OS in low trust environments

1998-10-27 Thread Bert Elliott
, some players have been less than colloborative, power alliances within the group are more clearly defined and there is heightened mistrust. Has anyone used open space in similar circumstances and do you have advice other than "trust the process"? Regards, Bert Elliott Program Administr

Re: Small Group OS

1999-02-10 Thread Bert Elliott
ople are there because they want to > be rather because they feel they have to be I'd appreciate your > thoughts and experiences. Joe Szostak -- Bert Elliott Program Administrator Staff Development and Training, Ministry of Health 848 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1P2 Phone:

Re: Open Space facilitators

1999-02-25 Thread Bert Elliott
I don't think one can hold the space and fill the space at the same time. In my mind, the choice is to facilitate or join the group providing ideas. One cannot fufil both roles at the same time and the facilitator role is too important to the entire process to abandon. If one's passion for the c

Musings of the Law of Two Feet

1999-08-11 Thread Bert Elliott
I have enjoyed reading about the liberating and empowering effect this law has on fellow facilitators. In Open Spaces sessions, however, I have noticed that people are reluctant to apply it at first. Traditional meeting etiquette prevails and it looks like some people should butterfly or bumblebee

Re: OS in Arabia

1999-09-22 Thread Bert Elliott
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

Re: "Open Space A to Z Contest

1999-10-07 Thread Bert Elliott
Here goes: Ascending beyond constricted diatribes Enlightening fear-gripped henchmen Igniting jaded knotted leaders Mountaineering new open precipices Quietly restoring space to Understand, value, wish X-citing your zuchini Well- my dictionary had a really small "Z" section and all the good ones