[OSList] Taste of Self Organising in 45 mins

[Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring]

Brendan:
It's so good!! THank you so much!!! I Like this!!!
Adriana

2013/3/28 Brendan McKeague <mckeaguebrendan at gmail.com>

> 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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Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA
(514) 739 2268
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