Dear Sheila, dear ho,
it sounds like a predecessor to a Method that was created in the late
sixties (thats about 40 years ago)in Germany in the wake of the
anti-authoritarian / free speech / democratisation period called
"Metaplan". In that process, people are
-asked to jot down aspects ot a th
Many years ago, so goes the lore of the Open Space community, a small
gathering of OST facilitators around a table in a tavern in Canada came up
with the idea of the "Dead Moose Society," a pact about representing honesty
around dead moose, the Canadian version of what is sometimes known as the
de
Hi, all -
Michael Pannwitz reminds me that the year before I joined with folks to
develop the idea of Access Queen, some of our colleagues at the OSonOS 2000
in Berlin discussed how to bring people from far away areas who had not much
money to future OSonOSs.
Erich Kolenaty, Florian Fisher
Hey Sheila...
I've spent a fair few years trying to correct the misconception that was
spread in that little federal government book about Open Space. One of the
key criticisms that folks within the federal government have about Open
Space is that it doesn't lead to action. THis has largely bee
Sheila
Sometimes people undermine the principles and practice of Open Space,
usually closing space by trying to control it or making it highly
prescriptive.
Frankly, the approach you describe is odd, especially the failure to
start and end in circles.Moreover, posting topics by everyone
Tree--
I really like the picture you have said, or maybe left unsaid, that is,
to have a free form kind of experience in the small groups. When you
have seen that in action, what have been the most bizarre, best ways you
have seen this happen, Tree?
Three things that come to mind are sitting and
Sheila--
Yes, it does kind of answer my query. At least enough to remind me that
the two questions to ask (myself) is What do you want to do? Why don't
you see to it?
:- Doug.
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Harrison--
Harrison, no, I don't think I am seeing any problem here at all. My
question is what do you do to hold space in that situation? It is a
"living in open space" kind of question about which I seek ideas.
This situation of the "large small group" touches something you or
others have menti
We've had the experience here in Canada of folks calling something Open
Space and not use "Open Space Technology" as suggested in the User's
guide. Usually it involves a consultant trying to manage some aspect of
the process at the wall -- grouping topics, assigning meeting space,
giving detailed
Thanks for all the responses to this question. Following on Larry's point,
"Open Space" was included in a handbook produced by the federal government
that includes short discussions of a number of facilitation techniques for
dealing with a variety of issues. The Open Space section is very cursory
I'm a fan of using microphones even in settings that seem too small. It
depends on a number of factors, including room acoustics and intimacy, but
in general people who are hard of hearing rarely self-identify and people
who think they have a good natural voice projection rarely do. Walking
arou
Sheila -- sounds to me that you are well past the need for training wheels.
And if you still have them attached -- could be now is the time to take them
off. As for OS in High Conflict situations -- I think that is really what it
was built for. If you want some stories, check out the opening tale a
Sounds a little closed to me, Sheila. In fact what it sounds like is
something called The Technology of Participation (TOP)which was created
about 35 years ago by people from ICA.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland 20854
Phone 301-365-2093
Skype hhowen
Open Space T
Sheila wrote: "I know this doesn't address your question specifically but
perhaps it provides some food for thought." Actually Sheila, I think you hit
the nail right on the head! The group ( and the individuals) learns, and as
it learns, it empowers itself. A group enjoying it own power is definite
Hi again,
I have a client that is involved in negotiations around a multi-million
dollar project. Negotiations between the parties have broken down and
discussions are now in the hands of lawyers and really not going anywhere
anytime soon. There are of course, lots of small "p" politics invol
Hello all,
I'm very new to Open Space and am still feeling my way around. While
discussing Open Space with a former colleague (and potential client)
recently, I was surprized to hear her take on this method. She was
familiar with it, and indicated she had indeed delivered two or three Open
S
I recently held an open space in which some of the issues you mention came
up - dominant individual, different facilitation styles/abilities of
convenors etc. I am new to facilitating in open space but I resisted the
urge to jump in and "correct" what traditionally would have been viewed as
po
Doug's query reminded me of a 4.5 day OS event in January 2006 that I
attended as a participant.
Someone on the planning team (not the event facilitator) asked people to
post not just the topic of the converation they offered in the Market Place
but to anotate the 'format' that would be used in
Thanks Lisa and Scott,
Your suggestions were very helpful indeed.
Búi
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Búi K.
Petersen, Cert. ConRes.
mediator and facilitator
c.solutions
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Phone: 604.724.4954
Web: www.buildconsensus.ca
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Doug -- Perhaps you are making a problem where none exists? When you have a
group with 3-4 people doing most of the talking, I understand that the
conventional group process thinking says that this is a situation to be
avoided and that some sort of intervention is required. That would clearly
be th
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