Hi David...used OST a long time ago when a Department of Health Services was considering it's future within the University of British Columbia. The resulting document was just a typical book of proceedings, which was rolled into the ongoing strategic planning work of which I was not a part. I did however write a short story, the salient paragraph of which follows:<div>
<br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">The UBC OS was with a small group of 26 (24 of whom were women) to
envision the future structure of an organization or a college which will
unite a variety of faculties. The OS was convened to further work that
had been captured in a strategic plan, and the half day went well. We
had three hour long time periods and 12 discussions. There was a fair
amoount of attrition with the result that during the last time period,
the remaining group (16 or so) decided to meet in one circle to discuss
the remaing three topics. What was remarkable was watching how the
group moved through their work and then began their own closing. I was
on the edge of my seat trying to figure out when the "session" had
finished and the "closing" began. Fortunately I didn't have to do
anything other than join the circle when the sponsor declared the
closing opened (if you follow me.) Then I just sat in the one available
chair in the circle and remarked about how deep their conversation
seemed to be and how uncomfortable I was having to move it from one
thing to another. We then did a quick closing and broke up.</span><br><div><br></div><div>Not a data filled story of the critical path towards how we accomplished a full on strategic planning for a university, but a little more than a simple "yes" to your question.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The long term result, by the way, was judged very positive by both the Dean and the Department head when I ran into them a few years later. A college was indeed formed and Dr. John Gilbert, my sponsor on the day, now heads it: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="mailto:John.Gilbert@ubc.ca" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); background-color: transparent; ">John.Gilbert@ubc.ca</a></span></div>
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</span></font></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM, David Cox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwcox@astate.edu">dwcox@astate.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Can anyone on the list give me an example of where OST has been used for<br>
university or college strategic planning? Any contact names? Would anyone<br>
happen to have the resulting document (strategic plan itself) from such an<br>
OST event?<br>
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