breathe. go slow. you'll be fine! it will work great. jeff
On 2/11/13, Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tricia, > > you have a relatively small group (you have 14 right?) and a long os > meeting (you have three days right?) > > with that length of space, i'd be confident that all the issues raised > will be covered well, and by the last day there easily can be > prioritizing and action planning and next steps. > > i'd be confident that the agenda wall and marketplace process will do > what it does, allow them to organize themselves for the tasks at hand. > > any participant can suggest that a posted topic be moved to a > different time, including the principal who wants to form them into a > priority list; but it's up to the convenor of each topic to agree to > move it. i explain this after the agenda wall is filled and they are > ready to approach the wall as a group. > > I also explain that combining topics is ok, but again it's the > convenor who decides to do that or not, and sometimes it's best if two > similar topics are not combined but dealt with separately in more > depth. but it's up to them. > > In my experience the length of time that a topic requires is handled > by the four/five principles of os. 'when it's over it's over' and the > corollary (which I always mention in the intro) 'when it's not over > it's not over.' sounds like you have an idea about handling the > situation already. > > jeff > san francisco > > by the way, one interesting thing i've encountered is when a > relatively small gathering looks at the agenda wall and someone > suggests 'let's stay together and address these topics one by one' and > people agree to do it that way. because I have let go at that point, i > don't want to intervene in their plan, but I now remind them that the > amount of time available for each topic has now shrunk because they > can't be done concurrently (and I suggest they write the new times on > the topics to make that visible.) not to add another thing for you to > think about, but i wanted to mention it. > > > On 2/11/13, Tricia Chirumbole <tri...@investorswithoutborders.net> wrote: >> Hello all! >> >> I am facilitating my 1st OPen Space tomorrow and lookingly heartily upon >> the challenges being presented as good learning opportunities, BUT....a >> few >> things are worrying me a bit about this particular circumstance....last >> minute advice or good juju welcome! >> >> >> 1. The focus is on "hands on skill transfer/learning among company >> members" - I was comfortable with this, but it was revealed this >> afternoon, >> in addition to having a number of things that people want to learn >> about >> overall, the group has a number of urgent projects that need work done >> that >> can't wait until we're done - so part of the idea was to make this a >> part >> of the learning experience, which is great and I also felt confident >> with >> 1. BUT.....one of the principles is having a hard time letting go >> of >> his top down mgmt and wants to include priority rankings for some >> of >> the >> projects and is suggesting we need different lengths of time slots >> since >> some items will require a deep dive - so I am worried about this >> added >> complexity, former more than latter - I have ideas about how to >> work >> with >> this, but am interested in ideas from those with experience. >> 2. Also, they have what I think is an exceptional amount of issues >> - >> We all work in different cities, so today was a beginner's session >> to >> our >> meeting, and they tricked/pressured me into allowing a >> brainstorming >> session on the topic - which was great but revealed a HUGE list of >> r5 >> flipchart pages of items across only 13 people! In addition to >> the 3 pages >> of project tasks. >> 2. I was even getting some push back on the removing of the table and >> continued confusion...which is why I kept trying to tell them that it >> will >> be explained in detail tomorrow and will become clear and >> simple....this >> was all hastily decided upon with minimum discussion between me and >> the >> principles... >> >> any advice welcome! Want to add that the one principle is very open and >> very deferential to me and the process, whereas the other one wants to be >> open, but keeps putting up roadblocks in almost every breath - they are >> great people and I think I can address these issues, but still a little >> concerned!thank you :_)))) >> >> -- >> Tricia Chirumbole >> US: +1-571-232-0942 >> Skype: tricia.chirumbole >> > _______________________________________________ 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