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<font face="FreeSans">Dear Keith<br>
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Excellent news! That warmed my heart. Look forward to our next catch up.<br>
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Martin Grimshaw<br>
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On 26/11/10 22:45, Harrison Owen wrote:
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– Bloody Good Show! -- you might say. And when it comes to agility, it
seems like OS can help people move in useful ways. Perhaps it is unique
to the Pharma Folks (don’t think so) but some years ago I opened some
space for Park-Davis (that dates it </span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">J</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">)
– 500 researchers on their Strategic Research Agenda. Everything was
going well when suddenly it was announced that P-D was being acquired
(eaten?) by Pfizer. Without missing a beat the agenda turned to focus
on the new reality. You are absolutely right – with any other approach
(to the strategic planning effort) the whole thing would have closed
down, or at least dissolved into a miasma of useless effort. So here is
your next advert … “When agility is the issue, OS is the way.” Or
something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> OSLIST
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Blundell,
Keith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 26, 2010 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> My First(ish) Open Space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Many months ago I asked for some help on running an OS
session – so firstly I would like to thank those who responded and
especially those who gave up their time to speak and meet with me to
answer all my questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Since then I have been suggesting that this may be a
valuable way of running meetings within my organisation. A few weeks
back I held my “pilot” OS event – (I say that purely from my
perspective of having never run one before!) with a small group of
managers during an afternoon. Although the session went well and the
group were engaged, their subsequent feedback and my own learning of
actually “doing it” was valuable. It had consolidated not only my
reading but also the insights from those mentioned above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Since then I experienced a Co-Learning Workshop on Open
Space as well as the WOSONOS 2012 meeting held a few weeks ago – my
first taste of an OS event. Both were great experiences and
consolidated my understanding and learning. (As an aside, I initially
went to the 2012 meeting to observe, but very quickly became engaged in
the meeting!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">This has all been preparation for (what I consider to be
– although I can see others disagreeing) my first OS Meeting in the San
Francisco offices last week. I was originally approached to debrief a
project, but learned that the team were about to work together on the
next phase of an upgrade and implementation. After some discussion my
sponsors were taken by the idea of “trying something new” and using
Open Space. Although debriefs were not new to Roche, Genentech had not
typically found them useful, and since we are a merged company taking
an approach not used before was also a consideration. Initially there
was much scepticism from some team leaders – “how can we fly people to
SF when we don’t have an agenda?” – which we were able to overcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">The theme of the meeting was “Building on what we have
learned together and preparing for the future”. Rather than just being
an OS event, we agreed that the scene would be set on the afternoon of
Day 1 with an overview of what was required and expected of the next
phase of the project. Day 2 was then given over to OS and some more
formal planning anticipated for day 3. There was initially some
scepticism about OS when I very very briefly mentioned what it was
about at the end of day 1. I encouraged the participants to be
prepared to trust the process and that the format would be more fully
explained in the morning. It will be no surprise to you that I was
more confident, that the scepticism melted away and the meeting was a
success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">That’s not the reason for me writing. The reason is to
share with you something that I think was more profound. Following the
merger and some internal and external pressures, Roche was looking at
all levels of the business for efficiencies and an announcement was due
to be made towards year end. That announcement – that there would be a
6% reduction in numbers – was made in Switzerland and was received
early morning (especially early for those of us still on European Time)
prior to the OS event . We also found out that that there would be a
town hall meeting in the afternoon, so we now only had half a day
rather than a full one. Despite this news there was still a desire to
continue with our meeting and the principles and law of OS allowed us
to manage this unexpected change. Indeed, a small group of
individuals received some additional info during the first morning, and
although the topic was never posted they were able to find a space and
discuss whatever they needed to before returning to participate in the
other sessions. At the end of the morning there was overwhelming
support to continue with the format on day 3 with those posted items
outstanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">If we had had a formal agenda, then the meeting would
have been thrown into chaos – indeed many meetings held on that day
were cancelled. As noted above, the meeting was a success and all the
expectations of those present, including the sponsors, were met. All
the items that individuals expected to be covered were covered, and the
detailed planning expected on day three fell out of all the discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">A testament I think to OST – I hope there will be an
opportunity within my organisation to continue with this approach. And
I am looking forward to 2012!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-GB">Keith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB">Dr K Blundell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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