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+ organisations have agreed to a 2 day open space! - in fact I think they understand the principles better than I do! I will let you know how it goes.
I have learnt from going through this that it's not really about me working out how to utilise OS for strategic planning - that will happen once the space is open, but rather it's about confronting my fears of selling open space to my suspicious and at times cynical clients and getting better and doing so each time. It seems in open space my facilitation skills are neeed less and less and my selling (and of course very presence) are needed more and more. Cheers Andrew Andrew Donovan Business Facilitator tel +61 3 9416 3021 fax +61 3 9416 2935 PO Box 1705 Collingwood VIC 3066 Australia