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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks to all who supplied thoughts and insights on running an OS without data-entry by participants throughout the course of the day. As I believe I mentioned, the laser printer that was assigned to me was ink-free, so the NEWS area was going to be original notes whether I liked it or not!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the end, collating was simple enough - it took about 4-5 hours to transcribe the 10 reports yesterday, and after some time spent "prettying up" the document, I've just sent it out to the sponsors. I'd be curious to know - does anyone else include photographs taken during the day and photos/scans of original participant notes and diagrams in the book of proceedings? I do - I find it makes the document more dynamic, more lively, more a work of the group, when they can see themselves working, the agenda wall, and original notes (this event provided a beautiful stick-man drawing with an unhappy face - representing "patient" perfectly!).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As an OS practitioner, the event was a joy to watch unfold - the innate intelligence of groups never stops surprising me. The group of 12 quickly posted 21 topics, then went to the wall to arrange their day. But, rather than go off immediately to breakout groups, they did something I've not yet had a group do - they spent over 25 minutes at the wall. I've learned through past mistakes that "when it starts is the right time", so watched them quietly rather than try to hurry them along. The reality was, they were creating a common vocabulary and establishing their own set of "givens" for within the event space - in short, having their first session at the agenda wall! After this session, they moved to a 7 minute demonstration of the product they were looking to take to market, as several of them hadn't seen it yet. As they then moved off to their groups, one of the participants stopped in front of me and said "we've just had our first two sessions, haven't we?" I smiled and nodded. "I really like the dynamics of this stuff," he responded. This gentleman works with at my company and is a more classically trained facilitator, who has been curious about OS for a while.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">After two full-group sessions, in which they swam around through all 21 topics iteratively, they decided that there were immediate action tasks that needed to happen. The group drove out 10 action tasks, then broke into groups and did three rounds of three tasks in subgroups, with the faster groups picking up the slack items when they realized one group needed all three sessions to deal with the one most difficult action task. In short - they used the principles of OS beautifully - redefining their needs, their schedule and their tasks as the day unfolded.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I found it particularly interesting the one comment by a participant during closing circle that he wasn't "sold" on OS yet, but that, while he was passionate about this initiative on arriving, he was "very, very, very passionate" about the initiative by the end of the day. He was "sold" on something!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks again for all your support.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phil Culhane</FONT>
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