Re: Open Space with Construction Engineers

2008-01-29 Thread Vliex, Carla (cvl)
Brendan When I read our story it was with a smile of recognition. Managers in general perhaps even mCore in more technical oriented organizations, are always afraid that 'them people will not understand'. I did several Open Space's in construction, ICT and other 'technical organizations' and it w

Re: Open Space with Construction Engineers

2008-01-29 Thread Harrison Owen
Carla -- Absolutely brilliant! ("Open Space is the only intervention I can think of. (so there is no plan B). And they also explain to me that nobody is going to talk, that nobody is going to step into the circle etc etc. And than I say, if nobody is going to talk and if nobody is going to step ins

Re: Open Space with Construction Engineers

2008-01-29 Thread Knud Lindholm Lau
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A success story

2008-01-29 Thread Frank Deitle
Dear friends, What follows is a success story about the use of Open Space in the context of a board retreat: I am the Executive Co-Director of a 30 year-old nonprofit in New England. Due to a myriad of complex circumstances and lack of funding, my co-director and I have been preparing to lay ours