[OSList] advice and courage

[Harrison Owen]

Hege -- Be BOLD! I think I understand what the folks have asked for... but
you can offer them SO MUCH MORE! Of course they can refuse, but they can
never refuse what is not offered!! SO "Go for the Gold!" Tell them that,
sure you can do an Open Space for 20 -- but for the same price it could be
for 200. And the result would be quantum factors greater. Why do in 2 (or
more) steps what could easily be done in 1? Get everybody together -- all
around "Building Better Ships." And should they (The Management) refuse, it
is their loss. Presuming that these are good "bottom line" types they should
be able to see the bargain. I think it is all about efficiency,
effectiveness, and profitability. Words they will understand -- if they want
to remain in business. :-)

ho

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Hege Steinsland
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 3:08 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] advice and courage

Wow - wow - wow!
I`m amazed to come home from two working days, and find this treasure in my
inbox. This is really encouraging, and I m så inspired by your advices and
thoughts.

I`m going to talk to the managers tomorrow and make a suggestion. As I
understand it, this is first a couple of days  only for the leadergroup, but
I still will suggest to use Open Space. 

Will you still recomend to use more than one day -  If the group are no more
than  about 20 people? 

Thanks a lot!

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
> 
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
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> 
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> Camden, Maine 20854
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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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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