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

Sun Aug 24 01:55:19 PDT 2014

Yes, that's indeed a great opportunity for listening and learning... Thanks, Thomas for sharing!

What if this is the only thing that could have happened last Friday ... What if as you say yourself, the topic simply did not warrant as much energy & engagement as the topic/question chosen last year....

What if you bring the empowerment to the next level sounding the group about what is the right topic or question for them to invest themselves into ... This really is a deeper listening exercise as Hege suggests, for the group and for the leadership as well...

What about recognizing the outstanding level of achievement and excellence in the opening as well ?! What if a shared feeling of great pride could bring the group to genuinely want to go further and asking themselves what might be the next challenges they wish to choose fixing themselves collectively ?

Looking forward to hearing from you what will have emerged ... :-)

All the best    +    Chris

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Le 24 août 2014 à 08:48, Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Thaks for giving us the oportunity to learn together with you, Thomas!
> 
> Interesting situation, and also very special that you have this second opportunity to do adjustments.
> 
> One possibility I see is to name the challenges in the opening circle. As I see it that would be a way to empower the people in the circle even more. Friday. Blurry message, challenges about going deeper into a development process, you will know what the situation is. By naming it and acknowledging it different things might happened and emerge out of the wisdom in the circle...
> 
> Look forward to hear about your choice and experience :-)
> 
> All the best
> Hege
> 
> Sendt fra min iPhone
> 
>> Den 23. aug. 2014 kl. 14:31 skrev Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>:
>> 
>> 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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