What HO points to works especially well when I as facilitator dont have
a clue to what the participants are talking about, if, for instance they
speak in tongues other than English or German.
Now, the trick for the facilitator, me or whoever, for not suddenly
being in the position of "space invador" (gads!) is to simply not listen
to the content of what people are saying. Do listen to the din in the
room, folks whispering their issues...etc. as a basis for maybe, maybe,
maybe intervening regarding the "frame".
I have another trick for this: closing my eyes when I feel the urge to
intervene and count slowly to 10 (takes about 17 seconds)... in most
cases someone (the "system") will intervene long before I reach "10"
with an observation, remark, plea... such as:
"Please step up to the microphone so I can hear you"
"Could you speak up a bit"
"When several of you are talking while someone speaks on his issue I
cant understand a thing"
...
...
Sometimes, someone will also come to me (I stand outside the circle
during posting of issues) and suggest I do something to reduce the
chatter (or do this or that). My response is something like "walk up to
he mike and speak to this point to everyone"... after a millisecond of
shock, the person that came up to me smiles and walks over to the mike
(sometimes someone else had the same idea and already is addressing the
crowd.
I know that many of you out there have experienced stuff like this. Lets
hear about it.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
On 28.01.2015 20:41, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
Elwin raised a great point about "listening." I find it is very important
that everybody hear all the issues. If I think somebody spoke too softly, I
ask for a repeat. If there are conversations breaking out, I ask for
respectful listening. If I see groups gathered at the wall, I ask that they
find a seat (even if they aren't making any noise)... 'cause they probably
aren't listening. When people are listening duplicate issues just about
disappear in my experience. Why propose an issue then it's already on the
wall? Similar issues for sure, and the folks will easily and quickly sort
out how they wish to proceed (hand in hand or one at a time).
But one thing I absolutely won't ever do is (as facilitator) sort/group the
issues. It takes too much time, it is boring, and most of all I am totally
ignorant of the nuances of their issues, which means that the best I would
ever be able to do it to make a heavy handed mess. Terrible. It's demeaning,
and non productive. Don't do it.
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Bang on accurate John!
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On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:54 AM, John Watkins via OSList
<oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
Chris,
So it sounds to me as though you are saying something like the framing of
purpose and the tying together of harvest (to build on what Jeff said) are
what help all the micro conversations to contribute usefully to the
necessary diversity of ways of thinking that create oblique views in order
to be able to address complex problems effectively. Is that accurate?
John
On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:47 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList wrote:
You can get a lot of work done with two or three people diving into a
topic together even while there are three or four similar topics being
addressed.
Dealing with complex issues requires taking an oblique view of a
problem and coming at it from different angles. It is really good
strategy to do this. 60 topics for 70 people could be excellent
What matters is your strategic architecture for following up. What is the
purpose of these micro conversations and what will you do tho them. Perhaps
having THAT clarity helps people relax with the volume of topics.
Chris
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On Jan 27, 2015, at 9:51 PM, NigelSeys-Phillips via OSList
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Michael
I have been actively wondering about this recently and after a
really interesting OS two weeks ago with a local bank I appreciate
for your thoughts In a couple of recent events - with the "issues
and opportunities" in the title and the invitation to raise any
issues or topics the participants feel strongly about - I have found
myself (well, with assistance) almost 'forced'
to combine as mathematically there were just too many!
With three sessions available and some 70 people we were well above
the 60 odd issues....20 plus breakout groups per session....?
I know, I know - stand back and let them sort it out...but with
'new' groups and a day what have others done?
My fear is allocating every single topic a breakout space and 20+
groups per session the fragmented nature would mean limited results....
I know, I know - stand back and trust the system.
I am trying (I totally do trust the system which is what I love
about it) but it's hard
And I really would welcome anybody's thoughts - what do I do next time?
Best regards from a hot and steamy Malaysia
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Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 6:55 PM
To: Susan Partnow; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] Anticipating number of topics/sessions...
Dear Susan,
yes, thats my feeling too, 15 to 20 breakout spaces for 30 to 40 issues.
Jeffs response on "combining or abandoning" topics got me to reflect
on the word "topic". From work wayback with structured brainstorming
I remember a group of 25 "generating" between 30 to 50 topics.
With os crowds and my use of the word "issue" (with talking a bit
about what is meant with "issue" in contrast to "topic or idea or
something I am interested in", mentioning passion, urgency etc.) I
find that there was decreasing tendency of combining or abolishing.
Actually, when someone suggested to combine issues I would suggest
in a very low-key way that this was not illegal and add something
like: What might look and sound very similar often turns out to be
different in an important way.
As a participant I have become quite uncomfortable, irritated or even
foaming when I had a facilitator go to the Bulleting Board and "cluster"
stuff... turning into a space invador. My reaction, I suppose, got
me to be cautious with "combining".
How is your take on the impact of the "words" we use?
Cheers and good luck with a very short event!
mmp
On 26.01.2015 22:59, Susan Partnow via OSList wrote:
Hello dear OSers... I am planning a very short OS here in Seattle
at the WOW (Women of Wisdom) conference - Sunday afternoon, Feb 15
- and trying to call the rule of thumb for anticipating the likely
number of sessions to plan for - We have two brief OS times and expect
~100 participants.
Any educated guesses as we plan for delineating break out spaces?
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