1-day OS with action planning
Communications Esther Matte
ematte at excellence.ca
Mon Apr 23 17:12:21 PDT 2007
What a great metaphor!
Thanks :-))
At 18:03 2007-04-23, you wrote:
>Lisa et. al.:
>
>You're into the heart of it I think when you
>raise these issues at the outset. The first
>conversation I have about the Open Space with
>the client is always about the need. Sometimes
>it's even a light hearted kind of thing :"You
>want to have an Open Space? Are you
>crazy? What do you want to do that for?" The
>answers to this question really help me get a
>sense of what role the OST meeting can play for the organization.
>
>Clients are on a journey. When they invite
>others in to do work with them, they are looking
>for people that can help them travel. In the
>context of the organizational journey, what role
>is the Open Space expected to have?
>
>I sometimes talk about OST as a process that
>does for organizations what slinging a space
>probae around a planet does for
>exploration. When space agencies launch
>machines that are built to go to other planets
>or to the far flung reaches of our solar system,
>they often aim them to intersect with large
>planets like Jupiter and Saturn and get a big
>boost from the immense gravitational fields of
>those bodies. It means that the space probes
>don't need to carry large amounts of propellant
>if they can benefit from the gravitational pull
>of a large planet. It's much like watching a
>discus thrower spin around and around and then
>apply that angular momentum to the discus which
>then flies in a straight line way down field.
>
>Open Space does that for organizations. And
>because it does that for organizations, it's
>worth having a clear sense about where exactly you want to be flung to.
>
>Chris
>
>On 4/18/07, Lisa Heft
><<mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net>lisaheft at openingspace.net> wrote:
>
>Hello, all –
>
>
>
>Esther mentioned her first OS with action planning.
>
>
>
>She said:
>
><I read several convergence methods some of you
>use (on Lisa Heft's website - thanks Lisa for
>posting this!) and found great ideas for the future.>
>
>
>
>Here are some of those resources Esther mentioned...
>
><http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method.shtml>http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method.shtml
>
>
>(or just go to
><http://www.openingspace.net/>http://www.openingspace.net
>– Open Space Technology / The Method)
>
>
>
>...in the Resources for OST Practitioners you will see papers on
>
>
>
>Convergence: A Conversation
>
>Convergence Approaches
>
>Action Plans
>
>
>
>It is interesting to me, always, to have the
>conversation with the client / sponsor / host
>about what they wish to achieve in their one (or
>whatever) day(s) together. Many say they want
>to end with the group identifying action items –
>however upon further discussion it turns out
>that it is not necessarily *action* they needed,
>but a sense of *accomplishment* - and all their
>previous models of meetings end in action items,
>votes or otherwise naming numbers of things – so
>that is naturally what they feel signals a
>productive end to a meeting. So I really like
>to have a very thorough conversation for as long
>as it takes to get the truest sense of this need
>and then decide what is the design that might
>accomplish it (and/or perhaps we have a
>conversation that to accomplish a certain
>desired outcome takes a longer OS or
>something). Action? Accomplishment? Next
>steps? Personal commitments? Knowing also that
>a) Open Space delivers closing comments and
>reflections (a useful deliverable) and a Book of
>Proceedings (measure of accomplishment) and b) I
>am happy to design in action identification a la
>Open Space if appropriate – however if we (the
>client and I) structure a convergence activity
>we need to be very clear on what are we asking,
>is there realistic support for follow-through if
>actions are identified, do people have the tools
>they need or freedom to break out of their
>traditional organizational roles to continue
>work post-event on their actions, and so
>on. All very rich conversation and detective work before finalizing design.
>
>
>
>More thoughts from Lisa's surfacing into email land today...
>
>
>
>Lisa
>
>
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>___________________________
>
>L i s a H e f t
>
>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
>
>O p e n i n g S p a c e
>
><mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net>lisaheft at openingspace.net
>
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