Dear OS Friends
I am a recent 'convert' to open space, having used it very successfully now
for a number of stakeholder consultataion forums in nearlly every state of
Australia and two planning forums for small close knit teams of workers.
I am wanting to utilsie open space now for small organis
Hi Andrew:
Lots to reply to.
I think your process design can work.
In doing a two day OS specifically to create a strategic plan for a new
organization, we:
began by doing environmental scan, etc., and publishing that information
for all
published a "template" for the ultimate strategic plan
Andrew,
I use OS to do our annual retreat for our labor-management organization. We
are a not-for-profit with volunteer board members and a small staff, namely
me. We use a third party to open the space, this way I can be part of the
discussion. I feel that it works quite well, but the key is t
Dear Jay, Andrew, David et al
Having followed the dialogue on strategic planning, there are two
significant reasons for using large group processes, especially OST:
1. You get input from the whole system which otherwise would not enter the
planning process.
2. You get ownership from real time pa
Kerry: Thanks for the input. What is the name of the McGraw Hill book
that you refer to that has your model?
Karen Tiller
Lancaster, Ohio
>I created a planning model in a book published by McGraw-Hill. Using the
>model, I also facilitated planning exercises with scores of senior teams in
>or
Dear Karen
My book is entitled THE STRATEGY LED BUSINESS: step-by-step strategic
planning for small and medium sized companies (McGraw-Hill Business
Paperback, 1996, 224 pp), ISBN 0-07-709 285-6. Don't be put off with the
business label, as the model is virtually the same for public sector and
vo
I have Opened the Space in a number of Strategic Planning Processes. There
is one brief story of its used with the Royal Bank Risk Management on my
web-site. In that case, the vision was developed by the senior team. The
Strategic Directions were developed in the Open Space with the participants
gi
Dear Friends
Thanks to all those who provided their valuable insights on organisational
planning in open space. I appreciate them greatly. I'm working with 12
differnet interlinked client groups and all that I have approached have
agreed to planning in OS. The group as a whole of 12+ organisation
Dear Karen
My book is entitled THE STRATEGY LED BUSINESS: step-by-step strategic
planning for small and medium sized companies (McGraw-Hill Business
Paperback, 1996, 224 pp), ISBN 0-07-709 285-6. Don't be put off with the
business label, as the model is virtually the same for public sector and
vo
