[OSList] Feedback Requested - Open Space Proposal

Hi everyone, I attended the Peace and High Performance workshop in January. Another attendee, Regina Kang, inspired me to try Open Space at work in a similar fashion as she facilitates it in South Korea. The group that would participate is a single analytics team. It is comprised of about 30-35 p

Re: [OSList] Feedback Requested - Open Space Proposal

Hi everyone, Thanks for your comments and suggestions! I am still thinking through how to approach it. All of your comments are percolating in my unconscious, and we will see what eventually comes up. Harrison, thanks for sharing the course description. I am going to take a closer look at that.

[OSList] Feedback Requested on OST Invitation

Hi everyone, I've composed my first OST invitation and would love your feedback. I reproduced the invitation below. It will be included in a calendar invite that will have the date and time. Thanks ahead of time for any comments! All the best, Jake Co-Create our Te

[OSList] Feedback Requested - Coaching in Open Space

Hi everyone, I created a coaching approach inspired by Open Space: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FnVvlactb55pm3M4TndiQ2FIcoFbzQsK4CL3Dc23Svk/edit?usp=sharing It's essentially Open Space for one person. If you take a look, I'd love to know your thoughts/critiques/suggestions. Thanks! All

Re: [OSList] Feedback Requested - Coaching in Open Space

Hi everyone, Bhavesh Patel had the good idea to turn on comments on the Google doc below. They should now be turned on, so if you'd like to provide feedback, feel free to do so in the document itself. Thanks again, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine on

[OSList] Thank You for your Feedback - Test Drive Coaching in Open Space?

Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your feedback on the Coaching in Open Space draft! It was very helpful. Here is the final first draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FnVvlactb55pm3M4TndiQ2FIcoFbzQsK4CL3Dc23Svk/edit?usp=sharing Now it's time to test drive the approach. Please reach out if

[OSList] How long for opening for smaller group?

Hey everyone, I am helping to arrange an Open Space for about 30 participants. In Harrison's *User Guide* he indicates 1.5 hours for the opening. This seems a little long for a smaller group. What does everyone think? Thanks! All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun o

Re: [OSList] How long for opening for smaller group?

Thanks everyone for your input! Juliane--it's a one-day OS. I am intrigued by the fact that you do not use pre-determined session slots. For the OS I am facilitating, I am basing the design on HO's User Guide. What do you find to be the pros and cons of having the participants handle time and, I

[OSList] Thank You

Hi everyone, I facilitated my first Open Space yesterday. It was a one-day event with 20 engineers from my organization. The participants really enjoyed it and found it useful. Thank you to everyone on the OS List for answering my questions. Also, thank you to Harrison for writing the *User's Gui

Re: [OSList] Thank You

Dear Anna, My answers to your questions are below: What is you role in the organization? I am an organizational development consultant. Who invited and hosted the meeting? The Assistant Vice President (AVP) of a department called Digital Labs. It is a fledgling department that is bringing agil

[OSList] Sample Opening Script for Open Space w/o Time Slots?

Hi everyone, Does anyone have a sample opening script for an Open Space without time slots? Thanks! All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams

Re: [OSList] Thank You

of agile?! > > In your role as organizational development consultant, how can you support > the leaders of your company to reflect and adjust their leadership approach > if wanted? > > If you find the time to reply I am happy to read your response. > > much Love > Anna Carolin

Re: [OSList] Sample Opening Script for Open Space w/o Time Slots?

Hey everyone, Thanks for your responses. I used the *User's Guide* and Michael Herman's script extensively to craft the opening for my first Open Space. Thanks guys for making those available! I was wondering if anyone has an opening script for an Open Space WITHOUT TIME SLOTS. I thought that the

Re: [OSList] Thank You

mplicitly, by deciding on this theme alone last minute? >> Is this a definition of agile?! >> >> In your role as organizational development consultant, how can you >> support the leaders of your company to reflect and adjust their leadership >> approach if wante

[OSList] Current Success with OST in K-12?

