I have used 45 minute sessions in a 4 hour time slot with success, although I
would not set any less time. The themes of the meetings were quite specific
e.g. what are the issues and opportunities for scheduling a 4 day work week.
If 45 minutes is not enough time, the principle "when it is
I'm forwarding this invitation from another list-serve, in the event anyone on
the OS list-serve is interested.
- Original Message -
From: Art Kleiner
To: learning-...@world.std.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 4:07 PM
Subject: Schools That Learn / Contributions from Students and
I have just experienced 45 minute sessions and I would not recommend it. Last
week I
ran Open Space as a demonstration for our office group. We had two discussion
sessions, one of 45 minutes and one of 30 minutes. In some of the groups, there
was
not enough time to clarify and discuss the issue a
I will be facilitating my first open space next month and it is for my
church. I have convinced them to have a story telling on Friday
night, but have only been given four and a half hours on Saturday to
do the Open Space since it was felt that was all busy families
could spare. Should we not get
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Greetings all! I receive the OS
Thomas,
There is a great example of this in Tales from Open Space. Hugh Huntington
used a series of OSs to downsize a division of Honeywell. They went form
2,400 to 1,600 people. I have an old phone number for Hugh in Taos, New
Mexico: 505-776-8347. Perhaps Harrison or someone else on this li
I had a group of 100 for 1.5 hours (out of a 600 person event for two days)
convene and have productive discussions. The same discussion went on all day
with groups ranging from the 100 to as few as 25. I have found that
Harrison's principle of intervention works in the various cultures of Canada
a
