About Themes for Open Space: examples
Gerard Muller
gm at openspace.dk
Mon Oct 2 09:26:38 PDT 2006
Dear Diane,
I have listed some examples of issues of Open Space events I have
facilitated.
- how can robots create value for sustainable development: for my
organisation, and for society in general ? (see: www.bramstrup.dk for a
nice invitation)
- is our profession a dying race, or the profession of the future ?
(national association of accountants)
- what new business opportunities do we see, and how do we create them
? (steel multinational)
- how do we train our voices to sing our joint melody ? (pharmacies
merging)
- in three years, our jobs won't exist anymore: what new ones do we
create instead ? (professional association)
- how do we get young Danish people to exercise more ? (NGO in health
care)
- what leadership do we need and how do we create it ? (network of HR
professionals)
- how do we develop our department, each of us and together ? (Surgery
department, University hospital)
- how do we implement the values our leadership has formulated in
practice ? (Regional Tax Office)
- what is the future of wiki's and how do we create it ? (Wiki
community WikiSym 2006)
- how do we cooperate in our network of excellence (steel multinational)
- one ESS: how do we create it ? (engineering multinational, on how to
have its units across the world cooperate)
- nature & poverty: how do we cooperate in the area in future ? (NGO's)
- how do we create the best product for the high end of the market ?
(Software firm)
- what building does our knowledge center need ? (knowledge centre in
agriculture: for those who were at OSonOS11, you have seen the result)
- what should are business plan for the coming period look like, and
how do we ensure it is implemented ? (sales company)
- interactive research: enough ideas and experiences: but how do we
create a breakthrough ? (University)
- what school do we need in future, and how do we create it ? (school)
- what do our future children's departments look like, and how do we
create them ? (association of librarians)
- a fantastic international conference in Holland: how do we organise
it and ensure the process leads to an active Community of Practice ?
(IODA)
- what new partnerships can we create and how do we go about it ?
(knowledge center)
- after many years of success we have come into a period of stagnation:
how do we turn the tide ? (Association of fruit producers)
- how should we lead the process of digitalisation in our province ?
(provincial authority)
- in heart diseases, Denmark is on a 35th place, at par with Zimbabwe.
How do we get to the number 1 spot ? (pharmaceutical)
- one partnerteam, how do we create it ? (one of the big Four)
- we have created the foundation; how do we develop our organisation in
the next phase ? (hospital)
- what does consulting in the pig- and building sector look like in
future, and how do we create it ? (regional advisory service)
- how to reboot reboot ? (reboot is a yearly event for E-professionals)
- the guidelines have changed; how do we implement them ?
(pharmaceutical)
- success in our cooperation: how do we create it ?
- what are the implications of the vision for roles and
responsabilities in our department, and how do we realise these ?
(large city)
- given the strengths and weaknesses in our bid process, how do we
increase our win rate ? (consulancy firm)
- how can we innovate at the same time we need to cut costs ?
(investment fund)
- how do we develop a new way of working, building on our knowledge and
networks ? (University)
- what activities should our alumni association organise and how do we
bring them alive ? (alumni association)
- how can we best improve our campaigns ? (large consultancy firm)
- how do we create competence development and training which adds value
in reality, each of
and together (conference centre)
- what should our vision be and how do we make it alive ? (project)
- how do we create a transition to sustainable agricultural systems ?
(Ministry)
- how do we keep the birds in the meadows ? (Ministry)
- what follow-up treatment should our clients have, and what role could
we play in this ? (psychiatric hospital)
- what is good pain treatment, and how do we organise it in our region
? (regional cancer centre)
- our new business model is in place: how do we implement it, each of
us alone, and together ?
- how do we develop our department the coming years ? (medical
department, university hospital)
- how do we create the best health care system in the world ?
(pharmaceutical)
- what does the future require from us, and how do we prepare for this
succesfully ? (union)
- we are at the end of one phase, how do we prepare the next one ?
(inspection)
- food security and international cooperation; what will we do ?
(University)
- in meeting we can get to understand eachother's differences: how will
we do this ? (Fund)
- how do we optimise our cooperation and knowledge exchange ? (research
department)
- what needs to be done to create really good facilities i our town,
and how will we do this ? (town)
- how do we create new growth in our sector ? (University department)
- what future do we see for artists, and how do we create it ?
(association of artists)
- the region's knowledge cluster: how do we create it ?
- what developments do we see, what should we offer in the near future
and how do we organise it ?
- how do we cooperate in a way which creates value for each of us ?
Greetings from Svenmark,
Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621 Skype: openspace1
Mail: gm at openspace.dk
On Sep 24, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Diana Larsen wrote:
> As I go into planning for an upcoming open space, I want to take a
> fresh vie of Themes. Try out some heretofore unexplored ways of
> thinking about themes. Will you help?
>
> 1) What are some avenues you pursue when developing the overarching
> theme for an Open Space? i.e., How do _you_ go about it? Where do you
> look and listen for a theme that intrigues your desired participants?
> 2) What have been some of the most evocative themes you've developed
> or encountered? When have you been hooked by a theme?
> 3) What forms the essential elements of a theme?
>
> Just wonderin'
> Diana
>
>
> Diana Larsen
> co-author, _Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great_ (Pragmatic
> Bookshelf, 2006)
> www.futureworksconsulting.com
> 503-288-3550
>
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