Hi again, I have a client that is involved in negotiations around a multi-million dollar project. Negotiations between the parties have broken down and discussions are now in the hands of lawyers and really not going anywhere anytime soon. There are of course, lots of small "p" politics involved.
I have been working with this client on other related issues around policy development and program frameworks but in the course of discussion this impasse in conversation came up. I mentioned that possibly what is needed is an opportunity to step aside from the current focus of discussions and provide some space to take talk about the issue in a different forum. There was some interest in this notion and now of course I am wondering what door I have likely naively opened given what a neophite I am in the open space world. What words of caution can you provide related to using OS in highly conflictual situations? When would you say it can be used/should be used? Are there any special considerations and/or preparations? Is it presumptious of me to think I can do this? Should I really just refer this client to someone with deep OS experience and not think about attempting such a thing when I feel I still have my OS training wheels on? Any advice or experiences you can share would be appreciated. Fond regards, Sheila * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist