Dear OS-friends I have the first day of an OST conference coming up in a couple of weeks. I facilitated a pre-meeting a few days ago. In this meeting it became obvious that the need of the organization was to have a really broad theme focusing on the future of the organization instead of the more narrow one that we had been discussing earlier. The 19th of August is already booked as it is part of a longer conference with some more traditional ingredients. I will propose a change but I doubt that will be the case.
In the pre-meeting we booked another day of OST 7 weeks later. The 12 employees (who are part of a larger organization) are spread all over Sweden and that day "was in the plan". Well, I will charge that date as well. Anyway, I would be happy if you have a similair experience or any ideas to share? I am thinking of how to bind these two days together. We did plan a follow up meeting the week after the first OST. I have suggested a virtual forum, which I think would be great, but the boss has not answered yet. We have also discussed to ask the convenors to continue to work on their issues, supporting each other, and to produce a more thourough report for next time. I have thought of opening space again next time, have a couple more sessions and then convergence and actionplanning. Another idea just came into my mind. Maybe we could have another half day or two of OST inbetween, to keep the energy moving (especially if we cannot put up a virtual forum). That could be a chance to continue the work or raise new subjects. I know they have monthly meetings. I hesitate to do convergence after the first 6 hour day (incl lunch) since I think they need more time to raise all issues of importance. As you can see I learn while writing. Thanks already! Any more thoughts appreciated! Best regards Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81 Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89 Pensévägen 4 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden Email: [email protected] www.openspaceconsulting.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
