law and Open Space

[John Rapp]

Michael/Peggy & fellow OSTers -- I've used OS/WR principles for many years
in my work, which is mainly in & around law firms.  I did 2 major open
spaces, both for 100 so people, in Jakarta (1999) and Taipei (2002).  Both
were very successful on the day, and sources of sadness after, as the
"powers" chose to ignore 99% of what came up.

I want to try again, as one of my personal missions is improve the world by
changing the practice of law/yers.  I'd love to help, and hear others'
experiences with law.  And anyone who has dabbled in Spiral Dynamics in this
context would pique interest too.

Best
John

On May 9, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Peggy Holman <peggy at opencirclecompany.com>
wrote:

Michael,
I did an OS with a law firm a few years ago.  It included all of the support
staff and none of the attorneys.  It was a productive, successful meeting
for them.  The main thing I'd say is that we were a strange cultural mix.
 They never really felt that comfortable with me, but they sure liked the
experience.  As an example of the cultural challenge, I often suggest a few
minutes of silence when a group gets together at the end of the day or on
the second morning.  This is one of the few groups that made it clear that
this didn't work for them.  It just made them uncomfortable.  So, after
trying it once, we simply got on to talking about the day.

Peggy

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On Apr 30, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Michael Wood wrote:

I am talking with a bunch of lawyers in a couple of weeks about
“sustainability” in the legal profession. i.e. sustainability of the lawyers
themselves since they often seem to work under such punishing conditions –
depression on the increase etc.

Any stories out there about use of Open Space in law firms?

Michael Wood
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