Dear friends in Open Space Last Friday we rode the wave of high performance together with a bunch of almost 60 people. In the un-presence of the man with the hat we had to ride the waves ourselves and boy it was a ride. At 9 am people were arriving to have some coffee and to register and of course the networking began straight away. Some old friends meeting again, some new interesting connections and lots of spirit and interest around the theme of our gathering.
So the design of our meeting was to start with a little transfer-in, inviting people to get to know each other (sitting in small circles of 4-5). Then to set the stage we had the great fortune to have world premiere for a video recording we made the previous week in Canada... Our collegue Rachel Assuncao was our producer and Larry Peterson storyteller sharing from his rich experiences and his deep knowledge around the power of selforganization, touching on several of the aspects HO has shared about in the book. A couple of times we stopped the video, inviting participants to reflect and also sharing some brief examples from Sweden. After this first hour we had some coffee and then off into Open Space. Agneta and Anna Pia facilitated and people thrived in exploring these issues during the rest of the day. We had plenty of open spaces in the venue chosen (Uppsala Konsert och Kongress) that we used for break outs. Before our closing circle we gave the participants an opportunity to reflect on the experiences regarding the process, using the Medicine Wheel as a framework. It was a nice way to get at summary of their experiences regarding the process and it was a good fit to the theme. Closing circle was profound, people sharing from their hearts. I am sure there will be some interesting follow up both individually and maybe also new invitations.... The Swedish team wants to join the Germans in thanking Harrison for opening space for this to happen even if it was not all through a comfortable ride it sure was high learning in many ways and on many levels. Warm regards from OSI Sweden Through Thomas Herrmann Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81 Open Space Consulting Pensévägen 4 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden Email: <mailto:tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> tho...@openspaceconsulting.com <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Application%20Data\Micr osoft\Signaturer\www.openspaceconsulting.com> www.openspaceconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------- Vill du skapa en välmående och effektiv organisation och ta tillvara hela dess potential? Open Space Consulting erbjuder dig: * Lärtillfällen kring hälsa och balans i organisationer * Analyser av organisatorisk hälsa och balans * Handledning av effektiva och kreativa möten och konferenser * Utbildning av mötes- och processhandledare * Coaching för organisationer i förändring ---------------------------------------------------- Ingår i Beyond Performance Group ---------------------------------------------------- Vårt antivirusskydd scannar alla utgående mail. Infekterade mail stoppas automatiskt. * * ========================================================== 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