[OSList] Deep Visioning

Suzanne Daigle via OSList oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Tue Sep 20 04:33:00 PDT 2016


Bonjour chère Christine,

What a lovely gift that you share this invitation and adventure with us. I
imagine the possibilities of so much coming from it. Simply by opening
space, again and again over the course of a year and beyond.

It would start with a co-creative invitation that captures the bigger
purpose and imagines the issues, the possibilities, the reflections and
actions to follow.

I was particularly drawn to your intro.

"I came across a potential client who wants to co-create a vision involving
all collaborators  (2500 people in 11 countries) and even more (clients,
suppliers..) and is looking for someone to help them for this one-year
process.'

I imagined how much could happen by simply opening space between them and
with them. You could, involve a small diverse representative team from the
2500 to execute on the planning steps, a team whose mission is to invite
and involve others, to carry out the logistics, etc. Not one open space but
many with a compelling overarching theme.

The start is a Why of doing this. What is at stake?

As the answers reveal themselves and if a decision to proceed is made
then...

A small team and host could create a compelling theme that captures the
context and mission of the co-creative vision they seek.

It would include questions, history and future. It would meet the criteria
of a good theme and invitation that we know so well: urgent, complex,
diverse, etc.

By doing the work themselves, it would would acknowledge the shared
ownership with all stakeholders in the organization. It honors the wisdom,
creativity, passion and responsibility that is there already.  A deep
knowing, a trust in the organization and its partners (clients and
suppliers).

The planning work with others provides opportunities for shared learning
around Open Space, the basic steps in a process that we know so well and
the deeper thinking that invites action and transformation. With guiding
principles and a law that also invite the wisdom within us.

I even imagine many future Open Space facilitators, opening space
throughout the year, formally and informally.

As a facilitator, you have no attachment to outcome. Yet there is a deep
trust in outcome, the outcomes of whatever is meant to happen by this
company that is inviting so much by truly inviting all to be involved.

The same would be true of the planning work, sharing the tasks, doing the
simple things, inviting, logistics, newsroom... Always involving from
within and keeping it simple.

Together this small team would get a glimpse and a feel of the breadth and
scope of the topics, the discussions and emergent convergence, intuiting it
before it happens.

They would imagine colleagues, clients and suppliers engaged as never
before, living the Law of Two Feet, conversing, documenting and activating
what is waiting to emerge. A Vision and so much more. They would feel
proud, excited and energized.

With this simple process of Open Space, the wisdom and will of an
organization will discover itself.

A few years ago I was asked by a company celebrating their 10 years to
facilitate an Open Space that would create their next 10 years. It was just
a day and at first I was sad about this but by involving in the planning
and trusting...much space opened and continues to open to this day. Their
theme was: "The next 10 years. It's up to us!"

As I read your note, I could not help but think of Village Care in Africa.
What they have done over the past 10 years is beyond words. Open Space at
the heart of it though indeed it is so much more. Quietly with such human
magnificence, they are teaching us the way! And I am so humbled by them.

http://villagecare.com/

Christine, as a colleague and friend, I can imagine no better person than
you to open space with this company.

Suzanne

On Sep 19, 2016 3:25 AM, "Royle, Karl via OSList" <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi you could have a look at lean canvas for deeper story development and
> also lean change maybe
>
> Might be helpful
>
> Sent by iPhone
> Karl Royle
> Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development
>
> Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing
> University of Wolverhampton
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> 07815416698
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>
> On 19 Sep 2016, at 08:57, Rotem Ofer via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Christine,
>
> Thank you for sharing this challenge with us. So exciting that corporates
> are reaching the point of realizing that the wisdom of the many, can help
> them to create a better future.
>
> I was involved in a process of values definition, in a company of 4300
> employees, in 30 countries, using a participatory approach with an
> Appreciative inquiry process.
> I can share with you happily, and I think you can take some inspiration,
> and practical ideas and incorporate them into your project.
>
> To summarize it shortly, the process was based on :
>
>
>    - Collecting stories from all employees (AI stories), by inviting them
>    to share the story through a website that was built for the process. Each
>    story got a title, which presented the main message.
>
>
>
>    - Each employee had the opportunity to enter the website and vote for
>    the story and the message that he feels express the best of the company,
>    and will promise the best value for the future.
>
>
>
>    - In a parallel process, Internal HR specialists facilitated workshops
>    with groups of employees in some sites to dive deeper into  AI
>    questionnaire.
>
>
>
>    - All outcomes : the crowd wisdom from the websites and the outputs
>    from the workshops, were collected by the organization development
>    department and were and were cultivated into a definition of the core
>    values of the company.
>
>  If you find it helpful, I can share with you the process in more details,
> or contact you to this company for a deeper benchmark.
>
> Hugs from Israel,
> Rotem Ofer
>
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> 2016-09-17 9:59 GMT+03:00 christine koehler via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
>
>> Hi friends
>>
>> I came across a potential client who wants to co-create a vision
>> involving all collaborators  (2500 people in 11 countries) and even more
>> (clients, suppliers..) and is looking for someone to help them for this
>> one-year process.
>> They did it already about 10 years ago (they were of course less people
>> at that time), with a process that, If I understand clearly, seems to me
>> closed to what Doyle was doing.
>> They want to do it again as, as you can imagine, the world has changed
>> completely in 10 years and they are facing  new kind of challenges and
>> competitors.
>> They also want it to be « modern », involving digital tools.. and lots of
>> communication.
>>
>> I am still not sure how I will answer to this request.
>>
>> One possibility would be to stick to what they know and look to partner
>> with someone who know the process they have in mind. This person would need
>> to speak French.
>> My question then  to you is : is any of you/do you know anyone/  familiar
>> with  the deep visioning process of Michael Doyle ? I’d love to talk to you
>> then.
>>
>> The other possibility would be to imagine a process that involves what I
>> know, like OST, world cafe, AI , chaordic etc..
>>
>> Do you have stories of this kind of processes involving all stakeholders,
>> especially all collaborators, a dozen of countries and  getting to a Vision
>> statement : purpose, mission, .. difference, values …
>> How did you do it ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christine
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