Hi list-friends. A client of mine has planned to hold a 2-day OST with all 170 staff, in june, the last days before they all go for summervacation. The theme was to concern the future of their school (working with "adult learning"). They are in the process of changing from public funding to "free market conditions". 5 public schools will be in a corporation owned by the municipality. Now it seems that they will loose a lot of the courses they have given before and face serious downsizing. The circumstances will be made clear the coming days. The headmaster believes that maybe 50 out of a total 170 persons on his school will have to leave. It is likely that there will be some reorganizations between the 5 schools serving different local areas. They probably all face lay offs. It seems pretty clear that a OST conference on the future of the school is not suitable as a lot of the people coming would not be inspired to plan for something they may not even be part of. But they do have a need to communicate and support each other though this. I think OST would still be suitable but I guess the theme should focus on the issue which is everybodys concern right now. I promised to make some research on experiences in similair situations. I would very much appreciate if you would like to share!! Greetings from sunny Sweden (summer is coming over here) Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81 Open Space Consulting Pensévägen 4 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden Email: thomas.herrm...@telia.com Medlem i BNI - nätverk för affärer (www.bni.nu) Jag kan tillhandahålla professionella affärskontakter: Revisor, Reklam, Tryckeri, Data/IT, Organisationskonsult, Resebyrå, Konferensarrangör, Marknadsföring, Försäkringsbolag, Utbildningsmäklare, Telekommunikation, Profilkläder, Fastighetsmäklare, Advokat, Naprapat, Rekrytering och personaluthyrning, Florist, Film & Videoproduktion, Bokföring, Hemservice.
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