Eliminating the Middle Man

Fri Jan 4 10:28:22 PST 2008

> Well, Harrison, you always can suggest to leaders that it is sometimes 
> appropriate to trust your people and tap into their collective 
> experience,  especially at the coal face of customers/users and 
> suppliers/providers.

> What a world it might be if chair persons, chief executives and 
> decision makers of all stripes actually believed people in an 
> organisation were really their best asset,  having  energy, insight, 
> ideas and passion and were aching for an opportunity to contribute to 
> a future which they might help shape in an organisation in which they 
> truly might belong.

Kerry
Edinburgh

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>From  Fri Jan  4 13:33:45 2008
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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:33:45 -0500
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From: Deborah Hartmann <deborah at hartmann.net>
Subject: Re: Advice on running Open Space with 250-300 people
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Hi Kerry.

 > Linking several lightning talks together, no matter how brief,
 > fails to overcome the inevitable alienation of conventional lectures
 > by "experts,"

If the list of 3-minute lightning talks is created on-the-spot by the 
people themselves, is this still a problem, in your opinion? In other 
words, everyone is free to talk, everyone is an expert in their own subject.

kerry napuk wrote:
> Hi
>
> One way to bridge the urge of mixing talking heads and Open Space is 
> to ask the sponsor to open by painting the landscape for the event,  
> highlighting the need to gather and address the theme by raising 
> issues involving passion and responsibility.  Of course, as 
> facilitators we only ask that the sponsor limit their "painting" to a 
> maximum of five (5) minutes, because people have come to discuss their 
> issues not hear another "message from the top."
>
> Linking several lightning talks together, no matter how brief, fails 
> to overcome the inevitable alienation of conventional lectures by 
> "experts,"  leading to people tuning out because they have limited 
> attention spans and would be challenged to find each subject of equal 
> interest.    It would be far better if each "lightning talker" became 
> a convenor and raised their issue for a group of interested people to 
> discuss.
>
> A fundamental dynamic of Open Space is to allow people to chose where 
> they want to work,  attracted by the issue and invitation for direct 
> participation.  This self selection process to find common interest, 
> regardless of viewpoint, gives the focus and possibility of 
> co-creation woefully missing if you are lucky enough to accidently 
> bump into someone during a coffee break and wished the conversation 
> could have gone deeper and included more people.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kerry Napuk
> Edinburgh
> www.openfutures.com
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Hi Kerry.<br>
<br>
> Linking several lightning talks together, no matter how brief, <br>
> fails to overcome the inevitable alienation of conventional
lectures <br>
> by "experts," <br>
<br>
If the list of 3-minute lightning talks is created on-the-spot by the
people themselves, is this still a problem, in your opinion? In other
words, everyone is free to talk, everyone is an expert in their own
subject.<br>
<br>
kerry napuk wrote:
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 cite="mid:AF059456-BAF0-11DC-A0B9-00039376847C at napuk.demon.co.uk"
 type="cite">Hi
  <br>
  <br>
One way to bridge the urge of mixing talking heads and Open Space is to
ask the sponsor to open by painting the landscape for the event, 
highlighting the need to gather and address the theme by raising issues
involving passion and responsibility.  Of course, as facilitators we
only ask that the sponsor limit their "painting" to a maximum of five
(5) minutes, because people have come to discuss their issues not hear
another "message from the top."
  <br>
  <br>
Linking several lightning talks together, no matter how brief, fails to
overcome the inevitable alienation of conventional lectures by
"experts,"  leading to people tuning out because they have limited
attention spans and would be challenged to find each subject of equal
interest.    It would be far better if each "lightning talker" became a
convenor and raised their issue for a group of interested people to
discuss.
  <br>
  <br>
A fundamental dynamic of Open Space is to allow people to chose where
they want to work,  attracted by the issue and invitation for direct
participation.  This self selection process to find common interest,
regardless of viewpoint, gives the focus and possibility of co-creation
woefully missing if you are lucky enough to accidently bump into
someone during a coffee break and wished the conversation could have
gone deeper and included more people.
  <br>
  <br>
Cheers
  <br>
  <br>
Kerry Napuk
  <br>
Edinburgh
  <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.openfutures.com">www.openfutures.com</a>
  <br>
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