[OSList] 1st OS tomorrow! - last minute advice re: client resistance?

[Tricia Chirumbole]

THanks Jeff! We're actually in SF - wanna stop by ?! :)....I actually only
know that I have one day for sure - for now the plan is to do OS for Tues &
Wed, but they may revolt b/c of their work overload....but perhaps not
after they see how much fun they're having !

One thing 4 sure is at least I will learn something.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com>wrote:

> breathe. go slow. you'll be fine! it will work great.
>
> jeff
>
> On 2/11/13, Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tricia,
> >
> > you have a relatively small group (you have 14 right?) and a long os
> > meeting (you have three days right?)
> >
> > with that length of space, i'd be confident that all the issues raised
> > will be covered well, and by the last day there easily can be
> > prioritizing and action planning and next steps.
> >
> > i'd be confident that the agenda wall and marketplace process will do
> > what it does, allow them to organize themselves for the tasks at hand.
> >
> > any participant can suggest that a posted topic be moved to a
> > different time, including the principal who wants to form them into a
> > priority list; but it's up to the convenor of each topic to agree to
> > move it. i explain this after the agenda wall is filled and they are
> > ready to approach the wall as a group.
> >
> > I also explain that combining topics is ok, but again it's the
> > convenor who decides to do that or not, and sometimes it's best if two
> > similar topics are not combined but dealt with separately in more
> > depth. but it's up to them.
> >
> > In my experience the length of time that a topic requires is handled
> > by the four/five principles of os. 'when it's over it's over' and the
> > corollary (which I always mention in the intro) 'when it's not over
> > it's not over.' sounds like you have an idea about handling the
> > situation already.
> >
> > jeff
> > san francisco
> >
> > by the way, one interesting thing i've encountered is when a
> > relatively small gathering looks at the agenda wall and someone
> > suggests 'let's stay together and address these topics one by one' and
> > people agree to do it that way. because I have let go at that point, i
> > don't want to intervene in their plan, but I now remind them that the
> > amount of time available for each topic has now shrunk because they
> > can't be done concurrently (and I suggest they write the new times on
> > the topics to make that visible.) not to add another thing for you to
> > think about, but i wanted to mention it.
> >
> >
> > On 2/11/13, Tricia Chirumbole <tricia at investorswithoutborders.net>
> wrote:
> >> Hello all!
> >>
> >> I am facilitating my 1st OPen Space tomorrow and lookingly heartily upon
> >> the challenges being presented as good learning opportunities, BUT....a
> >> few
> >> things are worrying me a bit about this particular circumstance....last
> >> minute advice or good juju welcome!
> >>
> >>
> >>    1. The focus is on "hands on skill transfer/learning among company
> >>    members" - I was comfortable with this, but it was revealed this
> >> afternoon,
> >>    in addition to having a number of things that people want to learn
> >> about
> >>    overall, the group has a number of urgent projects that need work
> done
> >> that
> >>    can't wait until we're done - so part of the idea was to make this a
> >> part
> >>    of the learning experience, which is great and I also felt confident
> >> with
> >>       1. BUT.....one of the principles is having a hard time letting go
> >> of
> >>       his top down mgmt and wants to include priority rankings for some
> >> of
> >> the
> >>       projects and is suggesting we need different lengths of time slots
> >> since
> >>       some items will require a deep dive - so I am worried about this
> >> added
> >>       complexity, former more than latter - I have ideas about how to
> >> work
> >> with
> >>       this, but am interested in ideas from those with experience.
> >>       2. Also, they have what I think is an exceptional amount of issues
> >> -
> >>       We all work in different cities, so today was a beginner's session
> >> to
> >> our
> >>       meeting, and they tricked/pressured me into allowing a
> >> brainstorming
> >>       session on the topic - which was great but revealed a HUGE list of
> >> r5
> >>       flipchart pages of items across only 13 people! In addition to
> >> the 3 pages
> >>       of project tasks.
> >>    2. I was even getting some push back on the removing of the table and
> >>    continued confusion...which is why I kept trying to tell them that it
> >> will
> >>    be explained in detail tomorrow and will become clear and
> >> simple....this
> >>    was all hastily decided upon with minimum discussion between me and
> >> the
> >>    principles...
> >>
> >> any advice welcome! Want to add that the one principle is very open and
> >> very deferential to me and the process, whereas the other one wants to
> be
> >> open, but keeps putting up roadblocks in almost every breath - they are
> >> great people and I think I can address these issues, but still a little
> >> concerned!thank you :_))))
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tricia Chirumbole
> >> US: +1-571-232-0942
> >> Skype: tricia.chirumbole
> >>
> >
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Tricia Chirumbole
US: +1-571-232-0942
Skype: tricia.chirumbole
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