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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Judy – Welcome back! And have fun!! But when it comes to cases, I would hope that you get some, and I am sure they will be interesting. That said, I have never found case all that helpful as a way of introduction. People look interested, nod their heads – and then say something like, “Sounds wonderful, but it can’t happen here (for all the usual reasons.) You can give them all the cases they want, but the refrain is usually the same. However there is a way in – which you know very well. Do it! Find a target of opportunity and go for it. That needn’t be large. Somewhere in that environment you find yourself in there will be dozens of situations where you have a real screaming issue, lots of complexity, diversity, passion/conflict – and a need for resolution yesterday. When you see something like that, wait until the folks are desperate and out of options. At that point get next to them and whisper in their ear
– “if you are out of options you might want to try… After all you have nothing left to lose!”An amazing number of folks would rather fail badly than try something new and different – particularly something that challenged their perceived ability to CONTROL. So don’t count on 100% acceptance – but the likelihood is that somebody will take the bait. And when they do, you have your “case” – right there in little old downtown Corporate. And all the usual excuses don’t work anymore. To be sure people can choose to go back and be miserable. They can choose to fail with abandon. But they will always know there is an alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Harrison
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</b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Judy Gast<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> use of Open Space in Public Utilities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>I was introduced to Open Space back in 1996 in a small monastery in Guelph, Ontario. It was a seminal experience that changed my understanding of ‘how things work’.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Many years later, I now find myself (recently joined a large utility) wanting to introduce/use Open Space to help a group of internal clients, who are responsible for improving the grid reliability (aka ‘keeping the lights on’) for this utility. From my limited tenure (two months), the culture is deeply embedded in command and control, and very siloed (I liken it to a highly authoritarian parenting model.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>I searched the archives for examples that I could present… of similar organizations with similar needs… and didn’t come up with anything. Can anyone point me to an article/case study of an OS event that I can use to help promote the concept to my client.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Judy Gast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>* * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>
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