[OSList] OST evaluation and medecine wheel

[Suzanne Daigle]

Dear Christine, Been on the road a lot these days and reading this was so
inspiring. I could feel the flow and the way you were gently guiding the
conversation. Thank you for sharing. Time for me to go through the OS
archives and read about it some more. Suzanne
On Dec 6, 2013 8:57 AM, "christine koehler" <chris.alice.koehler at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all
>
> After reading several posts here discussing the medecine wheel, I decided
> to use it as an evaluation tool for an open space I did recently with 100
> managers. As it was really helpful and productive, I would like to thank
> you and to tell you the story
>
> The open space itself had not been so easy to do, as it followed the
> report of a diagnosis that showed the many problems faced by the management
> in this organization. And it was tough to hear, for all of them. So after
> listening to the diagnosis,  the open space started with a loooong silence.
> And inbetween each topic there was again a looong silence. I could see the
> director and members of the planning commitee turning white or sweating.
> Yet we ended up with 12 topics. 2 slots of discussions, very intense. They
> discussed the real problems.
> Then I opened space again for action planning. To tell the truth, I was
> scared that they would not dare support actions. But they did : 10 topics,
> for which, except one, several people jumped in, and that covered 90% of
> the diagnosis. (probably the 10% left dealt with a category of people who
> were not there for quite complicate and administrative reasons).
>
> Yesterday, when I did the evaluation with the planning team, I explained
> quicly the medecine wheel and have them reflect about what they learned for
> each quadrant. What surprised me is that they did not answer about the
> process they experienced the day of the event, but about the organization.
> In a very short time they pictured a very clear, realistic yet optimistic
> image of their organization. It was great.
> The result is that they all commited to continue working together to
> support the action plans for the coming months, although they had accepted
> the "job" only because it was a one-time commitment.
> And for the fun part, one of them told me "it looks like you guided us
> through this like a shaman" ;)
>
> Christine
>
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