Hi everyone, My wife is a journalist who writes about education, and she is curious if anyone is currently having success employing Open Space in K-12 classrooms. Please let me know if you are and would be willing to speak with her. Thanks! All the best, Jake When the mind is

Re: [OSList] Current Success with OST in K-12?

Thanks everyone for your responses! My wife will likely be contacting some of you. Much love, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams __

[OSList] Orgs that Failed to Implement Self-Organization?

Hey everyone, Does anyone know of organizations that attempted to implement self-organization but failed? If so, do you know some of the factors that contributed to the failure? We hear about the successes, like Semco and AES, but rarely about the failures. I'd like to understand better what the p

Re: [OSList] Orgs that Failed to Implement Self-Organization?

Have fun! > > > > Harrison > > > > > > *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf > Of *Jake Yeager via OSList > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2019 7:32 PM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Cc:* Jake Yeager >

[OSList] Relationship between Appreciative Inquiry and OST?

Hey everyone, First, thank you all for entertaining my questions! I really appreciate your responses: they help me learn a great deal and to recognize the--often erroneous!--assumptions I am making. That said, I have another question! :) What do you find to be the relationship between Appreciativ

[OSList] OST for Mission/Vision and Strategic Planning?

Hi all, Has anyone ever used OST 1) to develop a mission and/or vision statement or 2) to conduct strategic planning? If so, how did it go? Any recommendations? Thanks! Much love as always, Jake P.S. Hope to see you at WOSonOS so I can thank you in person! :) When the mind is

Re: [OSList] OST for Mission/Vision and Strategic Planning?

heir partnership. That partnership is now almost > 25 years old. It's members have internalized the principles of OST. > > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax

Re: [OSList] OST for Mission/Vision and Strategic Planning?

ative > >> partnership among 4 nonprofit organizations providing early childhood > >> care and education to very different types of children, resulting in a > >> mission, vision, and values, as well as articulating a plan for the > >> first two years of their

[OSList] Determining Duration of Open Space Event?

Hey Michael, Back in mid-July you provided a really helpful description of your contracting process for Open Space (reproduced below). I am using this to make my contracting process more robust, so thank you! One question I have for you: in your contracting process when is there a determination o

Re: [OSList] What does holding space involve - with a nudge

In my opinion, holding space is ultimately a practice of learning how not to hold space. In other words, the pinnacle of holding space is when the facilitator's ego falls away, i.e., there is no longer an "I, me or my" remaining to hold space. I find this "state" to be only permanently accessible v

[OSList] OST for Org Design? - Hugh Huntington?

Hi lovely friends, I am exploring using OST for redesigning a 4,000-person department in my firm. Does anyone know of a case study in which OST was used for organizational design? I checked Tales from Open Space and OpenSpaceWorld, but didn't see anything. Also, does anyone have contact info for

Re: [OSList] OST for Org Design? - Hugh Huntington?

gt; Self-Study > + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real > time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on > October 18, 25, and November 1st. > > PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613 > Phone: 01-919-522-7750 > > > On Fri

[OSList] OST Planning Meeting Question

Hey Michael Pannwitz, You mention in your contracting process that you have a planning meeting, where the group determines the theme, whom to invite, and who does what. As the consultant, what activities do you take on in preparing for the event? I assume that the group members handle everything t

[OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

Hi everyone, I've compiled OST case studies in a brief format that I find useful for contracting. Others might too. I compiled them from Open Space World, the User's Guide, and Tales from Open Space

[OSList] Organizational Open Space and Agile Software Development

Hey everyone, I've drafted a presentation comparing organizational Open Space to agile software development. Others have mentioned how similar they are, so I wanted to understand for myself. Fee

Re: [OSList] Brief OST Case Studies - Feel Free to Add

at Work* > > Virtual: Join the monthly Global Oasis for Emerging Leaders > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-oasis-for-emerging-leaders-tickets-58880372780> > In person: Join the OLS in Berlin, Nov 18 - 20, 2019 Open Leadership > Symposium Berlin <https://openleaders

[OSList] Loyd Kepferle or Karen Main contact info?

