Hello All, In the past two months I've facilitated two OST meetings with a twist to the convergence. Both groups moved to priority setting and action planning. After meeting with the client, we chose a non-convergence -- re-opening the space. The larger of the two groups was around 100 people. The management team sponsoring the event desires to become more collaborative with each other and with staff.
After considering the reports, I invited participants to generate next steps, action items -- priorities based on their passion and interest in the moment. With both groups I set out paper and markers in the middle and gave them an action report sheet as they generated a topic. Rather than post the topics on the wall, we left the topics in a circle in the middle of the circle. It was amazing to watch the "sense of circle" within the groups. Participants walked around the inner circle to decide which session to attend and clustering happened with the topics in most respectful ways. It was as if they didn't want to leave the binding community of the circle to move to breakout spaces. I was also moved by the fact that over 80% of the topics generated for "action" were about individual responsibility. And that theme carried over into the closing circle. It was fascinating to work with the management team in the post-meeting as they worked with creating an environment to support that individual responsibility -- as they were working to change their own ways of working! I am truly impressed at the level of commitment to change that I'm seeing. In the midst of April showers in Atlantic Canada, Judi __________________________________________________________ Judith Richardson, MA Coaching & Consulting Optimizing Performance, Potential and Profitability www.ponoconsultants.com www.emergentfeminine.com Subscribe to our newsletter at www.emergentfeminine.com Check out www.emergentfeminine.com for special programs and new products! Get Ready to Reap the Rewards! Nova Scotia, Canada Phone: (902) 434-6695 Facsimile: (902) 435-1085 E-mail: [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
