[OSList] advice and courage

Thomas Herrmann thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
Wed Jan 16 01:47:35 PST 2013


Wonderfuuul news Hege! I love your spirit and dedication - and courage! Congratulations! 
I look forward to hearing more on Friday when we have our follow-up meeting from the OST training in May - I/we know that quite a bit of space has been opened by those lovely people.
Hugs
Thomas Herrmann

15 jan 2013 kl. 10:10 skrev Mikk Sarv <tuulepuu at gmail.com>:

> 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
>>>>> 425-746-6274
>>>>> www.peggyholman.com
>>>>> www.journalismthatmatters.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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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
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
>>>>>>> Camden, Maine 20854
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Phone 301-365-2093
>>>>>>> (summer)  207-763-3261
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>> g
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----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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