Re: OS for research planning

[Agneta Setterwall]

Hi Bo, One year ago I facilitated together with a colleague of mine, who is a doctorate scientist, an open space with invited scientists. The theme was about sustainable rural development, and the goal was in fact to generate new ideas, questions, perspectives, methodologies and collaborations in an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary conference. Some of the participants had a background i social science and others in natural science. Of course it all went very well, but to be sure before I answered you I now asked her about the longterm effects - did it really made a difference?  And she said yes, of course - but it had been better to have more open space time. We had a 6 hour open space day 2 in a one and a half day conference, that was all we could get at the time. Day 1 some keynote speakers had their time, and the way we could find to open up a little day 1 was to let all participants choose which one of the keynote-speakers they wanted to discuss with in parallel groups after the presentations. They did not have to decide which one before the presentations. This was a little more open space spicy than usual in conferences like this, but my friend and I felt a little frustrated and longed to day 2 when we could at last let loose... I can tell you more if you are interested. I have facilitated several open space with scientists, both before and after this one. best wishes Agneta Setterwall, in a chilly and sooo grey Uppsala, Sweden   Bo Laurent wrote: Hi OSList, I'm a newcomer to the list. I've been to a demonstration of OS by Lisa Heft, and I'm now involved in planning a conference (for spring of 2009) that will use OS, and a diverse group of invited participants, to generate new ideas for research. The field is a healthcare issue in which progress has been obstructed by isolation, adversarial factions, and too little attention to human functioning in social systems. We're working now on raising money to support the conference. Do you have examples you can share with me, or point me to, where OS has been used in scientific research? Especially in generating new ideas, questions, perspectives, methodologies, and collaborations? Thanks, Bo * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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