OST second time around

[Gerard Muller]

Hello Koos,

In my experience, if it is not the first OS for an organisation, is 
actually opposite.
The sponsor is less worried, the agenda is made more quickly, and the 
Law of the Two Feet is used more at an earlier stage.
I don't think you need a stronger theme the second time, but strong it 
must be - was it ? If it was, there must be another good reason,
and finding out what it could be could really add value - I don' 
believe it was the fact it was a second time.

I once experienced action planning dragging on (though this was a first 
OST for that organisation), and it turned out there
was a very good reason for that to happen: there was a dead moose under 
the table - management had been very
critical and unsupportive at earlier occasions when staff had taken 
initiatives.......

Hartelijke groeten uit het Noorden,




Gerard Muller




On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:46 PM, Koos de Heer wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Twice now it has happened to me that I facilitated an OST event in an 
> organization where the people were so thrilled with the experience 
> that they asked me to do it again a year later. In both cases, the 
> second time seemed much less energetic than the first time. People 
> were slower posting topics and action planning really dragged along. I 
> have been wondering what mechanism is at work here. Maybe it is just 
> the fact that it is not a new experience. Maybe because the OST 
> experience is not new, you need a stronger theme to get people going.
>
> Of course, I have also said to myself that this is what has happened 
> and nothing else could have happened. But on the other hand it is 
> painful to see people come back for seconds and then be disappointed. 
> So I would like to know what your experiences are with seconds.
>
> Thanks and warm greetings from a cold and drizzly St. Nicholas eve 
> (the traditional day on which we give each other presents in The 
> Netherlands, instead of Christmas).
>
> Koos
>
>
>
> Koos de Heer
> Utrecht, the Netherlands
>
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