[OSList] Small group OS

[Harrison Owen]

I should added that the article is by Hugh Huntington and starts ( I think)
on page 81. And for anybody else who cares, you might check out
www.openspaceworld.com in the "books" section where you will find PDF
versions of other out of print - but hopefully not out of date - books. They
are all free for the taking.

 

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Right on! Chuni!! Given the nature of the issue, doing a OS with the WHOLE
company (at least all those who care about the company) is really critical.
The wisdom of nine contrasted with the collective wisdom and experience of
everybody else is pretty small, to say the least. And the buy in from
everybody else who is not included will be, predictably, smaller. Paul, do
yourself and your client a real favor. Have this conversation with them. If
it were me, unless there were huge extenuating circumstances (which I
couldn't imagine) I would make companywide (voluntary) participation a
condition of my participation. Sounds a little harsh I guess, but
experience, sometimes bitter, has taken me there. And if you question
whether such a tender situation could be effectively dealt with by all
parties in Open Space... The answer is quite simple: YES. In fact that is
where Open Space really shines. If you look through the book, "Tales from
Open Space" - you will find the story of a large company of 2500 downsizing
itself to 1200 - all in a series of  Open Spaces. You can find a copy at:

http://openspaceworld.com/Tales.pdf 

 

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Hi Paul,

 

 

I will comment on the 2nd part of your question.

 

Issues like new org structure and downsizing have wide impact. These types
of issues can be a very good theme for a wider audience than the 9-person
management team (if not the entire organization). I would suggest to the
management team to consider inviting the whole organization to come and see
how cares to show up. 

Who knows?  The collective wisdom may lead to solutions better than
downsizing. 
At the minimum, if people understand the issues and challenges well, and
participate in the grieving process of restructuring, they can deal with the
pain of downsizing better.

 

 

 

 

Chuni

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Paul Nunesdea <nunesdea at me.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:10 AM
Subject: [OSList] Small group OS


List,

Apologies if this is a recurrent question... Would opening space at
management team level (9 persons) would work? The issue is a burning 'new
company structure' eventually facing a downsize. I have experienced to host
larger groups OS but wonder how it would be also useful in a smaller group
context. 

My question is twofold:
- would a OS session of 9 persons would work in terms of marketplace
dynamics, would the sessions be too small?
- If that works well, then I wonder if extending results to the remainder of
the company not in the OS meeting would be effective?

Your experience would be much valued!

Best
Paul 

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