[OSList] Smallest group OS

Fri Jun 21 16:08:00 PDT 2013

Paul : thank you for sharing with us again about that topic!!!
Adriana

2013/6/21 Paul Nunesdea <nunesdea at me.com>

> Dear List,
>
> Finally I can subscribe entirely to this learning.
>
> My small OS meeting become an incredible 10 hours workspace (the challenge
> was to have 4 remote members that were online 10 hours we used google
> Hangouts and it works brilliantly). The meeting results essentially set the
> cornerstone for a true OS session with all the company.
>
> Harrison, you are quite right - the full potential in Open Space is when
> we engage all concerned and in this case it has to be all the organization
> and this requires a lot of preparation!!!
> At least from this small OS I have discovered there is already a powerful
> ingredient - lot of passion. I felt exactly as you describe your book...
> Drained not exhausted.
>
> Again thanks much all for your wisdom.
>
> Enjoy the Summer solstice weekend!
>
> Paul
>
> From my iPad
>
> On 20/06/2013, at 00:28, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
> Good learning - pre-work is important - small or large group (-:
> All the best
> Thomas Herrmann
> 18 jun 2013 kl. 11:36 skrev Bhavesh Patel <bhavmail at gmail.com>:
>
> I just did one and it didn't seem to go that well... 13 people...
>
> As I reflect on it I think:
>
>    - it was not set up properly, the client who was the boss may not have
>    informed everyone what the aim was
>    - the participants felt that they already had 'these types of
>    discussions' in the office and so didn't need to have them at a staff
>    retreat
>    - there didn't seem to be much energy around the topic
>
> So I guess it goes back to making sure you have a topic that the
> participants really care about, that it is an invitation and not an
> obligation, at least at an intentional level, and to not assume that the
> sponsor or person you are talking to knows how to explain it to others. I
> did have an invitation which was sent out and the staff were so busy they
> didn't even read it!
>
>
>
> On 12 June 2013 21:53, Erich Kolenaty <e.kolenaty at aon.at> wrote:
>
>>
>> At this occation I would remind you of the report of fabulous Lisa Heft
>> who I guess 10 years ago gave a report to the list on the smallest open
>> space ever been held in the world: Only one participant!
>>
>> It must be able to find the story somewhere in the archives - perhaps
>> Lisa would like to tell again ;-) ?
>>
>> Erich from lovely Vienna
>>
>> Am 11.06.2013 15:33, schrieb Michael M Pannwitz:
>>
>>> Dear Paul,
>>> in my experience it does work, I have facilitated several.
>>> The tendency for the whole group to go to a particular session is larger
>>> than in a large event but there are often many small or even very small
>>> groups, or groups of one. So the dynamic is basically the same albeit more
>>> intense.
>>>
>>> However, these requests for an OST event with a small group almost
>>> always end up being much larger after a planning meeting with the sponsor
>>> (in this case, all nine could constitute the planning group).
>>> Basicall, in the Planning Meeting three major questions are answered:
>>> 1. What are our expectations regarding the outcome of the OST event?
>>> 2. What should be the heading for the event in light of our expectations?
>>> 3. Who should be invited to the event in light of our expectations and
>>> the title of our event?
>>>
>>> So, I would encourage you to have a traditional planning meeting.
>>>
>>> Greetings from Berlin
>>> mmp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11.06.2013 14:10, Paul Nunesdea wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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