Hi all, In case you didn't know, it turns out that, in the year 2000, the University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health won the Outstanding Rural Health Program Award from the National Rural Health Association

[OSList] Possible Relationship between Clean Language and Open Space

Hi all, I've sensed that there is a relationship between Clean Language and Open Space, but I wasn't sure what it was. They are definitely similar in construction: minimalist and precise. But I felt the relationship was deeper than these characteristi

[OSList] Conditions for Effective Organizational Change

Hi all, I have been studying this article by Meg Wheatley. The article discusses humans' need to create their own future, and, from there, it provides principles for effective organizational change. However, I found her phrasing of the principl

[OSList] Additional Organizational Open Space Case Studies?

Hi everyone, I have come across two case studies of "organizational Open Space," i.e., where the organization operated in Open Space at all times: 1. Open Space Institute in a Social Service Organization by Birgitt 2. Practicing

Re: [OSList] Additional Organizational Open Space Case Studies?

technology/>. > Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating > meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring + > Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle; and > Self-Study > + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One

[OSList] Haier: an Entrepreneurial, Ecosystem Enabling Organization

Hi everyone, Haier is a Chinese company operates in a fascinating way: https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/an-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-enabling-organization-c35eaf5acd9c Definitely some similarities to OST. Also, reminds me a lot of Semco. All the best, Jake When the m

Re: [OSList] A proposal for many worlwide OST events on "Climate Change and the Future of Earth"

Hi Tricia, I just want to let you know that you are a lovely person. Have a wonderful day! All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams On Fri, Oct 4,

[OSList] Some Thoughts

Hi everyone, Some thoughts that might stimulate conversation: - Open Space is not a "thing": it's a way of working. Open Space is probably more properly a verb, such as "We're open-spacing..." - Minimize the use of the term "Open Space": it's alien to most people, and it reinforces th

Re: [OSList] Haier: an Entrepreneurial, Ecosystem Enabling Organization

Maryland's Smith School of > Business. > No mention of or rising of associations to OST or Semco/Brazil. > > Still wondering where you see similarities to our craft or Semco. > > Take care > mmp > > > > Am 04.10.2019 um 01:37 schrieb Jake Yeager via OSList: >

Re: [OSList] A proposal for many worlwide OST events on "Climate Change and the Future of Earth"

ter with some of my new clients for > embodiment coaching! > > I hope you have a lovely weekend :) > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 7:09 PM Jake Yeager via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > >> Hi Tricia, >> >> I ju

Re: [OSList] Some Thoughts

sultant > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Columbus, OH 43209-1801 > Ph: 614-239-1336 > Fax: 614-237-2347 > Email: chris.kl...@got2change.com > Web: www.got2change.com > > On 10/4/2019 7:34 PM, Jake Yeager via OSList wrote: > > Hi everyone,

[OSList] Open Space at Valve

Hey everyone, FYI Jutta Eckstein and John Buck mention in their book *Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space, and Sociocracy

[OSList] Urgency criterion?

Hey everyone, In your experience, how critical is the urgency criterion for having a successful OST event? If there is significant passion around the issue, but it is not very urgent, will an OST event still be successful? Thanks! All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the

Re: [OSList] Urgency criterion?

message has been sent from my mobile device and therefore may be >> somewhat wonky. >> >> Barry Owen >> Real Estate Strategist >> Principal Broker & Founder >> Pareto Realty, LLC >> 4004 Hillsboro Pike B234 >> Nashville, TN 37215 >> >> ht

[OSList] From Agile to Operational Agility deck

Hi all, Awhile back I shared a presentation comparing OST to Agile software development practices. Thanks to those who provided feedback! I have built out the presentation and wanted to share it with you

Re: [OSList] Definitions...

"In the context of an OST event I have become more and more interested in not being noticed after the market place activities. The less I am noticed the more success I feel." <3<3<3 "A good wanderer leaves no trace." -- Tao-te-ching, Chapter 27

Re: [OSList] Movement/Dance/Somatics/Embodiment - opening space within & without!

Hi Tricia! Wonderful topic. I met Jen Freeman this week, who has studied tai-chi for many years and uses embodiment significantly in her coaching and OD practice. It might be interesting to connect with her. Feel free to mention my name and to remind her

[OSList] We Did It Ourselves!

