[OSList] org'n works too good to use OST…?

Gail West icataiw at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 16:28:29 PDT 2014


Thanks for the wonderful story, Thomas.  Great illustration of all 4
Principles and the Law - and .... Be Prepared To Be Surprised!!

Gail


On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Thomas Herrmann <
thomas at openspaceconsulting.com> wrote:

> Had a "funny" experience yesterday when I facilitated an OST with an
> organization that I mentioned about earlier, they have dived into OST and
> use the approach more and more in everyday life. Every August they have 1-2
> days with all employees. Last year we had 2 full days (twice with half the
> staff each time) in OST resulting in a total of 23 action plans implemented
> by self managed workgroups. We have had follow up meetings reporting the
> progress from teams that now have dissolved or are still working. Their
> business (a hospital) now runs really smoothly, producing well over targets
> with energy and high spirit.
> Out of different reasons the message for the first of this years
> conferences (one full day, next Friday is the next - for the other half of
> the staff) was a bit blurry (in my opinion/how I experience it) so the
> energy was not so high (setting agenda was really slooooow, didn't
> experience anything like that in the hundreds of events I have
> facilitated!) and some thought the day was a bit boring/slow. At the end
> most who were still there were happy(some left early - long day on Friday
> is not a good choice either)  - 9 action plans with concrete improvements!
> I used re-opening space, so it was all by invitation (-:
>
> Anyhow, a challenge may be to find a really hot theme when business runs
> so good… I am now in communication with the leadership about how we can get
> the steam going better next Friday.
> Any experiences to share, ideas and/or suggestions?
> Warm regards
> Thomas Herrmann
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