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

[Tricia Chirumbole]

Thank you too Suzanne! sorry, my emails are coming in in a strange way.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tricia, I agree with Jeff, breathe deeply,  smile, trust this beautiful
> process, and enjoy this experience of opening space. It will be fine and
> you will be fine. Suzanne
>  On Feb 12, 2013 2:36 AM, "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
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