[OSList] advice and courage

Mikk Sarv tuulepuu at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 01:10:20 PST 2013 

Great work, well done!

Mikk


On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Hege Steinsland wrote:

> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _________________________________
>>>> Peggy Holman
>>>> peggy at peggyholman.com
>>>> 
>>>> 15347 SE 49th Place
>>>> Bellevue, WA  98006
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>>>> 
>>>> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity
>>>>  
>>>> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become 
>>>> the fire".
>>>>   -- Drew Dellinger
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> Harrison Owen
>>>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
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>>>>> 
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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: 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
>>>>>> Camden, Maine 20854
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Phone 301-365-2093
>>>>>> (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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