Dear Koos,
in my experience there is one organisation that has asked me to come
back for several years now in several parts of its organisation and its
been increasingly exciting and productive for them.
But, and this is where it might be similar to what Chris contributed, I
am very clear on a detailed planning session and a what I used to call
"follow up" session but now am calling "next session".
Their tendency at the beginning regarding planning and next sessions was
"we can do that in our regular weekly meetings". They now will no longer
do without a "regular" (structured, 3,5 hours) planning session and a
"regular" (structured, 4 hours) next session. And they have moved from
1,5 day os events to full 2,5 days, 16 hours, sleeping twice events.
Their ongoing work with open space technology not only fascinates them
but has made them successful and productive in a highly volatile and
complex field of work...including the observation that it is unusually
peaceful. And its not heavy work, just careful and not missing any of
the necessary steps.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Koos de Heer wrote:
Dear Friends,
Twice now it has happened to me that I facilitated an OST event in an
organization where the people were so thrilled with the experience that
they asked me to do it again a year later. In both cases, the second
time seemed much less energetic than the first time. People were slower
posting topics and action planning really dragged along. I have been
wondering what mechanism is at work here. Maybe it is just the fact that
it is not a new experience. Maybe because the OST experience is not new,
you need a stronger theme to get people going.
Of course, I have also said to myself that this is what has happened and
nothing else could have happened. But on the other hand it is painful to
see people come back for seconds and then be disappointed. So I would
like to know what your experiences are with seconds.
Thanks and warm greetings from a cold and drizzly St. Nicholas eve (the
traditional day on which we give each other presents in The Netherlands,
instead of Christmas).
Koos
Koos de Heer
Utrecht, the Netherlands
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