[OSList] OS at work

Sat Sep 3 05:35:01 PDT 2016

Dear Tony,

there is a comprehensive account of the effects of using OST over a ten 
year period in the National Agency Youth in the Federal Republic of 
Germany in Bonn.
They emplpoy OS gatherings for a three day retreat every year for their 
agency and another one for their network and additional ones for 
specific challenges in their field of work.

 From what I hear they are still at it... one of the organizational 
results was doing without any formal meetings and, more radically than 
in the case of the organisation in Düsseldorf, everyone can convene a 
meeting any time on any issue in whatever space appropriate... and take 
care of spreading information on the results if deemed necessary.

The accdount is available as an e-book (it contains versions in English, 
German, Chinese - our friends from Shining Star did the translation -, 
Spanish - Eleder, of course  -, French - Christine Koehler - and Polish 
- Piotr Banach -, published by
https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Practicing-Open-Space-Our-First-Ten-Years-E-Book

Here is the introduction to the account:

"It is no longer a secret that Open Space events are pure joy.
Set up in a jiffy, these events turn the traditional way of working and 
leading upside down. And in regard to productivity and action 
orientation there is nothing better under the sun. How do we know? Well, 
we have worked with Open Space Technology for decades now and seen the 
effects.
Thanks to Hans-Georg Wicke and the National Agency Youth in Germany, we 
now have a detailed report on what happens if you go beyond one 
solitary, stand-alone Open Space event. He describes the sustained 
transformation of working and living in the organization as Open Space 
Technology is used over a decade, several times a year, invading every 
nook and cranny of the Agency.
As dictated structure, external control and traditional leading are 
reduced, selforganisation can more freely unfold, bringing into play the 
vast resources of everyone involved in the Agency. Without consulting 
firms that cost a lot of money and have no lasting effect, organizations 
evolve resilient structures and processes that equip them to navigate in 
a sea of constant change. And they do this on their own.

We invite you to read this slim report if you are searching for a truly 
productive workplace in which everyone happily invests in cooperation 
and joint leadership… in hospitals, IT-businesses, foundations, unions, 
industrial production plants, NGOs… in any business and organization.
And: Be Prepared to be Surprised."

I wonder how it could enter an archive on the "regular practice of Open 
Space" other than providing the link above.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 02.09.2016 23:13, Tony Budak via OSList wrote:
> Yes Thanks Diana.
>
> Is there a archive of examples of the "regular practice of Open Space" ?
>
> Thanks again,
> Tony
>
>
> On 9/2/2016 12:28 PM, Diana Larsen via OSList wrote:
>> I thought people on this list might like to read about sipgate, a
>> company in Düsseldorf, that makes a regular practice of Open Space.
>> http://www.openfriday.org
>>
>> Enjoy!
>> Diana
>>
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