Paul: I appreciate a lot to be part of this group and you can always remember, here you are not alone! Adriana
2013/6/11 Paul Nunesdea <nunes...@me.com> > List, your responses are a true blessing and the tenderness and passion I > feel from you is truly empowering - THANK YOU. > > From my iPad > > On 11/06/2013, at 18:23, Diane Gibeault <diane.gibea...@rogers.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > When I facilitated a team of 7, when some people suggested to stick as a > group for all topics, I encouraged them to try out the OS approach for at > least the first round and see for themselves if they will experience > something useful and different from their usual way of working. > > They did and never looked back at the stick together idea. The room was > buzzing with small and larger conversations, short and long, and lots of > bumblebees. > > It works! > > Diane > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:53:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Small group OS > > HI Paul, > > There is only one bit of awkwardness that I've experienced in a small > OS. It's happened a few times. After the agenda is on the wall, one > participant might suggest out loud that the group stay together to > talk about all of the agenda items. > > If the group agrees with one another to do this, there are a couple of > things to notice: first, they will have less time to talk about each > topic. I do remind them of this. > > And second, there might be an expectation that you will now facilitate > the group more actively, instead of holding space without intervening. > So it might be helpful to make an agreement with the sponsor > beforehand, that the OS style of facilitating does not involve your > active facilitation of the topics. > > There are other ways to facilitate a small gathering that might serve > the needs of the group, but in my experience, open space can work very > well. > > Jeff > San Francisco > > > > > > On 6/11/13, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring <adri...@diazberrio.com> > wrote: > > Hi Paul: > > I Love you question because I can share something this time! I was really > > afraid of small OS because I had the fear that it could not be as good > > as...a big OS but I had one experience that was so good! > > I had only 7 participants but it was one day from 9:30 to 18:30 and at > the > > end of the day the people did not wanted to go! > > It really was a very nice experience and everybody was so happy. > > They had proposed several topics and they had groups of 2,3,4,5 and the > > closing circle was so interesting. > > I was and very satisfied with this experience because after it I am > never > > afraid of small OS. > > Trust the principle 1 > > The people that come are the right ones > > (It doesn't say that this principle only applies after x number of > people! > > Does it?) > > ....and the other principles to! > > > > Adriana > > > > 2013/6/11 Paul Nunesdea <nunes...@me.com> > > > >> List, > >> > >> Apologies if this is a recurrent question... Would opening space at > >> management team level (9 persons) would work? The issue is a burning > 'new > >> company structure' eventually facing a downsize. I have experienced to > >> host > >> larger groups OS but wonder how it would be also useful in a smaller > >> group > >> context. > >> > >> My question is twofold: > >> - would a OS session of 9 persons would work in terms of marketplace > >> dynamics, would the sessions be too small? > >> - If that works well, then I wonder if extending results to the > remainder > >> of the company not in the OS meeting would be effective? > >> > >> Your experience would be much valued! > >> > >> Best > >> Paul > >> > >> From my iPad > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA > > (514) 739 2268 > > www.diazberrio.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA (514) 739 2268 www.diazberrio.com
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