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What a great metaphor!<br><br>
Thanks :-))<br><br>
At 18:03 2007-04-23, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Lisa et. al.:<br><br>
You're into the heart of it I think when you raise these issues at the
outset. The first conversation I have about the Open Space with the
client is always about the need. Sometimes it's even a light
hearted kind of thing :"You want to have an Open Space? Are
you crazy? What do you want to do that for?" The answers
to this question really help me get a sense of what role the OST meeting
can play for the organization. <br><br>
Clients are on a journey. When they invite others in to do work
with them, they are looking for people that can help them travel.
In the context of the organizational journey, what role is the Open Space
expected to have? <br><br>
I sometimes talk about OST as a process that does for organizations what
slinging a space probae around a planet does for exploration. When
space agencies launch machines that are built to go to other planets or
to the far flung reaches of our solar system, they often aim them to
intersect with large planets like Jupiter and Saturn and get a big boost
from the immense gravitational fields of those bodies. It means
that the space probes don't need to carry large amounts of propellant if
they can benefit from the gravitational pull of a large planet.
It's much like watching a discus thrower spin around and around and then
apply that angular momentum to the discus which then flies in a straight
line way down field. <br><br>
Open Space does that for organizations. And because it does that
for organizations, it's worth having a clear sense about where exactly
you want to be flung to. <br><br>
Chris<br><br>
On 4/18/07, <b>Lisa Heft</b>
<<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">
lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Hello, all –<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Esther mentioned her first OS with
action planning.<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>She said:<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><I read several convergence
methods some of you use (on Lisa Heft's website - thanks Lisa for posting
this!) and found great ideas for the future.><br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Here are some of those resources
Esther mentioned... <br>
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<a href="http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method.shtml">
http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method.shtml </a><br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>(or just go to
<a href="http://www.openingspace.net/">http://www.openingspace.net </a>–
Open Space Technology / The Method)<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>...in the
</font><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2 color="#0000FF">Resources for OST
Practitioners</b></font> you will see papers on <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Convergence: A Conversation<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Convergence Approaches<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Action Plans<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>It is interesting to me, always, to
have the conversation with the client / sponsor / host about what they
wish to achieve in their one (or whatever) day(s) together. Many
say they want to end with the group identifying action items – however
upon further discussion it turns out that it is not necessarily
*action</b>* they needed, but a sense of *accomplishment</b>* - and all
their previous models of meetings end in action items, votes or otherwise
naming numbers of things – so that is naturally what they feel signals a
productive end to a meeting. So I really like to have a very
thorough conversation for as long as it takes to get the truest sense of
this need and then decide what is the design that might accomplish it
(and/or perhaps we have a conversation that to accomplish a certain
desired outcome takes a longer OS or something). Action?
Accomplishment? Next steps? Personal commitments?
Knowing also that a) Open Space delivers closing comments and reflections
(a useful deliverable) and a Book of Proceedings (measure of
accomplishment) and b) I am happy to design in action identification a la
Open Space if appropriate – however if we (the client and I) structure a
convergence activity we need to be very clear on what are we asking, is
there realistic support for follow-through if actions are identified, do
people have the tools they need or freedom to break out of their
traditional organizational roles to continue work post-event on their
actions, and so on. All very rich conversation and detective work
before finalizing design.<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>More thoughts from Lisa's surfacing
into email land today...<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2> <br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Lisa<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>___________________________<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2 color="#0000FF">L i s a
H e f t<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2 color="#0000FF">Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2 color="#0000FF">O p e n i n g
S p a c e<br>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>
<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>
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<dd><font face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>
<a href="http://www.openingspace.net/" eudora="autourl">
www.openingspace.net</a> <br>
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