Come on Birgitt… you know as well as I do that when they bring out the Kleenex box to catch the tears in a closing circle – which always seems to happen, you really can’t be blasé about that no matter how many time you’ve been there J
ho Winter Address 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucauire Ave Camden, ME 04843 207 763-3261 Websites www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Birgitt Williams via OSList Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 5:59 PM To: Royle, Karl; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Impact of open space Hi Karl, Thank you for answering. A key ingredient that you mentioned was that the space was already open for something to happen. you also mention that much of the creative energy falls into the fissures and cracks of the organization. I have spent some time in the last couple of decades plus figuring out what we do that reduces this loss. I have had feedback that 100% of the strategic plan was successfully accomplished as a result of our process using OST, in record time...ie: the ten year plan accomplished in two years, even with layers of government to contend with. I find that in every OST meeting, there are great conversations that otherwise wouldn't happen and by the end the circle includes people deeply moved by what they accomplished and WHO they could BE together. Once this is a lived and shared experience, it is difficult to pretend that this potential isn't in the organization. I have found as you did that there is some feeling of goodwill and better cooperation etc that can be tied back to the beginnings of same in the OST meeting. I have also found that when the ongoing life of the organization doesn't support this sufficiently, a backlash happens with the frustration that people feel when they have experienced their potential and it is not allowed to shine. I have found a backlash from leaders who feel poorly equipped personally to lead an organization that actually capitalizes on the potential. Long ago, I lost my interest in whether the OST went well and we had lovely comments in the closing circle. I am deeply passionate about what happens months later. I look forward to more of your posts as you go forward with these ventures, Warmly, Birgitt On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:40 PM Royle, Karl <k.ro...@wlv.ac.uk> wrote: Hi I think in this case the idea coincided with necessity and existing external drivers for enhancing the student experience ...outcomes. So I think there was already space opening for something to happen. I also think the head of faculty ... for all her faults, and she had many, was willing to take a chance on OS...to try to bind us together or at least get us all talking. The otherness of the external facilitator was crucial too. At the event people came to me and said that it was the first time they had felt able to speak at an event and felt Listened to. Since then we have used os with school kids and next month with our health and art faculty to start projects that combine the two disciplines... so I think there is space for os and still space for what happens afterwards... it certainly releases creative energy... much of which falls into the cracks and fissures of the organisation but other bits lodge and take root like benevolent viruses within the culture :-) Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton 01902323006 07815416698 @karlroyle. On Twitter Karlr61 Skype Www.academia.edu/karlroyle On 17 Feb 2017, at 21:31, Birgitt Williams via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: Beautiful example Karl!!!! I also like that you have a faculty of educational health and well being. That is awesome too. Would you be willing to say more about how the outputs from the OST meeting(s) bumped up against the existing 'reality' of structure etc., and what happened to soften all of that up sufficiently for the outputs from the OST to make the difference that they did. This is the transition point that I am personally so dedicated to that can be challenging...and it seems that you all did so successfully! Warmly, Birgitt On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:22 PM Royle, Karl via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: About three years ago in 2013 our university decide to merge four schools into an über faculty. We needed to get people working together . So I suggested an open space meeting ably facilitated by my colleague Jasmina Nikolic and supported by Suzanne Daigle's guide to open space. We had about 300 people in a sports hall... Fast forward 4 years and the university is running a careers development week across all faculties and some 20000 students opening up opportunities for our students in one of the most deprived areas of the uk. The guy organising it messaged me saying he could draw a direct line from careers week back to the os event where he first had the idea. Just thought I would share that story with you all... Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton 01902323006 07815416698 @karlroyle. 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