[OSList] Sponsor Orientation - a conversation summary

[Suzanne Daigle]

Brenda, this straight talk translation of Open Space for the workplace,
business, organizations, profit and non profit is FANTASTIC! Thank you so
much. What a gift! Suzanne
On Oct 8, 2012 7:55 AM, "Brendan McKeague" <mckeaguebrendan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> G'day folks and my very best wishes to all of you heading towards, or
> already arrived in London for a fantastic WOSonOS.
> Although currently 'planting' in Brisbane this week, using the time-tested
> sparkling combination of AI and OS with a wonderful high performing team of
> 'alternative educators', I'll be with you over there in spirit....
>
> I'm attaching a summary of a meeting I had with a first-time sponsor of an
> OS meeting. In this particular context (about addressing concerns around
> workplace safety), it captures much of the discoveries of my experience and
> the wisdom gathered from you mob of generous co-learners, about the
> multidimensional nature of OS.   In addition to feeding back the
> meanderings of our conversation, it also provided the Sponsor with a useful
> language frame for explaining and justifying (to the higher-uppers) the
> introduction of an 'unknown and therefore risky' process within a rather
> conventionally-structured organisation.
>
> Cheers
> Brendan
>
>
> From our conversation today, it seems to me that key alignment criteria
>  in choosing Open Space in your context are:
>
>
>    - Complexity - diversity in people and workplace environments
>       - Urgency - the stats are heading in the wrong direction
>       - Future focused - about creating a different future than 'business
>       as usual' which is no longer acceptable
>       - No single solution - no-one/single entity knows how to solve this
>       problem - requires collaborative engagement
>       - Invitation - those who care about addressing the issues are
>       invited, not forced, to come along.
>
>
> In this situation, we have a high alignment with the use of Open Space
> which provides an embodied experience of:
>
>
>    - connecting passion (the care factor) with responsibility (the action
>       factor) around a declared theme (languages as the question in the
>       invitation)
>       - self-organisation - enabling people to follow their passion and
>       join with others attracted by similar interests
>       - self-directing - opportunities for claiming leadership,
>       initiative-taking, surfacing creativity, inspiration and innovation
>       - divergence (smaller, self-selecting and fluid interest groups)
>       and convergence (whole group focusing in on action outcomes)
>       - emergent outcomes - arising organically out of the interaction
>       between passionate people who are prepared to take responsibility for what
>       they care about
>       - shared leadership - everyone who attends is invited to be a
>       leader in their own areas of interest
>       - transparency - there is no preset agenda, no-one is 'in charge'
>       on the day and a genuine space is provided for true collaboration to
>       flourish
>
> Hope this is useful in some way to provide context for model selection and
> outlining the underlying concepts that support the structure of an Open
> Space meeting.
>
> Happy to provide further info if required and I'm looking forward to a
> wonderfully surprising experience!
>
>
>
>
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