[OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted OS/GC-lists)
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Sun Sep 25 13:44:28 PDT 2016
Michael -- I love you! Recovering Control Freak that you are!! And (for whatever it is worth) your suggestions to Thomas are right on, I believe. And...I do think he (Thomas) may be working a little too hard. Get the space, bring food/drink. The rest WILL happen ... Always does.
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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 6:01 AM
To: Bhavesh Patel; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted OS/GC-lists)
Dear Thomas,
there have been some situations similar in some ways to yours.
This is what I experienced:
--- the sponsor needs to do the inviting and be at the "Action Planning"
or whatever it is called
--- the invitation goes out to everyone but in the text it addresses especially those that have a "project" in mind
--- the word "converge" is not helpful, it suffices to focus on the "projects" who might be anything but converging but maybe also a territory wide project
--- projects go forward because someone or a group is simply hot on this (passions and responsibility), in other words there is not much benefit to get everyone to somehow participate in a "strategy"
--- people will ask about a next meeting after the action planning and even suggest a space of time between the action planning and the next gathering to see how far things have gone and what is the next step
--- of course, the sponsor should not create unnecessary barriers for the "Action Planning" session or whatever it is called, he/she/them is the best person/group on thinking up favorable conditions for meetings, good food should always be there (in German the invitation usually contains something like "für leckeres Essen und Trinken ist gesorgt")
And I also observed, being a control freak such as you have never seen, that I need to focus on my "facilitation" role, primarily doing nothing and not thinking for the sponsor...
The project you are on will be a huge success and go into the annals of Open Space Technology... you could also deposit it here
> http://www.openspaceworldscape.org/
and add to the 787 events already documented there.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
On 25.09.2016 10:59, Bhavesh Patel via OSList wrote:
> How long does it take "
>
> to travel across the community"? What supports the "
> unwillingness"? If the fourth event was geographically in the middle of
> the other three, and transport was provided, would that help, and maybe
> dinner as well?
>
> If it is clear that the data from the first three OSTs will be carried
> forward to the fourth, and that the fourth is more a sense-making
> next-steps-making, would that support people to decide what they want to
> do with the "
>
> unwillingness"?
>
> OR maybe the fourth meeting where "
>
> all are invited for convergence/action planning" is an assumption that
> can be dropped? What if each OST was for the people who attend to take
> action locally and that's it? Why does there need to be convergence and
> some kind of meta-plan or central strategy? It is a usual myth we hold
> about doing things here and there and then bringing them together!
>
> What if the fourth meeting is in 6 months or one year for the three
> other OSTs to come together and share what happened?
>
> Just playing with ideas and it might be a bit late for that...
>
>
>
>
>
> On 24 September 2016 at 21:53, Thomas Herrmann
> <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com <mailto:thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Bhavesh, I like your idea to keep it open to adjustments
> depending on what happens in the meetings and also inbetween. ____
>
> One small challenge is also that the reason for having three
> occasions is that there is an
>
>
> unwillingness
>
>
> to travel across the community. So where are we going to have the
> fourth?____
>
> Cheers____
>
> Thomas (doing some final preps for an OST training, starting on
> Monday morning)____
>
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> *Från:*Bhavesh Patel [mailto:bhavmail at gmail.com
> <mailto:bhavmail at gmail.com>]
> *Skickat:* den 24 september 2016 18:56
> *Till:* Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
> <mailto:thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>>; World wide Open Space
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> *Ämne:* Re: [OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted
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>
> Hey Thomas,____
>
> I like the 3 'openings' and my only suggestion would be to hold off
> on the shape of the fourth meeting. It is definitely about
> converging, but exactly how might reveal itself along the way.____
>
> I love the idea that all the meetings are open and some may even
> come only to the fourth meeting.____
>
> __ __
>
> Smiles Bhav...
>
> ____
>
> __ __
>
> On 16 September 2016 at 10:36, Thomas Herrmann via OSList
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:____
>
> Dear friends in Open Space____
>
> I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have
> feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the
> design I am working on.____
>
> ____
>
> The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000
> inhabitants. They are inviting everyone living there to explore
> ways to contribute to enhance the learning amongst
> children/youth complementing/supporting what is happening in the
> school. The top politician in the town, responsible for
> education/schools is my sponsor. During the spring I had a
> couple of meetings with the top politicians and managers for the
> school system. Then we widened the circles and had some meetings
> with other interest parties , to invite more engagement for this
> idea. ____
>
> ____
>
> We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is
> emerging, decide on next steps and make sure there is report
> back to what is happening and not.____
>
> ____
>
> A couple of days ago we had our “final” planning meeting
> getting the theme etc. Still working on wording but something
> like “For the future of our children. How do we create
> conditions for enhanced learning for pupils in our community?”
> Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best options.
> Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc
> etc are all busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good
> option. “Everyone” will be invited but it’s hard to say how many
> will come to each meeting. I guess between 10-200 J____
>
> Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different
> parts of the small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting
> where
>
>
> all are invited for convergence/action planning. There are of
> course several challenges. I am not even sure I will suggest we
> use OST even though I’d love to. I think a 3-hour meeting is the
> bare minimum for the simplest form of an OST meeting. On the
> other hand I see possibilities for this to be looked at like an
> OST meeting consisting of three occasions á 3 hours +
> convergence in a fourth meeting for another 3 hours… That looks
> better, ey?____
>
> ____
>
> There are some opportunities with this:____
>
> 1. More time for the divergent process before converging.____
>
> 2. People can choose to join several meetings, deepening
> their thinking____
>
> 3. People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3
> meetings.____
>
> 4. There can be continued conversations online in between
> meetings and approaching meeting nbr 4.____
>
> 5. There will be opportunities for people to create joint
> projects over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and
> online)____
>
> ____
>
> There are several challenges with this too. ____
>
> 1. There will be different people in all of the meetings____
>
> a. There needs to be a proper opening each time____
>
> 2. 3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts.
> Session 1 (45 mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual
> reflection/personal commitment (15 mts). Closing 30 mts.____
>
> a. For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will
> probably use re-opening, after a brief opening and reading
> reports/reflecting. A couple of action planning sessions, 1
> minute reportback/group and then closing.____
>
> 3. How to bind everything together to one whole____
>
> ____
>
> So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your
> ideas, thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions!____
>
> All the best____
>
> ____
>
> Thomas Herrmann____
>
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