunderstandings.=20
> >=20
> >Another variation after the five half day events would be
>to convene=20
> >a representative one day event with 500 people to address
>outline=20
> >action plans based on the top amalgamated priorities.=20
> >=20
> >Hope this helps and bueno suerte!=20
> >=20
> >Kind regards=20
> >=20
> >Kerry Napuk=20
> >Open Futures=20
> >Edinburgh=20
> >www.openfutures.com=20
>
>
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