[OSList] advice and courage

Tue Dec 4 14:05:29 PST 2012

And coming from a manufacturing background with woods people, lumber folks,
paper mill workers and the like -- salt of the earth folks, I am imagining
that they will get it faster than most and enjoy every blasted minute! Had
an opportunity to collaborate in an Open Space with forestry folks early on
and they really got it.
Have fun!
Suzanne

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com>wrote:

> Lovely, Eva! Thank you! Its great and encourageing to hear this kond of
> experiences :-)
>
> KLem tilbake
> Heg
> 4. des. 2012 kl. 21:05 skrev Eva P Svensson <eva at epshumaninvest.se>:
>
> > Hi Hege,
> > YES they can :-) - have those conversations! One of my first OS was with
> people who worked so to speak on the productionfloor. They worked and
> talked and in the morning the second day when the book on proceedings where
> in the middle of the morning circle they said "have we done that?! It's not
> à consultant, its us!" and that was soo great!
> >
> > Klem
> > Eva
> >
> > Skickat från min iPhone
> >
> > 4 dec 2012 kl. 20:43 skrev Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Thanks Harrison :-)
> >> I must admit, Im afraid. Open Space is not known at all around here.
> They are so used to an other way of working, more tradicional, often wih a
> well known and succsessful person to have a motivation lecture ore
> something like that...
> >>
> >> I think about the open space people in London.( WOSONOS) So wice, so
> used to listning, talking polite,  openly and supportive to eachother. Can
> people, Who`ve ben working on a ship yard all their life, make this kind of
> conversations, just like that? I struggle with faith... ( They are world
> leading in what they do, but this kind of thing is not what they are doing)
> >>
> >> Hege
> >>
> >> 4. des. 2012 kl. 20:30 skrev "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net>:
> >>
> >>> This could be fun. Two thoughts immediately spring to mind. 1st and
> Best --
> >>> How about a 2 day Open Space with "all hands" (not just the managers)
> with a
> >>> theme something like, "Building the Best Ships: Issues and
> Opportunities."
> >>> You would get some real work done, motivation would be a natural
> byproduct,
> >>> and everybody would have fun. I've never worked in a shipyard this way
> --
> >>> but it did remind me of the 500 Boeing Engineers, mechanics, and
> managers
> >>> who got together for several days and redesigned the way they made
> doors for
> >>> their aircraft. Of course you could do the same thing with just the
> >>> managers, but that wouldn't be as effective or fun -- therefore the
> 2nd Best
> >>> idea.
> >>>
> >>> ho
> >>>
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> >>> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Hege
> Steinsland
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 2:00 PM
> >>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> >>> Subject: [OSList] advice and courage
> >>>
> >>> Hi wise people.
> >>>
> >>> I ve been i an meeting today with a production leader in a big
> shipyard.
> >>> They are in for a year with heavy work, and want to start i january
> with a
> >>> couple of days to motivate and empower the leaderteam in the
> production.
> >>> This is in mainly operational leaders, on the floor. The group is
> about 20
> >>> people.
> >>>
> >>> They are used to Quite a hiarcic organisation, but are sometimes
> working in
> >>> a projects, and sometimes in the line ( if that make sence)
> >>>
> >>> The production leader and HR manager want to do use some of the time,
> thise
> >>> two days, to really emphasize the impotance of work moral, short
> brakes and
> >>> fleksebillity, and accountability fram everyone.
> >>>
> >>> And then they ask me what I can offer?
> >>>
> >>> Are any of you motivated to join in with some thoughts or Ideas here?
> Im not
> >>> sure how to approach this.
> >>>
> >>> All the best from
> >>> Hege
> >>>
> >>> ( will be away for a couple of days...)
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