Chapter 7 of the Tao Te Ching provides an excellent description of an OS facilitator: *We Did It Ourselves!* The Highest Rulers Were beyond Knowledge. Those beneath them were loved and praised. Those lower still were feared

Re: [OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

Hey Lise, I'm pretty sure that Paul Gleiberman facilitated an Open Space at Boeing for 3,000 people. It was regarding streamlining the company's supply chain for its aircraft doors. The event was across two different plants and was held in the mid-1990s I believe. Much love, Jake

Re: [OSList] Large OST pictures

Very cool Peggy! Thanks for sharing. Do you recall how many topics were posted? Also, any insight into the outcomes? Much love, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams

Re: [OSList] Large OST pictures

Thank you Peggy! Sounds like a very positive impact. :) When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 6:31 PM Peggy Holman via OSList < oslist@lists.o

[OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

Hi folks, Anyone have experience using Open Space to develop OKRs with a group? I am facilitating an Open Space event in late February. I plan to use the 25/10 Crowdsourcing method to prioritize draft objectives (O's) and then 1-2-4-All to develop the key results (KR's) for each objective. The s

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

ied/agreed on in the OST? > > My experience from similar situations is that it is not that well thought > through or that the opportunities at hand if choosing to use OST are not > fully understood. > > Good night from Sweden > > Thomas Herrmann > > > > *Från:* OSL

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

of course, but am wondering what the >> purpose/expected outcome is for this development process and also there >> must be no more than 3 O’s? I understand they are not yet defined, but >> should be identified/agreed on in the OST? >> >> My experience from similar situa

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

.info/> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 6:14 PM Thomas Herrmann < >> tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear Jake >>> >>> I don’t fully understand, of course, but am wondering what the >>> purpose/expected outcome

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

dentified/agreed on in the OST? > > > > My experience from similar situations is that it is not that well > > thought through or that the opportunities at hand if choosing to use OST > > are not fully understood. > > > > Good night from Sweden > > > >

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

ous about what >> will come out of it and how results will be used. >> >> Chris >> >> On Feb 6, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Jake Yeager via OSList < >> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >> >> Reviewing again this article >> <https://www.openspac

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

slist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >> >>> No... If the sponsor already knows which OKR’s will matter, then that >>> would be “pre-set” answers, and I would forget about open space. But >>> specifying that “we are trying to generate new OKRs” is a fi

[OSList] How do you "hold space?"

Many questions these days. Thank you for entertaining them. :) This past week, I facilitated an eight-hour Open Space split across two half-days. The attendees were an Organizational Development team, of which I am a member. My AVP sponsored the event, because we had recently merged with another g

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

w.robert-adams.info/> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 6:16 PM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Jake, > which Michael are your thinking of? > mmp > > Am 08.02.2020 um 18:13 schrieb Jake Yeager via OSList: > > Michael and Chris - do you a

Re: [OSList] From Open Space to objectives and key results (OKRs)?

conversations, questions, clarifications, etc. MH > > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > MichaelHerman.com > OpenSpaceWorld.org > > > > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:28 PM Jake Yeager via OSList &

Re: [OSList] Wikipedia clean up

Those are some beautiful posters in the picture on your Wikimedia page Bhavesh! Very neat you are working with them. When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams On Mon, Feb

Re: [OSList] How do you "hold space?"

rely entered the project phase. It dawned on >>> me, that prioritization is a statistical method that probably does >>> result in finding out what might be most important to the group but not >>> what has, yes you already feel it, someone or several people with >>

Re: [OSList] Online Open Space in China

Thank you Hulu for sharing! This is lovely. We are similarly exploring virtual Open Space events at my workplace. We are testing our WebEx Training setup next Tuesday in anticipation of a 100-person event on Apr 3. I am pretty confident that our technical setup will work, but we will see. <3

Re: [OSList] Online Open Space in China

020 at 11:20 AM Csaba Lengyel < csaba.lengyel.consult...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > It's a very interesting idea. Can you share a setup of your WEBEX > environment for your open space? > > BR, > > Csaba > > Jake Yeager via OSList ezt írta > (időp

