[OSList] My first OS as a facilitator

[Suzanne Daigle]

Stefano, Yes I misunderstood and also thought you were the CEO.  I would be
the first to jump right in to facilitate with this latest clarification. I
can hear and feel your passion for Open Space. Do not at all doubt yourself
because you are facilitating from the inside even though this is your first
time. I remember my first times thinking "oops I forgot this or darn I
should have said this, this way" and you know it did not make one bit of
difference. I quickly became invisible as people did what they do, going to
sessions that they cared deeply about. In fact I even think that those
butterflies in my stomach were good and my inexperience was an advantage.

At the same time I also think it's a wonderful idea to connect with Gerardo
if only to have someone close to bounce off thoughts, ideas and questions.

My perspective on the bit that I know from your emails.

Suzanne




On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Stefano Lucantoni <
stefano.lucantoni at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I think there was a little misunderstanding and for sure it's my
> fault.
> I'm not the CEO but one of the three agile coaches of our company.
>
> Our work is focused on helping our company to upgrade its culture (we
> started as Scrum Masters and now we work at all the company levels) and
> Open Space is the most powerful tool to support us with this big challenge.
>
> Since the beginning I thought that as company coach and facilitator it
> could be ok to facilitate this meeting too, even tough I'm a company
> employee. Am I wrong?
>
> Anyway now I know that you Gerardo are very close to me and it would be
> great to establish a direct contact during the next days.
>
> Please, let me all know what you think.
>
> Tks everybody
> Stefano
>
> Il giorno 21/mar/2014, alle ore 21:51, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
> ha scritto:
>
> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Harrison
>>
>>
>>
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> We hope OS will be a first step toward a new way to live collaboration in
>> our company.
>>
>> We're going to do a one day Open Space.
>>
>> And to answer to a previous Suzanne question: we're located in Rome.
>>
>> Stefano
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Hege Steinsland <
>> steinslandhege at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best from
>>
>> Hege
>>
>> Norway.
>>
>> 21. mars 2014 kl. 13:16 skrev Stefano Lucantoni <
>> stefano.lucantoni at gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks again for your support.
>>
>> Ciao
>>
>> Stefano
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2014 6:49 PM, "Stefano Lucantoni" <stefano.lucantoni at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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Suzanne Daigle
Open Space Facilitator
NuFocus Strategic Group

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