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At 01:19 PM 2/10/99 -0400, you wrote: <br>
<font size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Friends,</font><br>
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<font size=2>Are there any special considerations when using Open Space
with a small group within a small company--say 7-12 people?
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The smallest group I have ever worked with is 5. It wasn't intended that
way -- but that's the way it turned out. We were supposed to have 12, but
snow came instead, and only 5 showed up. I told the folks that I had
never done this before, but they were welcome to try if they wanted. They
did. Frankly I thought the whole thing would be over by 10 am, but at 7
that night I had to tell people that I was exhausted and they should
carry on if they were of a mind to do so. (They did)<br>
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What intrigues me was that group meet in every permutation of 5 possible
3-2, 2-2 with one out, all at once etc. I found it very difficult to stay
out of the way -- but not impossible. The only thing that happened which
does not happen (ordinarily) in a larger gathering was that the group met
all at once. Anyhow it really seemed to work at all levels. <br>
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Years later I have heard about Family Therapists who use Open Space (they
say) with families to good effect. If that is true, I guess the smallest
group is 2.<br>
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Harrison <br>
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