[OSList] advice and courage

Hege Steinsland steinslandhege at gmail.com
Thu Dec 6 23:59:10 PST 2012 

Thank you, Peggy. This video is so good. It will make it a lot easier to explain the posibilities in open space. Thanks again!

Hege

7. des. 2012 kl. 02:23 skrev Peggy Holman <peggy at peggyholman.com>:

> Hege,
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> You've already gotten many wonderful responses to your questions!  I offer one item that might be helpful to you or even helpful to share with the managers.
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> It is a 16 minute video of an Open Space at a telephone company:
> http://vimeo.com/25251316
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> It contains interviews of people before, throughout and after an OS event. Harrison provides an explanation of Open Space principles woven throughout the video.
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> I thought of the video because most of the participants were network technicians -- the people who climb telephone poles.  (Before the wires all went underground.)  They may not be ship builders, but they are blue collar workers.  I remember toward the end of this 2 1/2 day event, one of the network technicians speaking about how moving it was for him to run a breakout session.  It was the first time he had ever been entrusted to do something like that.
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> Enjoy!
> 
> Peggy
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> On Dec 6, 2012, at 2:21 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> 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. :-)
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>> ho
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
>> [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
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>> 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>:
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>>> 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.
>>> 
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>>> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Hege 
>>> Steinsland
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 2:00 PM
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>>> Subject: [OSList] advice and courage
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>>> 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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