[OSList] advice and courage

Tue Jan 15 07:08:28 PST 2013

OK Hege – Now everybody knows that Open Space won’t kill you. Can even be
fun and productive. So the next time around, how about all 200 (or whatever)
employees. Then it will really get fun and productive.

Harrison

Harrison Owen

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Potomac, MD 20854

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Hege Steinsland
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 4:04 AM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] advice and courage

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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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.
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: 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

Phone 301-365-2093
(summer)  207-763-3261

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-----Original Message-----
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[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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