Three action planning approaches in Open Space - plus one more

Sun Nov 2 04:46:28 PST 2008

Very exciting!

Allowing them to follow the path(s) that has both heart and meaning... 

Great! 

spark

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Subject: Re: Three action planning approaches in Open Space - plus one more

Very very cool... 

Chris

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Peggy Holman <peggy at opencirclecompany.com>
wrote:

Thanks, Chris for your great document on convergence.  A few weeks ago, I
spontaneously created a new form of convergence with a group of about 20.
I think it can work well with groups of 60 or less, and perhaps with groups
up to 100 or so. 

I was intending to do what I always do these days - follow the energy and
re-open the space for what has heart and meaning for taking a next step.
Instead, because the meeting was intended to both give the group a chance to
bond as well as set priorities for their work, something else emerged in the
moment. 

This was a first meeting of a diverse group that was dealing with a
challenging subject: the transformation of the field of corrections
throughout the USA.  They had spent an evening sharing stories about their
work and a day in Open Space, exploring, "How can corrections, in
collaboration with other human services, help cultivate a strong and healthy
society?".  The last morning, we began with a conversation about their work
together as a prelude to opening the space to identify their priorities (as
established by the sessions that were called).

One participant was very concerned whether this "arbitrary" approach of
following the energy would lead to the best priorities.  I suggested that we
see what emerged and then determine whether a more rational approach should
be employed.  Given the culture of the group, I sensed in that moment that
the people in the room needed to know where each other stood - what each of
them would choose as a priority.  And since bonding was part of the purpose
of the gathering, I asked each of them to write on a sheet of paper the
inquiry they felt was more important to pursue, the subject they personally
felt most passionate about.  No one hesitated.  

Once they were done writing, each read his or her topic aloud. Then they
physically got up and moved to join with others who had said something
related to their topic.  The landed in 2 groups, split about 1/3 and 2/3rds.
This degree of coherence was quite stunning for them.  They went off to talk
about their topics.  When they returned, we checked in, as promised, on
whether these were the best priorities.  The group was almost giddy with
excitement.  No question.  They were clear they had the right priorities.

another great day (or two) in Open Space,
Peggy

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On Oct 8, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Chris Corrigan wrote:

And that would be here:

http://openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method_resources_Convergence_App
roaches.shtml

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
wrote:

Hi friends...my little redux is by no means the be all and end all of
convergence approaches.  The mother of all convergence approach documents is
at Lisa Heft's site, and if you are looking for ideas, that ought to more
than suffice to whet your appetite. 

Cheers,

Chris  

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
wrote:

Hi friends:

I was just putting together some materials for an Open Space training
workshop I'm doing in Prince Rupert, BC on Friday and I compiled three
useful approaches to facilitating action planning in Open Space.  The first
is my own version of moving to action, the second is Diana Larsen's approach
to prioritizing ideas by impact
<http://www.openspaceworld.org/news/2008/04/28/finishing-with-impact-and-ene
rgy/> and energy and the third approach is Jack Martin Leith's approach to
project planning, which he blogged here
<http://www.jackmartinleith.com/?page_id=156> .  

The three are in an easy to download .pdf
<http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/three-action
-planning-approaches.pdf> .  Enoy.

Chris
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Open Space Technology

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Facilitation - Training - Process Design
Open Space Technology

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