[OSList] "Parallel" Open Space at XP2014 Rome?
Harrison Owen
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Fri Apr 25 06:51:41 PDT 2014
Dan - Bearing some responsibility for The User's Guide" I can say, without
equivocation, that it ain't a cook book. Not even close. But it did/does
represent the experience of the time as filtered through my ears and
eyeballs. That said, it must also be stated that our experience is
continuing and changing (we are learning something) and my ears and eyeballs
are anything but perfect.
So would I run parallel tracks? Probably not simply because every time I
have tried the experience was less than the best. I thought. The Open Space
part was sort of diffuse, and clearly lacked the punch so often experienced.
And I thought the rest of the program (other tracks) suffered as well.
People treated formal lectures/presentations like Open Space which was
disconcerting, to say the least, for some of the presenters. Actually, I
rather enjoyed what happened, but then a formal lecture/presentation has to
be really, really good before it equals a regular Open Space in terms of
impact, communication and Zip - My experience. So for the benefit of the
sponsor I always suggest that when you do Open Space - Do it. If you want
something else - Do That. But don't mix them up. Confusing, at least for me.
Harrison
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Subject: [OSList] "Parallel" Open Space at XP2014 Rome?
Open Space includes a theme, and proceedings. It also asks that no other
events be going on at the same time.
That's why the XP2014 event in Rome gives me pause. Someone here mentioned
that this event is offering a "parallel Open Space". Wow. Is that right?
The last time I checked, the Open Space User's Guide warned against doing
this. It warns against running anything else while the Open Space event is
going on. And that's what makes me wonder about the so-called XP2014
"parallel Open Space" event.
To investigate you can examine this link, which shows the schedule:
http://www.xp2014.org/program/
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