Brenda, this straight talk translation of Open Space for the workplace, business, organizations, profit and non profit is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much. What a gift! Suzanne On Oct 8, 2012 7:55 AM, "Brendan McKeague" <mckeaguebren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> G'day folks and my very best wishes to all of you heading towards, or > already arrived in London for a fantastic WOSonOS. > Although currently 'planting' in Brisbane this week, using the time-tested > sparkling combination of AI and OS with a wonderful high performing team of > 'alternative educators', I'll be with you over there in spirit.... > > I'm attaching a summary of a meeting I had with a first-time sponsor of an > OS meeting. In this particular context (about addressing concerns around > workplace safety), it captures much of the discoveries of my experience and > the wisdom gathered from you mob of generous co-learners, about the > multidimensional nature of OS. In addition to feeding back the > meanderings of our conversation, it also provided the Sponsor with a useful > language frame for explaining and justifying (to the higher-uppers) the > introduction of an 'unknown and therefore risky' process within a rather > conventionally-structured organisation. > > Cheers > Brendan > > > From our conversation today, it seems to me that key alignment criteria > in choosing Open Space in your context are: > > > - Complexity - diversity in people and workplace environments > - Urgency - the stats are heading in the wrong direction > - Future focused - about creating a different future than 'business > as usual' which is no longer acceptable > - No single solution - no-one/single entity knows how to solve this > problem - requires collaborative engagement > - Invitation - those who care about addressing the issues are > invited, not forced, to come along. > > > In this situation, we have a high alignment with the use of Open Space > which provides an embodied experience of: > > > - connecting passion (the care factor) with responsibility (the action > factor) around a declared theme (languages as the question in the > invitation) > - self-organisation - enabling people to follow their passion and > join with others attracted by similar interests > - self-directing - opportunities for claiming leadership, > initiative-taking, surfacing creativity, inspiration and innovation > - divergence (smaller, self-selecting and fluid interest groups) > and convergence (whole group focusing in on action outcomes) > - emergent outcomes - arising organically out of the interaction > between passionate people who are prepared to take responsibility for > what > they care about > - shared leadership - everyone who attends is invited to be a > leader in their own areas of interest > - transparency - there is no preset agenda, no-one is 'in charge' > on the day and a genuine space is provided for true collaboration to > flourish > > Hope this is useful in some way to provide context for model selection and > outlining the underlying concepts that support the structure of an Open > Space meeting. > > Happy to provide further info if required and I'm looking forward to a > wonderfully surprising experience! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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