Susan Lilley wrote: > Birgitt Williams wrote: > > > We have learned from Harrison (see his books) about the importance of grief > > cycle work in organizations and why Open Space Technology works best at the > > stages of the grief cycle after shock/anger/denial/memories and letting > > go....... For me, this is why I often prefer to do a story telling > > evening to get at the memory work before doing an Open Space Technology > > meeting about issues and opportunities of the future ESPECIALLY if the OST > > meeting is only one day or one 1/2 days. > > Greetings all, > > Birgitt's posting earlier this month is very relevant to an OST workshop I am > preparing for late September. It is for an organization that has been > experiencing a lot of tension lately between the "old guard" who "don't want > to let go", and the "new guard", "full of new ideas". The Board seems > willing to agree to the following timelines: > > Friday evening: story telling session > Saturday: Open Space > Sunday morning: convergence. > > I would welcome stories and suggestions from any of you about how to make the > best use of the Friday evening story session. > > Thank you to Birgitt for her notes on the grief cycle, and to all of you who > share your experience on this list serve -- it is a wealth of information for > those of us just starting out. I look forward to the day when I can be a > contributor as well as a learner! > > -- > Susan Lilley > 7 Canterbury Place > Dartmouth NS B2Y 4J5 > Tel: (902) 463-1837 > Fax: (902) 469-0833
Susan-- It sounds like you have a situation where helping people understand polarities (particularly their own - tradition or history v. innovation or new) and how to hold, value and manage them might be helpful. Two books that a colleague and I have used to design workshops (ranging from 1 to 8 hours) on this are "Polarity Management" by Barry Johnson and "Necessary Wisdom" by Charles Johnston. You could combine telling stories with some processing using Barry Johnson's model. I would be happy to discuss this with you off line. BJ Peters bjpet...@amug.org 602.279.4805 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
