[OSList] advice and courage
Hege Steinsland
steinslandhege at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 01:03:57 PST 2013
I just want to tell that I had my Open space with 27 leaders from the shipping industry yesterday. We had a really good pre-work, and the top management did very well i the OS meeting.
The group really surprised themselves and each other by having an engaging and productive working day together. Time went very fast, they say, and several of them said; we need to do this more :-)
15 themes for discussion, 13 rapports and 5 initiative, and best of all; a motivated crowd :-)
Thanks a lot for the help and courage up front.
All the best
Hege Steinsland
7. des. 2012 kl. 19:37 skrev Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>:
> So inspiring to read all this - as you know Hege I am also of the opinion that it works in all groups as long as leadership really wants to unleash the full power of the organization.
> Wow
> Thomas
> 7 dec 2012 kl. 08:59 skrev Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> It is a 16 minute video of an Open Space at a telephone company:
>>> http://vimeo.com/25251316
>>>
>>>
>>> It contains interviews of people before, throughout and after an OS event. Harrison provides an explanation of Open Space principles woven throughout the video.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>>
>>> Peggy
>>>
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>>> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
>>> the fire".
>>> -- Drew Dellinger
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>>> On Dec 6, 2012, at 2:21 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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. :-)
>>>>
>>>> ho
>>>>
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>> [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
>>>>
>>>> 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>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> ho
>>>>>
>>>>> Harrison Owen
>>>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>>>>> Potomac, MD 20854
>>>>> USA
>>>>>
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>>>>> Camden, Maine 20854
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>>>>> (summer) 207-763-3261
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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: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 2:00 PM
>>>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>>>>> Subject: [OSList] advice and courage
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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