Thanks Birgitt - we did a bit of serious discernment around the session times, given the numbers involved, the transitions between spaces (and paradigms), and the time we had available to open the space.
A couple of interesting variations to our usual practice emerged 1) we decided to put the starting times on the Agenda Wall and not nominate the finishing times (ie Session 1: 10:30, Session 2: 12noon, session 3: 1:30; reconvene for convergence: 2:45 - or something like that from memory) 2) we then offered an invitation to Action Planning from 2:45-3:15’ish when participants could nominate the action areas they were interested in pursuing, the place where they could be found, and inviting others to join them around the grounds during afternoon break 3:15-3:50, before they all returned to the hall which by then had been reconfigured into the conventional Synod style - rows, microphones etc... 3) we invited participants to continue having conversations throughout the remaining 1.5 days of the Synod and if they chose, to record these and submit for inclusion in the Book of Proceedings… an invitation to ‘keeping the space open’ for as long as they wished, in the context of their gathering. All in all, we embraced a few challenging contextual concerns around time, space, numbers…..and as usual, collective intention and openness to co-create with willing sponsors enabled us to experience yet another complex adaptive system in motion…. Yippeeeeee :) Brendan > On 27 Aug 2019, at 8:08 am, Birgitt Williams via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Congratulations Michael and Brendan , > Among the many aspects of this story that are just great, the one I am > appreciating the most is that you did your OST design so that all sessions > were given 90 minutes, using the gift of time within the space, time for > meaningful conversations. > > in genuine contact, > Birgitt > > > Birgitt Williams > Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead" > Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> > Founder Genuine Contact Program > <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact> > Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC > <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/> > Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network > <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/> > > Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and working > in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead" > > Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology > <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>. 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Three sessions of 1.5 hours each led to the posting > of 56 conversation topics and 14 action plans. One of the interesting pieces > of feedback at the end of Synod is that the remainder of Synod (which is > conducted in a traditional Westminster Parliament format) ‘felt’ more calm > and respectful that in previous years – no surprises there. Although it’s > early days the whole thing felt to me like an opening up of new possibility > about the way we meet in the church and I personally hope it might be part of > a cultural shift starting to happen. Time will tell. > > Michael Wood. 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