Re: [OSList] A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT

Cool Csaba! Thanks for sharing :) When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Csaba Lengyel via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wr

[OSList] In the Unknown: an Online Gathering on Nondual Awakening

Hi everyone, A friend and I are hosting an Open Space event on nondual awakening via QiqoChat. Here's the invitation: https://qiqochat.com/e/pKOoIgjuNqDGVcKbcXlRleifw/BXznWVXWkujsRmvvNIXhbUNLM The event will be in English. Join us if you're interested. Also, feel free to forward the invitation

Re: [OSList] The New Space Race?

Hi mmp, What's your preferred closing circle process? I am interested to know how you "do nothing" for the closing circle too. :) Thanks! All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams

Re: [OSList] The New Space Race?

ime I am visible and speak to the whole group... > and I do not say anything more than what I mentioned. During the usually > 25 to 35 minutes in which participants listen and talk I say nothing and > do nothing. > > Greetings from Berlin where doing nothing is the expected mode in th

Re: [OSList] Warm Data Labs - Nora Bateson

Hi Robyn, Jeff, and Bhavesh, Thanks for sharing. Any indication of what "contexts" are set at each table? All the best, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams O

[OSList] Questions on continuous Open Space

Hi everyone! I am drafting a proposal for a continuous Open Space operating process for the OD team that I am on. The team is nine people. I reference Birgitt's article on Wesley Urban Ministries: https://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/social.htm I also reference these notes I took on the

[OSList] Metaphorum - Open Space on Clean techniques

Hi everyone, In case you are interested, there is an online Open Space event on Clean techniques (Clean Language, Symboling Modeling, Systemic Modeling, etc.) on Dec 4. It's called the Metaphorum. Here's the link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/judyrees/380042?mc_cid=1c6c251495&mc_eid=cf4d77

Re: [OSList] Flourishing Futures - Nov 6-9: Registration now Open!

Yippee!!! :D Very much looking forward to it. Should be awesome! This'll be a great opportunity to connect, explore, and collaborate with a wide range of communities from across the globe. How will we create a flourishing future together? Also, we want to have at least 1,000 attendees, and we nee

[OSList] Request for feedback - What to do when team members are afraid to call topics?

Hi wonderful Open Space community, I'd like your input. I am working with a division within my company. The division is sponsoring a half-day Open Space event every 2 months to help improve adaptability and innovation. The division consists of 200 people, and all team members are invited to every

[OSList] Call for volunteer facilitators and producers - Flourishing Futures - 3-day global Open Space event

Hi everyone! As many of you know, we have assembled a multinational design team to bring you Flourishing Futures, a 3-day, global, online Open Space + action-planning event. The event's theme is "How will we create a flourishing future together?" and, in addition to the Open Space community, we ar

[OSList] Call for volunteer facilitators and producers from Asia/Australia - Flourishing Futures - 3-day global Open Space event

Hi everyone! Thanks to those who have volunteered to facilitate and/or produce for Flourishing Futures! We're still a little short on folks from the *Asia/Australia* region. Anyone out there who would like to assist? If so, *please let me know and then complete this brief questionnaire: https://

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Zoom times......

Hi everyone! I'd love to join you all. I've used both QiqoChat and a Webex + Microsoft OneDrive combination. Just obtained Mural (similar to Miro), so would be interested to hear what others are doing with canvas tools. Thanks Romy for organizing and looking forward to connecting with everyone!

[OSList] Do One Less Thing

Hi all, Nice article from Scientific American about removing existing features of a design a la "do one less thing": https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-brain-typically-overlooks-this-brilliant-problem-solving-strategy/ Much love, Jake When the mind is quiet, the sun

[OSList] Teal Around the World Conference

Hi OS Listers! The 3rd annual Teal Around the World (TATW) virtual conference is Mar 3 and 4. Here is the conference website: https://www.tealaroundtheworld.com/ TATW is a gathering of thought leaders and practitioners who align with the principles of a Teal organization: self-management, wholene