[OSList] waveriding in Oz

Tue Nov 26 22:19:59 PST 2013

Hi, Michael!

I like this description very much. Especially the 1. day. As I mostly dont'
have the rest.

Be well!

Arno

Ar

2013/11/27 Michael Wood <michael.wood at uwa.edu.au>

> Hello Hege,
>
> The design for the program that Brendan does here in Perth is different to
> the one I have been doing with church leaders in Brisbane. For my part,
> I've made quite a long reply  to you, Hege, about what I've been doing in
> Brisbane. The group is comprised of both clergy and laity, which I think is
> always a good combination (i.e. trusting that whoever comes are the right
> people).
>
> I'd be interested in hearing more about your question on Open Space and
> story telling. If you mean, could you use Open Space to enable people to
> share stories, then why not? I think the same principles would apply. If
> it's you who are interested in hearing the stories, then you are the
> 'sponsor'. Develop an invitation outlining the theme of the story telling
> sessions and invite whoever wants to come to be there - to either tell
> stories or listen to them. Sounds like fun.
>
> Here's the outline of the Brisbane program with Anglican Church folks:
>
> On Day one, start with a 'check in' talking circle. Brainstorm some ideas
> about 'crucial questions I'd like to sponsor conversations about in my
> church'. Get people to red-dot-vote on questions that most engage them.
>  Come up with an overarching 'question' for an real-play OST meeting. Ask
> one of the group to be in the role of Sponsor. We then run a short OST
> meeting (3 x 30 min conversations and a short action planning sessin). All
> of this takes us through to mid afternoon on Day 1.
>
> After they have experienced a 'real' OST meeting, I invite them to get
> into groups of 3-4 for about 20 min to reflect on two questions ('what did
> you notice about the process' and 'what questions are emerging'). I ask
> them to write one question per piece of A4 paper with marker pens. Then we
> come back into the main circle and throw the questions on the floor. As a
> group we constellate the questions into themes. Generally the themes tend
> to naturally fall into about three main areas (i) preparation work with the
> sponsor (ii) set up and facilitation on the day (iii) convergence and post
> open space. The constellated themes then form the 'agenda' for the next
> full day day. I also keep a little 'check list' up my sleeve to ensure we
> cover most important things for a faciliator to know, and I encourage them
> to buy Harrison's book, 'OST - a user's guide'. Interestingly we just about
> always end up covering all the areas on my check-list from the question
> which people put on the floor
>   at the end of Day 1.
>
> On Day 2 we work through all the practical questions mentioned above.
>
> On the third day we take a look at the underlying themes of self
> organising systems rather than just the 'mechanics' of OST process. Some of
> the diagrams from Peggy Holman's book 'Engaging Emergence' are very helpful
> , along with the eight principles from Harrison's book 'Waverider'. Day
> three includes some self organised conversations on how to be a Waverider
> in every day parish life i.e. how would people use Wavering principles in
> pastoral care, governance, education, worship, mission, outreach ete etc.
>
> Because this is a Chrsitian group we also spend a couple of hours, on the
> third day,  reflecting on the question, 'Was Jesus a Waverider?' This has
> been a really important and deepening part of the learning process. I have
> an article on this theme on my web site which I am happy to develop and add
> to and receive feedback on. In fact Chris Corrigan just shared another
> great thought on the story of Jesus walking on water (symbolic in Jewish
> thought of  'chaos'. So what does it mean for us to walk, in faith, through
> chaos?)
>
> On the last afternoon it's back into a short OST on the question,
> 'Waveriding in the Sunshine State - where to from here'. This is to provide
> space for people to think about what they are actually going to do back in
> their parishes or agencies to apply OST and Waveriding principles.
>
> We finish with a closing circle, send poeple on their way, and then meet
> again after three months. At that follow up day we have a look at one case
> study in depth (something that someone in the group has tried) and then the
> rest of the day in OST on the question, 'what have we been learning and
> where to from here'. So this is basically giving the group a pattern for an
> ongoing community of practice. I think this follow up day has been really
> crucial in keeping monentum going - without which people simply get
> absorbed back into the 'business as usual' culture of command and control.
>
> Lisa Heft has a very good 'Open Space Ideas Book' which I understand she
> is happy for people to use with appropriate acknowledgement to Lisa (I make
> an honorarium donation to Lisa when I use this resource).
>
> Michael Wood
> www.michaeljohnwood.com
> A warm sunny day in Perth, Western Australia
> Ph. 0435 065326
>
>
>
>
>
> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:05:46 +0100
> From: Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] Wave Riding in OZ
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> Wow. I just love this story. And I?m so glad every time I hear about open
> space and self organization used in the church. I?m trying to make this
> possibility known in the church of Norway as an approach that can make
> people less stressed out, more happy and more concerned with the really
> important things in church and life :-) I love this Dean, that have made
> the wisdom in the principles and the law a way to live and work.
> I`m looking for more shared experience with story-telling. How to invite,
> who to invite, do you still need an sponsor and how do you frame it? I wold
> love to learn from others experience here.
> I would also love her more about Michael and Brendans program. Is it an
> training program in Open space for clergy?
> All the best fro
> a cold and windy night in Norway.
> Hege
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