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Hi Holger, <BR>
thanks for getting me in touch with Valerie and also for sharing your experience with OST with African participants. <BR>
The first aspect you mentioned ("To my experience so far, you should not fall into the African ³trap² that everything needs to be discussed at length. So, after you have introduced the rules, do not accept any discussions but open the market place immediately.") makes perfectly sense to me. <BR>
For the second aspect ("You might also run into slight problems if there are some senior people who want their status to be honored.") I am wondering how you deal with that. In terms of space invasion I can imagine possible ways to deal with this. Do you have any other recommendations for this specific situation? What did you do? And what did other people do who found themselves in this specific situation?<BR>
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Thanks for your support and your willingness to share. I am very impressed by the openness and the readiness to invite newcomers to the OST community!<BR>
Happy trails,<BR>
Mayke<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hello Mayke,</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">I will have a short training session on Open Space in South Africa next week. I will give you feed back once I am back.</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">To my knowledge one of the leading OST specialists in Africa is Valerie Morris from Cape Town. I am copying your message to her and you might contact her if you wish. <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">To my experience so far, you should not fall into the African ³trap² that everything needs to be discussed at length. So, after you have introduced the rules, do not accept any discussions but open the market place immediately. You might also run into slight problems if there are some senior people who want their status to be honoured.</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Michael P Pannwitz, can we send her Theo¹s dissertation?</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR>
<B>Von:</B> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>Im Auftrag von </B>Mayke Wagner, essence<BR>
<B>Gesendet:</B> Dienstag, 16. März 2004 08:19<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Hello from springtime Germany,<BR>
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I have my first Open Space Conference coming up in April and Lisa encouraged me to make use of the expertise and experience of all of you! <BR>
The Open Space will take place in Nairobi, Kenya and we will have participants from Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sounth Africa. The topic will be "Towards Sustainability of Healthcare Technology Systems" with participants being stakeholders, decision makers, and maintenance staff from all levels (national, regional, district, facility) of the healthcare technology system.<BR>
My question is whether - from your experience - there are certain cultural aspects I need to consider. Do you have any experience with / recommendations for this group of participants?<BR>
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Looking forward to your ideas and stories,<BR>
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Mayke<BR>
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essence - Beratung, Training, Coaching<BR>
Mayke Wagner<BR>
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