Givens -- Again

[Artur Silva]

--- Viv McWaters <viv at thereef.com.au> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> The other day I opened space and broke most of the
> rules - I didn't
> tell my client I was going to use open space, there
> was no mention of
> open space in the pre-workshop material that went
> out to participants
> and I didn't even mention open space technology when
> opening space.
> There was no discussion about givens (by me anyway).
> This was a bunch
> of academics (about 60 people) who had been thrown
> together from
> various institutes and campuses under a new
> umbrella, without any
> consultation (of course) and with an ongoing process
> to appoint a new
> head of school. They sat in a circle, we had a
> theme, some times and
> spaces, no stickies, the principles and the law, and
> reporting sheets.

Viv:

If you didn't tell the client that you were going to
use OST, can you please clarify how did you justify
the need for many spaces with chairs in circles?

Artur



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