Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,
When you facilitate an OST meeting in an organization, it is the formal
leader who opens the space inside his/her organization for this meeting to
take place. Whether the leader feels well versed in what OST is or is
simply going along with something that
Birgitt,
This seems spot on regarding lasting change, I liked it a lot.
"The answer has consistently been about the leadership capacity of the
leadership team to lead an organization of people who are engaged in the ways
that were visible in the OST meeting. This is a vulnerable conversation to
Dear Thomas,
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.
You raised the following points/question and I am responding to this "One
thing came to mind from a managers perspective. I think of a challenge
regarding legal responsibility for the assets. If it’s my company, I take
the risk by myself. If I am h
Brigitte and Thomas,
In negotiations leading to the opening of space it is vital that the “givens”
or “boundaries” are defined based on the authority of the manager to set things
within their control/responsibility. Failing to do this results in a disaster
for all involved.
The governance issu
Birgitt,
Thank you for your reply and your thoughts. The conversation format worked
smoothly for me, even added a level of depth I would say.
I am fascinated by accountability/responsibility and how things shift with it.
One question came up there: I’m not sure about the difference between
ac
Thanks Paul!
I would love to hear managers and “normal-workers-turned-managers” talk about
their experiences and milestones in overcoming.
Kind regards,
Thomas
> On 21 Jul 2019, at 5.19, R Chaffe via OSList
> wrote:
>
> Brigitte and Thomas,
> In negotiations leading to the opening of space
Hi Thomas,
you asked about responsibility and accountability and my perspective
regarding the two.
I understand that the distinction between these two is not made in some
cultures/countries, with both being combined as 'responsibility'. In my
perspective, this is not as helpful as making a distin
Hi Rob,
I appreciate your emphasis on the 'givens' for an OST meeting. I was
thinking about your wisdom of the step by step process that is needed in an
organization. This relates to my experience of helping the organization
practice and develop its capacity for working with OST...and as you refer
Thanks Birgitt,
I think it is called maturity- that is the process of redefining the
boundaries. The “sigmoid “ curve or organisational performance show us that as
we accelerate and broaden our “givens” the organisation needs to invigorate
itself lest it slide into a comfort zone chocked by its
Dear Birgitt,
Thank you! Also for the illustrating example.
Kind regards,
Thomas
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> On 23 Jul 2019, at 1.09, Birgitt Williams via OSList
> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas,
> you asked about responsibility and accountability and my perspective
> regarding the two.
>
> I u
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