[OSList] My first OS as a facilitator

Fri Mar 21 13:51:52 PDT 2014

What a treat to have a CEO immersed in Open Space and an Agile Scrum guy to
boot! I agree with Harrison; it will lead to amazing things for your
company if you jump in the ring with everyone. So inspired. Wish we had met
in Paris. I was there then. Keep us posted!

Suzanne

P.S. Gerardo translated Harrison's user guide in Italian. I have my very
own copy which Gerardo signed dedicating it to my dad who read the book
from cover to cover years ago in Italian. He was a medical doctor. He loved
it!
On Mar 21, 2014 4:24 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Stefano - If Milano can talk to Roma, good things might happen!
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> I was going to add in my previous note that while it is certainly possible
> for the CEO to facilitate an Open Space as you propose, that would not be
> my first choice for several reasons. First - no matter what you say you
> will STILL be the Boss (or whatever) - which makes it harder to believe
> that it really is Open Space, and that you are not setting the agenda. As
> you probably know by now, it is virtually impossible to "control" an Open
> Space. Certainly you can shut it down, but you and everybody else will be
> out of control, simply because everybody is "in control." You know that,
> but your people don't, at least for their first Open Space. So I would not
> put unneeded barriers in the way, even if they will be cast aside. The
> second reason that doing it yourself is problematical is that as
> facilitator, you really need to keep your hands out of things (present and
> invisible, so to speak). But then everybody loses, assuming that you have
> some value to add. Which I am sure you do.
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> So do yourself and everybody else a favor. Invite my good friend Gerardo
> (Milano) to do the honors. And if he can't, there are many other good
> folks, all speaking Italian. If he/they can take care of the space, you can
> have the marvelous fun of playing in it with all your comrades. At least
> that is what I would do.
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Stefano Lucantoni
> *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2014 9:46 AM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator
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> Hege, tks for your words.
> I'm very lucky because I'm part of a team (agile coaches team) who shared
> strong values and maybe our passion was capable to 'infect' our management.
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> We hope OS will be a first step toward a new way to live collaboration in
> our company.
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> We're going to do a one day Open Space.
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> And to answer to a previous Suzanne question: we're located in Rome.
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> Stefano
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Hege Steinsland <steinslandhege at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Stefano, I wish you all the best and congratulate you with your courage
> and the trust your company shows in you and the method! A great
> opportunity! I looke forward to listen to your experience. Are you doing a
> one ore two days Open space?
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> All the best from
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> Hege
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> Norway.
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> 21. mars 2014 kl. 13:16 skrev Stefano Lucantoni <
> stefano.lucantoni at gmail.com>:
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> Thanks a lot Suzanne.
> I'm reading Harrison's guide again and again and I admit that the more I
> read it the more the stress drops down because it really seems to me that
> the Open Space is self sufficient or anyway needs a very small help.
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> Thanks again for your support.
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> Ciao
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> Stefano
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Stefano...bravo! Love the theme, love that you will have 100 people and
> most especially that you have invited your organization into Open Space.
> Besides telling you to enjoy the experience, I would refer you to
> Harrison's guide. After 5 years I still go back to it to do the basic
> preparations and to also sink into my invisible role opening and holding
> the space. Where are you located?
>
> Thank you for sharing and making us part of your first experience.
> Remember you can do no wrong. It will happen with you and in spite of you.
> Keep us posted.
> Suzanne
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> On Mar 20, 2014 6:49 PM, "Stefano Lucantoni" <stefano.lucantoni at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Dear all,
> I'm new to this OS world. After my first, and unique, OS experience in
> Paris during last September (The Global Scrum Gathering) I came back home
> with the idea to adopt this kind of meeting in my company too.
> On next March 31st my company's first Open Space meeting will take place
> and I'm going to be the facilitator. wow!
> We'll be around 100 people and the theme is "how could we make our company
> a better place to work?"
> If any of you have a suggestion to share with me, something that you would
> have been happy to receive before your first time as an OS facilitator, I
> think it would be really a gift for me.
>
> thanks all
> Stefano
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