Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-03-17 Thread Debra Lunt
From: Suzanne Daigle To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Sent: Monday, 27 February 2012 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends) Hats off to Lisa to whom I also owe a huge debt of

Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-02-26 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Hats off to Lisa to whom I also owe a huge debt of gratitude remembering when she was just a coaching phone call away on 2 events that had me be quite nervous -- my first large group with 300+ people in a situation that was less than ideal and another time working with scientists feeling quite inti

Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-02-26 Thread Lisa Heft
Diane - your words resonate with me. I too believe nobody should have to be certificated or 'blessed' or have to come to a workshop to be able to know and do Open Space. I too find that the workshops are those wonderful opportunity to learn in-person with others of diverse experience and insi

Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-02-26 Thread Diane Gibeault
An invitation to grow - Arthur you have summed up very well what "training-learning" opportunities are really about in my mind - I will share other ideas on what you mentioned Arthur but before I want to say that I agree with Harrison as well about reading your book or just experiencing OS and t

Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-02-26 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Arthur in the ideal world perhaps there would be no need for training or even facilitators like many of us on this OS list. I have known folks who simply took Harrison's User Guide book and ran with it. Jorge Amigo in Chile did this very successfully with a large banking client, never once having

[OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My Friends)

2012-02-26 Thread Artur Silva
I completely  agree with you, Diane, and especially when you say "That is why, I now start the training workshops with no personal introductions or “expectations or hopes" exercises - otherwise many leave believing that intros etc. are part of OS, and that, despite the numerous explanations and rem