Thank you everyone for your replies! They are very, very helpful. I have contracted with an internal client who is interested in using OST. His team is cross-site, so these suggestions and experiences are invaluable. It really is about experimenting, identifying what works, and sharing my experience with others to move the work forward. Oh, and trusting the people. :)
Thanks again! Much love, Jake ________________ When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 5:25 PM Chris Kloth <chris.kl...@got2change.com> wrote: > Jake, I hope to get back to you by this weekend. I am in the middle of > a project with Prosecutor Impact (see Adam Foss' Ted Talk) that is > pretty consuming. I know I have the file somewhere. > > That said, Michael's comment about what's on the wall triggered a > powerful memory. When I got to my site the night before we were to > start a very resistant top executive made it clear to me that he > thought this approach a ridiculous waste of time. He also made it > clear that he was sure labor issues over wages and other workplace > issues would probably come up and that there was no way these could be > addressed in such a setting. > > I thanked him for sharing his concerns and observed that labor issues > would probably come up if it mattered to those in the room and > requested that he trust me that it would be okay. I also asked him to > listen to the workers talk and resist taking charge of the subject. > > No surprise that the topic came up at both sites in the first round > and was attended by almost everyone at my site. He scowled at me big > time. I will admit I was nervous. > > The 90 minute session went roughly like this: 30 of frustration, 30 > minutes of "We are all in this together and still have the best jobs n > the valley" and 30 minutes of developing strategies. By the end of the > second round the company president faxed from the other site that > their ideas were all valuable and could be implemented! > > The rest of the day was amazingly full of energy, excitement, and optimism. > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > Think globally. Act locally. > > > Quoting Jake Yeager <jacob.yea...@gmail.com>: > > > Hey Chris, > > > > Thanks so much for your response! It's very helpful to hear your > > experience, and it's awesome how the partnership you mentioned is still > > active! > > > > If you don't mind, I have a few follow-up questions for you: > > > > - What were the themes for the OSs with Carbarundum and the non-profit > > partnership? It seems the groups covered a lot of ground! > > - I am an internal consultant, and our organization has multiple > sites. > > I love that you facilitated an OS across sites! What do you recommend > for > > executing an OS when there are multiple sites? > > > > Thank you so much Chris! > > > > Also, if anyone else on the list wants to share recommendations for > > executing OS cross-site, please do! > > > > All the best, > > Jake > > ________________ > > > > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and > > you will be free of problems. > > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 10:46 PM Chris Kloth <chris.kl...@got2change.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> Ralph Copleman, Barbara Bunker, and I used OST with a division of > >> Carbarundum that had just been sold. It included virtually 100% of the > >> employees of the new organization in two geographic locations > >> simultaneously... one in the eastern US and one in the midwest. We had > >> ti use dial-up computer access and fax machines to communicate what > >> was going on at each location each round! By the end of the process > >> there was a new mission, vision, values and basic organization > >> structure. > >> > >> I used OST as part of the process of forming a collaborative > >> partnership among 4 nonprofit organizations providing early childhood > >> care and education to very different types of children, resulting in a > >> mission, vision, and values, as well as articulating a plan for the > >> first two years of their partnership. That partnership is now almost > >> 25 years old. It's members have internalized the principles of OST. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Shalom, > >> > >> Chris Kloth > >> ChangeWorks of the Heartland > >> 254 South Merkle Road > >> Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > >> ph 614-239-1336 > >> fax 614-237-2347 > >> www.got2change.com > >> > >> Think globally. Act locally. > >> > >> > >> Quoting Jake Yeager via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>: > >> > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > Has anyone ever used OST 1) to develop a mission and/or vision > statement > >> or > >> > 2) to conduct strategic planning? If so, how did it go? Any > >> recommendations? > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > > >> > Much love as always, > >> > Jake > >> > > >> > P.S. Hope to see you at WOSonOS so I can thank you in person! :) > >> > ________________ > >> > > >> > When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, > and > >> > you will be free of problems. > >> > - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >
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