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At 02:15 PM 5/8/2002 +0000, Ralph C. wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Yes.</blockquote><br>
<font color="#FF0000">I can't believe it -- I am in total agreement. AND
Ralph is the Soul of brevity. Would that I could learn to be the
same.<br><br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>> 3. In a large,
global organization where even one functional group (like<br>
> R&D) might be thousands dispersed across the world, can OST be
done<br>
> effectively in a virtual setting? Does the magical
collaborative energy<br>
> get generated under those kinds of virtual circumstances?<br><br>
You can have a virtual meeting, and it might achieve its objectives,
and<br>
it'll open space on some levels, I suppose, but it won't be the
same. Not<br>
even close. An alternative is to have a series of local OS
gatherings and<br>
link them up.</blockquote><br>
<font color="#FF0000">I still agree with Ralph (unbelievable) -- and also
I suggest that Paqul take a look at what is being done (to be done)
"at" the VOSONOS -- advertized here on the web. After all the
InterNet is the biggest Open Space going -- as we all know. <br><br>
<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>> Also, how do
you<br>
> replace the 1, 2 or 3 day offsite meeting with a virtual meeting
that might<br>
> have to stretch out over some extended time. I mention this
because<br>
> telling management that people need to stop working and start
travelling<br>
> and hotelling might present a big barrier to adoption in the real
world I<br>
> am seeking to do good work in.<br><br>
I want to give you a bit of an argument here. Who says anybody is
going to<br>
stop working just because we ask them to gather and think about
their<br>
collective future? That's work as far as I'm concerned. Since
when is work<br>
only the thing I'm doing now? (And since when has life in a
global<br>
corporation ever been the "real world"?) When managers
and such genuinely<br>
care about outcomes, growth, people, and rich, challenging futures,
they<br>
don't worry about expense accounts.<br><br>
Don't sell the process. Sell the results. Go open some
space. Remember to<br>
pick up the coffee cups. Best of luck!</blockquote><br>
<font color="#FF0000">I still agree with Ralph -- especially about the
argument. Abstractly considered, 2 and 1/2 days sounds like a long time.
But if you put all this in some sort of a context -- like designing a new
product for example -- 2 and 1/2 days from concept to delivery is mind
boggling light speed. Especially when prior experience says that anything
less than 6 months is a "short time." So for sure, sell the
results, not the process and then the whole question of time seems to
fall into place.<br><br>
</font>Harrison<br><br>
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