I think there is a desperate need for a 1 hour (2 hour max) café/circle format -let them openly multiply and see which thrive
I would like to see open space people catalogue those clarifying what it is that you give up in each format compared with the full 3 day open space. Seen from this perspective: world café is only one of various viable formats, and like Open Space itself, there is also potential for huge execution slip, but the more with WC the less clear it makes what its minimal rules are When it comes to cafes giving up something I believe this is perfectly legitimate to love open space but to want to do its spirit more often than 3-day events will allow, as well as induct people in the possibilities who will never start with a 3-day event. Those managers who are most out of control of their time -and other people's - paradoxically need Open Space most but will seldom find the 3-day starting line Here is a context of critical interest to me and people in large cities I network with. It is not like World Café's which says its scale to any number by multiplying tables in circulation but it is intent on maximizing the learning of the 12 Suppose that we put all the same effort into an invitation process so that contextually the people who come are the right people; suppose that we make the maximum number at a café 12. Speaking very personally I simply do not believe JC would have used WC, but then I have given up understanding what many people mean by both faith and bushes because I am just a mathematician who likes seeing what maps people connect around. Suppose what we "mathematicial open sourcers" want to know after 2 hours is which of those people will continue networking for ever until the invitation's puzzle is resolved at least in all the minds of those who join in. How does one do that café? I suspect within the facilitation experiences of this listserve there is much wisdom for iteratively designing the answer as anywhere. And at least in terms of learning networks, this open source café's "Request for Design" could be a baby in the open space family?? Chris Macrae, [email protected] London 0793 144 2446 & DC http://www.disruptive-mice.org/forums/24/ShowForum.aspx The most disruptive virtual café known until you all beam us up Open Maths of The Game of Your Life http://futurewealth.blogspot.com/ * * ========================================================== [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
