Thanks Larry!
I like your observation about us not knowing how many people can be held together in collective focus. A whole country? I think it's possible. CSI, Desperate housewives and Lost do it for me. :-) Warm regards, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Anecdote Pty Ltd Skype: AndrewJRixon Mobile: 0400 352 809 Fax: (03) 9383 6274 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.anecdote.com.au _____ From: Larry Peterson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 24 February 2006 1:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The largest size of a session group Andrew: I've also seen, on two occasions, a breakout group of about 100 (in a 5-600 person event.) These groups seem to get along just fine even if it was a little hard for the outliers to hear. They both went for 1.5 hours and a bit beyond with some, but not a lot, of attrition. We "know" that the ideal group discussion is with 8-12 people (from the small group evidence). We know, from "Wisdom of Crowds" that hundreds or thousands in aggregated decision making do much better than the one "expert" (given the evidence). We really don't "know" how many people can be held together in "collective focus" - consciously or unconsciously. 100 in a break out? 2000 in a OS event. A country? ???? Being happy with not-knowing allows for wonderful surprises. OSonOSinOZ sounds like it was a great stimulus for thinking! Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.spiritedorg.com> www.spiritedorg.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 * * ========================================================== [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
