Hi Cecilia, I was great and really enthusiastic about my project with OS/family busineess; now I feel in heaven!. Thank you very much indeed for your valuable comments and material. Will take a look and comment later on.
Have a wonderful year and lot of success in your activities and personal life Warm regards and a big hug Jaime 2013/1/16, Cecilia Soriano <csoriano2...@yahoo.com.ar>: > Hola Jaime, como estás? > > I share with you our experience with family businesses, using OS: > It was an event with 200 people (all members of family businesses, property > owners, -parent-child-brothers, etc- and employees, direct and indirect > suppliers, etc. > It was only 4 hours, about raising awareness on the links in the family > business > > Here a little video with the audiovisual record of the meeting. The audio is > taken from some comments of the closing circle > http://youtu.be/Vi7nPXPmBe8 > > And from here you can see online the document with the all topics (43 issue) > and the main points of each conversation (15) > http://issuu.com/conversacionesparatodos/docs/vinculos > > All is only in Spanish without tranlation. ) > > It was an intergenerational, cross-sectoral dialogue...It was great! > > I have no specific experience in succession planning through OST, but since > my intuition would say that the relevance of making one or two groups would > be given to “clarify the purpose of the meeting”. What would like to achieve > with this event? > > According to the stage of the process in which they are, I feel that it > would be very powerful to get involved to the entire system, to invite the > divergence and then from there to see other instances of convergence with > more focused groups. > > If you want, we can continue the conversation about that in Spanish outside > the OSLIST. > Aquí estoy dispuesta a compartir y aprender de tus descubrimientos. > > Abrazos from Argentina! > Cecilia > > skype: cecisoriano > www.conversacionesparatodos.com > > Fue una jornada de sensibilización sobre la temática de "La trama de los > vínculos en las empresas familiares" de solo 4 horas en las que participaron > 200 personas aproximadamente. Todos miembros de empresas familiares, dueños, > (padres-hijos-hermanos-etc-) y empleados, proveedores, etc. > > Y todos quedaron sorprendidos por sus descubrimientos y aprendizaje > compartido a través de sus experiencias. Fue grandioso! > > No tengo experiencia específica en realizar un proceso de sucesión a través > de OST, pero desde mi intuición diría que la relevancia de hacer uno o dos > grupos estaría dado en clarificar el propósito de la reunión. ¿Qué quisieran > lograr con este evento? > > De acuerdo a la etapa del proceso en la que se encuentren, siento que sería > muy poderoso involucrar a través de un OS a todo el sistema completo, para > invitar la divergencia y luego a partir de allí ver otras instancias de > convergencia con grupos más enfocados. > > Espero que pueda serte de utilidad. Aquí estoy dispuesta a compartir y > aprender de tus descubrimientos. > Abrazos desde Argentina, > Cecilia > www.conversacionesparatodos.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harrison Owen > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:07 PM > To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > Subject: Re: [OSList] (no subject) > > Jaime -- never had any experience with succession planning, but when it > comes to families I recall a group of Family Therapists who swore by OS as > a > great way to bring sense and order into troubled waters. And the little I > do > know about succession planning tells me that the waters are often troubled. > So I would guess you have a match. One thought would be to work with the > largest group of concerned (caring) people that will accept the invitation > to join the circle. That might include employees and others who have a > legitimate connection. They may not be family, but often such people are > almost closer than family and can provide different and "linking" points of > view -- especially if the family itself is in some disarray. > > ho > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Jaime Pedreros > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:22 PM > To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > Subject: [OSList] (no subject) > > Dear OST list, > > First of all, a great hug to all of you wishing an excellent year, plenty > of > success and new experiences in the ever fascinating world of Open Space. > > I have been working in the design of a training seminar about the > succession > process within the family business environment. To my surprise, I have > found > that a lot of research have been done, especially in the management of the > so called "family component" > which, different from the technical set of circumstances (taxation, > valuation, estate, accounting, etc.) involves a myriad of human relations > and family dynamics topics. Most practitioners in facilitating/counseling > the management of the "family component" > recommend the conformation of two groups: one with the directly involved > family members and a second one with the extended family (which might > include key employees) in order to develop a plan and conduct the > subsequent > process through formal and informal gatherings and meetings. > > I am sure that most of you have a coincident feeling about the possibility > of using OST to conduct these meetings and am also sure that some of you > have worked in succession processes. > > Please let me know about some past experiences in this field. I will we > more > than pleased to share my findings with you. > > Best regards from rainy and also warm La Paz > > Jaime > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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