[OSList] Euro-Agile Folk & OST-Experiments

Mon Aug 17 13:31:50 PDT 2015

Get our of the way, ya....

At the Agile Coach Camp pre-event happy-hour, I encountered someone who 
experienced Open Space for the 1st time in a circle with seating for 
about 350 people. I had actually facilitated that very event....it was 
the biggest one I had done up to that time.

Here's how the conversation went:

Me: Mind if I sit down?

Them: By all means!

Me: Greetings, I am Daniel.

Them: Howdy. (introductions ensue...)

Me: Oh, you are all from [Company Name.] You guys did some big Open 
Spaces recently right? In [City1] and [City2] ?

Them: Yes, we did.

Me: Yes, I enjoyed facilitating those events..."

Her: Really? That was a really great event. I don't actually remember 
you...!

Mission accomplished, I reckon.

Here's the chairs: the night before...

On 8/17/15 4:15 PM, Harrison wrote:
>
> Co-Facilitation? It has certainly been done before, but my question 
> would be: Why?
>
> Michael Pannwitz and I did a duo with the 2108 German Psychiatrists – 
> and the reason was... I did English, and Michael did German, we each 
> did it our own way, and met each other in the middle (of the circle). 
> I think that made sense, but the more talking heads there are, by 
> definition, the more space is cluttered/shuttered/closed.
>
> The point (for me) of opening space is to get folks 
> thinking/being/talking/working together as quickly a possible. Which 
> means that the sooner I, or anybody else, can get out of the way – so 
> much the better. I think.
>
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> *Subject:* [OSList] Euro-Agile Folk & OST-Experiments
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> Hello All,
>
> This is from my friend in France, PABLO PERNOT, a real, great, person. 
> He is a fine philosopher and a most excellent player of the 
> banjo...(see related video link below....)
>
> Pablo was the first in Europe to use before/after Open Space, with 
> experimentation in the middle, using Open Space to frame an 
> enterprise-wide iteration of learning.....BEYOND Agile adoption. He 
> used it to introduce "other" non-Agile cultural change in an iterative 
> (www.OpenSpaceAgility.com <http://www.OpenSpaceAgility.com>) way .....
>
> His work doing that, led to this: www.Prime-OS.com 
> <http://www.Prime-OS.com>
>
> A man of action is he.
>
> Now he is planning, with colleague ALEXIS MONVILLE, to facilitating 
> Open Space at this public Agile-conference event:
> ....wait, whoops... is co-facilitation a form of OST blasphemy?
> http://ale2015.alenetwork.eu/
>
> I wonder if you find the planned experiments with OST (listed below) 
> interesting....
>
>
> .....is this blasphemy...or bold innovation? Check the "White Hair" 
> experiment .....
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> Related video link (Pablo-plays-banjo), 2 mins....
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apAzGSLi2UY
>
>
>
> ================
> ALE15 - Open Space
> Facilitation
> Pablo Pernot
> Alexis Monville
> ================
>
> Why adding experiments to the classic open space ?
>
> We need fresh adventures /in the land of open space. We tasted the 
> enterprise open space /
> /and we value what it brings. We would like to try some experiments to 
> benefit from that /
> /experience and try something a bit different. We feel that it is 
> important and possible /
> /especially here because of the willingness to learn and to share of 
> our community.//
>
> /=======================/
> /ALE 2015 Open Space Experiments/
> /=======================/
> /\/
>
> /==================/
> /Speed learning open space/
> /==================/
> /Opener and energizer 5mn: /
>
> /●we form a large cycle standing up (no chairs in the room)//
> /●2mn//
> /    ask every people that already know open space to raise //
> /their hand.//
>
> /    ask people that doesn’t know openspace to pick someone//
> /with a raised hand//
>
> /●the person who knows has 2 mn to explain open space to his //
> /partner (posters on the walls will display the way it works as a /
> /reminder)/
> /●1mn : we go back to the large circle/
> /●2mn : another 2mn of Q&A but you need to pick someone /
> /different. /
> /
> /
> /==============//
> /Babel tower/
> /==============/
> /Every topic proposed for the market place has to be made: /
>
> /1.with our mothertongue /
>
> /2. and in english /
>
> /ps: for people with english as mother tongue they can, or not, repeat 
> or //
> /rephrase, or use their mother tongue accent / pronunciation at first /
> /why: to hear all the diversity and richness of ALE people. to 
> liberate the /
> /non-verbal communication, to allow a different attitude (discover 
> people /
> /when they are at ease to speak, not when they are struggling to find 
> their/
> /words).//
>
> /==============/
> /Topic/Theme/
> /==============/
> /Adding a topic or a theme : every session should be related to this //
> /theme. The idea is to gather the outcome and consolidate a booklet that /
> /will help ale community to learn and share their learnings. /
> /
> /We propose the theme to be : //
> /
> /"What are the key changes in our culture and business?"/
>
> /We should give people the theme one week at least before the //
> /event, so they can think about it. Or be aware during the sessions./
> /Why: a part of the power of open space, when we use it in 
> enterprises, is/
> /coming from the common purpose of the people involved/
> /
>
>
> /====================================/
> /Global restitution (report out) at the end of every session/
> /====================================/
> /Every session is one hour : split in two parts : 40mn brainstorming, 
> 20mn//
> /global restitution : every group has 1mn to restitute their 
> conversation. /
> /
>
>
> /==================================/
> /“key change pitch”//
> /Quick normalization of the outcome of every session//
> /==================================/
> /Each group will use one flipboard paper sheet to present their topic.//
> /
> /The guidelines proposed for the global restitution and for the 
> booklet are:/
>
> /●140 characters to pitch of the “key change” (one line)/
>
> /    why/how this “key change” happened // what’s the value of the 
> “key change”//
> /
> /This could/would/should of course evolve. /
>
>
>
> /============================/
> /PDF/Blog consolidation/
> /============================/
>
> /Every outcome (“key change pitch”) is consolidated in a booklet 
> and/or a//
> /blog every day and is public (is it possible to use ale15 blog and to 
> have /
> /some support to do that?)//
>
>
> /===================/
> /Visualisation/
> /===================/
> /As usual, visual helpers are provided, especially one explaining these //
> /experiments./
> /
>
> /============/
> /Message/
> /============/
> /These experiments could evolve during the 3 days./
>
>
> /============/
> /White hair/
> /============/
> /only white hair people can facilitate the open space//
> /-/
> /twitter account ? blog ale2015 ? hashtag ? //#ale15/ 
> <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ale15>/ ? //#alenetwork/ 
> <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23alenetwork>/ ? /
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Daniel Mezick, President
>
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