[OSList] Smallest group OS

[Paul Nunesdea]

Lisa, Thanks much for this.

Indeed it struck me when you first coached me on OS the importance you gave to "participant-driven documentation", I like that notion a lot... Also the tip for written reflections in the closing circle, great!

Instead of using cards, I'm thinking about circling a couple of iPads/tablets so that those contents get immediately available digitally.

I wish I could be with you in SF in August, the hostel with a Golden Gate view is so tempting... But it is precisely the week I will be with in the beautiful Algarve south of Portugal with my family.

Best,
Paul 


From my iPad

On 24/06/2013, at 02:40, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net> wrote:

> Yes Paul - our mutual learning on this list is similar:
> Open Space is not Open Space without all the elements - whether online or in person:
> 
> Opening Circle
> Co-created agenda (without the facilitator helping or clustering, synthesizing or rushing)
> Multiple discussions around the big room (whatever that is for online) - ideally, without the breakout areas isolated or hidden from one another - so people notice 'across the room' what is going on
> Ideally, several session times
> Closing Circle for comments and reflection
> 
> And ideally, documentation design that helps all participants share knowledge across the groups, rather than just get their own knowledge from whatever group they happened to attend.
> 
> The interesting thing, I have found, is that - because so many people do not have the model - in face-to-face or online meetings - of the power of *sharing* notes, often people take notes only for themselves, and then take those notes 'home.'
> 
> So I find that the power of shared participant-driven documentation is also an opportunity for new learning for groups - no matter what is the process we find is best-fit for a meeting, retreat or conference.
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> Thank you for sharing your reflections and your experiences, Paul,
> Lisa
> 
> Lisa Heft
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> President Emerita, Open Space Institute US
> Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution
> Opening Space
> 
>  
> 
> On Jun 22, 2013, at 5:43 AM, Paul Nunesdea wrote:
> 
>> Stéphane, withy pleasure!
>> 
>> Google hangouts is brilliant but we need to pay attention to a few context variables for optimal design in a hybrid meeting (majority face to face) and a few remote participants, like this one I had the honor to serve.
>> 
>> I was lucky because the meeting had an expected start in a small groups OS (thank you List) everybody wanted to stay in the same topic 'so the group sticked together' ... But after a couple rounds a parallel track emerged and in the closing circle the great learning emerged about meeting effectiveness and Law of two feet become clearer.
>> 
>> The parallel group e-mailed me there report so I added manually to the Hangouts report.
>> 
>> If it was not like this I had to have each group member with a Hangout session log in instead of sharing one session with the 9 people in the same room. 
>> 
>> Hangouts is designed for remote meetings where each participant has an individual login to the same shared space.
>> 
>> The surprise element in Hangouts is that Agile folks seem to be using it a lot so there is a free tool there that can be  adopted for OS Marketplace, provided each user as an individual login access or (in my case) if you use an interactive display where the group can touch and move themes directly from the shared screen with the same login.
>> 
>> My learning was:
>> - I underestimated the importance of the Opening Circle as an instrumental step to instill OS principles and the group behavioral norms they convey which are counter-cultural to participants in small groups and this is much more important than in large ones (specially as meeting format expectations are different)
>> - Opening Circle in hybrid meetings is even more critical when participants have never experienced a OS meeting the burden of explaining technology needs to be added. I would think about having a pre-OS with all remote participants have a sandbox session to play with the tools so when opening the circle everybody is already in the same page.
>> 
>> Hope this answers your question,
>> Best
>> Paul
> 
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