[OSList] Taste of Self Organising in 45 mins

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Brendan,
here is what will happen next:
so many requests for os-events in about everyone of the 35 schools and 
many more that heard about this wizzard and probably a call for a 
training so that school people can help each other with os in befriended 
schools... or perhaps something that you NEVER expected!

I think os-work in schools is one of the most rewarding (kids are grand 
at this) and sustainable "interventions" (everyone has to go to school). 
To me, it does not fit the "regional" approach but something similar 
"institutional/community" approach: not only are young people exposed, 
but teachers, school administrators, janitors, caterers, parents, 
neighbors, in Berlin also teachers from schools that send their kids to 
highschools in the neighborhood, staff of businesses and other 
organisations where kids intern... on and on, you got, in that sense, a 
microcosm of society meeting at os-events in schools...

I really liked your "Theme", not something you or someone else thunk up 
about school problems but right on that which they just heard and 
experienced, brilliant.

Have a great day
mmp

On 28.03.2013 09:24, Brendan McKeague wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I'm wondering if anyone might be interested in this little tale of
> opportunistic opening of space...
>
> I was invited to be keynote presenter at a local School Leaders
> networking breakfast - I had recently used Open Space twice with one
> of the schools in the district, first to create, and then to
> implement, their strategic plan. The leadership team really liked it
> and have become champions in conversations with others.
>
> So, to breakfast....we chose my theme: Creating Space for Collective
> Wisdom in Schools
>
> About 35 school leaders showed up and were treated to a hearty
> breakfast for about 45mins. We didn't have enough venue space (or
> time) to have a separate circle to move into after the breakfast, so
> tables had been set up in a square formation with folks sitting round
> the outside and an empty space in the centre.
>
> After the feast of food, I was introduced and from the centre of the
> square briefly outlined a few terms/concepts (power-pointlessly)
> around the creation of space notion:  Complexity; Diversity;
> Invitation; Self Organisation; Passion and Responsibility;
> Convergence and Divergence; Priorities and Action Plans; Emergence -
> done in about 10 mins.
>
> Then, I invited any questions or issues emerging from what I'd said;
> five people put their hands up (in good teacher fashion) and I asked
> them to give their names and state their question/issue. I then asked
> them to move to different spaces around the outside of the square.
> Then I invited the remainder of the group to go to whichever question
> interested them (or continue eating more breakfast as they chose) -
> and they could also move between the conversations...for the next 15
> minutes....there was a moment or three of confusion and dazed looks,
> then off they went with the most delightful buzz of energy. After 15
> mins I tingled the bells and they all came back (immediately) for
> about 10 mins closing comments...
>
> All done spot on 44mins - so I let them out early!
>
> I'm now prepared to be surprised by what happens next...?
>
> Cheers Brendan
>
>
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