Ralph-- I'd like to also support your comments on strategic planning.
People gasp when I tell them that nothing in my life has ever been the
result of a strategic plan - nothing. Nor will it ever be.
BePeace --BJ Peters
Joelle Lyons Everett wrote:
Ralph--
Can I quote you on this? You've put
Ralph Copleman schrieb:
> .I keep my focus on outcomes.
.
ralph,
I never see an outcome
but very often I see
the opening of a just within existing solution ---
strategic planning
mostly intends to grow "better than before, better than the competitor ---"
the "better than" is not the way of p
planning team and some people that care.
All the best
Avner Haramati
Jerusalem
- Original Message -
From: Jaime Pedreros Fitzgerald
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: OS and strategic planning
> Hello dear colleagues,
>
> Most of the OS literature I have reviewe
Dear Jaime Fitzgerald
Of course, Open Space can be used in strategic planning. Ignore
those negative comments about the planning process, it just reflects
individual experiences probably with a poor planning model.
If people want to look at the future and call it strategic or
corporate planning
I agree with Kerry on this one. I have opened space many times as part
of "strategic planning" - getting clarity, passion and direction about
intentionally moving forward. It is also a great way to practice
"emergent" strategy. Developing the ability to respond when "chaos
strikes". One client
: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: OS and strategic planning
Jaime,
I did a strategic planning process with the Washington State Arts Commission
(WSAC) a few years back using 20 open space gatherings. The first and last
were state-wide. The ones in the middle were held throughout the
On 4/8/03 7:51 PM, "Birgitt Williams" wrote:
> And the statistics say that 90% of strategic planning is never
> implemented.
That means as much as 10% of the "strategic plans" get implemented? I'm
surprised at how high that number is!
Ralph
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On 4/8/03 7:41 PM, "Joelle Lyons Everett" wrote:
> Can I quote you on this?
Joelle (and all),
Of course you can quote me. On anything. I find myself eminently quotable
all of the time.
Ralph
8-)
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osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
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don't forget we have an "intro to openspace" in something like 12
languages at http://www.openspaceworld.org
best wishes, m
Jaime Pedreros Fitzgerald wrote:
> English is not my mother
> language and this limits my ability to express
--
Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
300 West North A
Dear friends,
Thank you very much for your valuable help. All the
messages I have received during the last three hours
encouraged me to make a "non conventional" approach
for the proposal I will submit to the tax authority.
It's 9:00 pm here and I am sure more suggestions and
experiences are yet t
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From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Ralph
Copleman
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:09 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: OS and strategic planning
Open Space does not work for strategic planning because almost nothing does.
Strategic planning, in my long
Ralph--
Can I quote you on this? You've put my own observations in very succinct
form.
We had fun on a project a few months ago with an opportunity to express some
of our true thoughts and feelings about strategic planning.
We subsequently helped this organization hold an Open Space, and some c
Open Space does not work for strategic planning because almost nothing does.
Strategic planning, in my long experience, rarely works.
But that's a whole other story.
What's important is that Open Space works GREAT if a system wants to engage
in re-shaping its future or choosing a new one altogeth
s the draft of the harmonized document as
> well as to select participants for a "main event" in
> which the final document would be elaborated.
>
> MY questions are as follows:
>
> To what extent can OS be used in this case
>
e draft of the harmonized document as
well as to select participants for a "main event" in
which the final document would be elaborated.
MY questions are as follows:
To what extent can OS be used in this case
Is there any former (and of course, successful)
experience about OS and
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- Original Message -
From: "Jaime Pedreros Fitzgerald"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:46 PM
Subject: OS and strategic planning
> Hello dear colleagues,
>
> Most of the OS literature
thank you all (Kerry, Ralph, Lisa, Peggy, Larry, David...) for your
comments - I have read your stories with relish and have put together a
process for strategic planning that includes a journey (before and after)
with those who will be responsible for implementing - it includes OS and
other types
Brendan:
Well, yes and no. I wouldn't necessarily call OS a strategic planning
process per se, but it certainly is the substance for strategic planning.
The best combination I have found is to gather as large a group of
stakeholders as you can, do and OS on the subject at hand. And then ask (at
On 8/8/02 9:57 AM, "BrendanMcKeague" wrote:
> comments and hints about how to sell the idea to them?
Compare the outcomes they say they want to the likely outcomes from an open
space event of the appropriate duration. If there's a match, explain the
process, but "sell" the outcomes.
Good luck!
G'day Folks
I've been asked by a not-for-profit (Church-based, welfare) group to put
forward a proposal to help them develop a five year strategic plan for
their organisation - they will need to have such a plan in order to apply
for funding from govt and lotteries commission sources - I have pre
Dear Brendan
We have devised two structured processes for stratgic planning,
allowing up to 120 people to participate in teams. See our website
for Vision Search and Strategy Search, www.openfutures.com. Open
Space is quite useful as a front end input on issues and actions
and/or back end in im
Brendan:
I have used OST in strategic "planning' processes many times. One
example is on my web site in the Open Space section with the Royal Bank,
when the "plans" that emerged got implemented a year early. The key to
fully take advantange of what OST brings. Within the broad direction,
vision
ions among participants to pursue as they
wished.
Peggy
- Original Message -
From: "BrendanMcKeague"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: OS and Strategic Planning
> G'day Folks
>
> I've been asked by a not-for-profit (Church-based, welfare) gr
u] On Behalf Of
BrendanMcKeague
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:58 AM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: OS and Strategic Planning
G'day Folks
I've been asked by a not-for-profit (Church-based, welfare) group to put
forward a proposal to help them develop a five year strategic pl
Folks:
I have used Open Space in a variety of ways in what have been called
"strategic planning" processes. If the whole group is to develop a "shared
preferred future" or even a senior team before involving others I use a more
guided process which has elements of traditional strategic planning. I
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