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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=365523710-10042011>hi Suzanne and Nancy,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=365523710-10042011>Thanks for your thoughts and contributions. I would
like to share my experience with follow up of an Open Space event within my
organisation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. As I am within
the organisation I had a chance to follow through what happened after the Open
Space with all the harvest. After two months we decided to go through the
harvest again and ask the convenors of the sessions what had happened.
Curiously enough they had forgotten what was written in the reports. When they
reread the reports, however, they found that a lot of the suggestions had found
their way somehow into the organisation. They had become an integral part of the
work, had been executed or had been integrated into policies. Some issues
did not need explicit follow up: the participants had enjoyed the discussions,
had learned a lot or gotten other perspectives. On other issues no follow up
action had been taken: these appeared to be the suggestions that on second
thought were regarded as not feasible or not important enough. So without
any explicit and conscious follow up action or controlmechanism by
management.the things that needed to be handled got adequate attention. There
was one exception: suggestions given bij outsiders (ie external
experts/stakeholders) who wanted the Ministry to take certain actions) had not
been taken on board (yet). It is possible that this will still be done, as the
time between the Open Space and the questions asked about follow up was too
short. But these things were more likely to be forgotten. By the way, the main
purpose was not "knowledge sharing" but finding opportunities to realize our
ambitions for reaching the Millenium Development Goals within a new challenging
political policy environment.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=365523710-10042011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=365523710-10042011>I wonder whether this outcome is another proof of the
power of selforganisation. Or does it mean that people had just brought the
things they wanted to do anyway and it would have happened even
without Open Space? Or may be it would have happened anyway but less
quickly and less efficient/effective. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=365523710-10042011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=365523710-10042011>Greetings from a sunny Netherlands!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=365523710-10042011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=365523710-10042011>Dicky</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetechorg] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Suzanne
Daigle<BR><B>Sent:</B> zaterdag 9 april 2011 17:53<BR><B>To:</B> 'Nancy White';
oslist@openspacetech.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSList] Knowledge sharing open
space?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nancy,
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Makes
a lot of sense to me! <B><U>Would love to know more</U></B> about what you
mean by less “line of sight” and “more ongoing knowledge sharing behaviors and
practices over time.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">For
first timers in Open Space especially and also for others who are more familiar,
I often feel that the conversations originating from topics that people care
deeply about, on which they convene others to join, can be exhilarating,
exhausting and intense. Capturing the true essence of those conversations
in the reports is almost impossible and while I trust that each will have a
cellular memory of what they heard and spoke, I feel that we all want
more. A “more” that is totally in the spirit of Open Space, self-directed
and self-organized, not facilitated, led or interpreted by others.
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Often,
it is so foreign for people to engage as they do in Open Space, foreign to the
typical ways that we know: meetings, workshops, conferences, etc. etc. I feel
that people leave with a memory of something that happened that was so
extraordinary and while the photos and documents do capture some of what took
place, the way of anchoring this initial experience and building on it is not
clear. Certainly, thinking and planning ahead as part of the pre-work with an
intent to open space in the future is one way…though not always easy. As one
Engineer PHD Scientist said once during morning news: “You can’t know Open
Space until you experience it”. The conundrum then is that it’s not
easy to discuss and plan future open spaces with a sponsoring host or team when
you’ve never experienced Open Space in the first place. Regardless, I keep
trying to build “what happens next” as part of the pre-work conversations,
inspired much by Lisa Heft whose passion for pre-work knows no
bounds.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cheers
on a Sunny Saturday in Florida,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Suzanne<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nancy
White<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 09, 2011 11:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
oslist@openspacetech.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSList] Knowledge sharing open
space?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have been trying
some new things with knowledge sharing OS in terms of the harvest. The
traditional notes are great, but we started doing some visual harvests
(sometimes with post it notes, card sorting, sometimes with a graphic recorder,
etc.) to start "connecting" conversations across sessions. This has proven
useful because often the people coming together for the OS have TONS of
knowledge to share, but less "line of sight" to the importance and value of the
PRACTICES of knowledge sharing over time (and beyond the session). So while tons
of knowledge can be shared during the event, the breakthrough possibility is
shifting towards more ongoing knowledge sharing behaviors and practices over
time. Does that make any sense?</SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Methorst, Dicky <<A
href="mailto:dicky.methorst@minbuza.nl">dicky.methorst@minbuza.nl</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Lisa, you mention a book about knowledge sharing Open Space
or Open<BR>Space in university settings. In what aspects is it different from
any<BR>other Open Space? I have been asked to facilitate a knowledge
sharing<BR>event on healthcare. I'm having a discussion with them on them
next<BR>Monday, so I am really interested to know from more experienced
people<BR>what I should take into account when doing the open space on
knowledge<BR>sharing.<BR><BR>Warm regards<BR><BR>Dicky
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