[OSList] advice and courage

Wed Dec 5 02:23:46 PST 2012

Dear Hege,
what are you afraid of?
After having facilitated a whole bunch of os events, I myself am still 
afraid of myself, fearing that I might give in to shortcuts or accept a 
job because there is a good fee. And that in face of my experience that 
getting more of the system into the room is one of the surefire ways for 
the client and his entire outfit to get grand results and practical 
progress out of the event.
So, if a client suggests an event with just a section of his system (his 
treasure chest), I tell him what he can expect (a good discussion, fun, 
etc.) and then I point out what he can expect if he has more of his 
"system" participate (systemwide transformation, sustainable and robust 
results, etc.... and fun, of course).
And the simple question he can ask himself to find out who else other 
than those he first had in mind should participate is: Who all is 
affected/involved in the issue of "Building the Best Ship?".
Often, this question results in thinking even of the customers and other 
parts of the system that are often missed and an invitation in that 
direction (in schools these might be the students, in hospitals the 
patients, in the planning of a community those that will live there, in 
a church the parishioners, in a WOSonOS our clients, for IKEA those that 
buy their furniture, in the redesign of a conference center the folks 
that do the cleaning, at Rockport shoes the security guy who just 
accidentally was present when this famous shoe manufacturer had his 
whole plant together to think on the future of their business...).

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 04.12.2012 20:43, Hege Steinsland wrote:
> 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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