is is a premier wine growing area.the `wedding at Cana'!? You
little bewdy.
Michael Wood
From: OSLIST on behalf of Peggy Holman
Sent: Sat 11/04/2009 07:08
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: convergence query
Since others have sp
Since others have spoken to the question of control/engagement, I won't.
Over the last year or two, I've been playing with approaches to
convergence. I've noticed three situations with different centers of
gravity:
* The focus is on individual action
People come from all over and/or the m
Dear Michael Wood,
why do I sense and smell control?
Is it because it does not feel like an Open Space (real business issue,
decision time of yesterday, providing time and space for passion and
responsibility to unfold in an environment of selforganisation, etc.)?
Is it that I as participant wou
Michael ~ I frequently blend methods and have never seen a downside if the principles and practices of each of the methods are honored. Since you are thinking about World Cafe conversations for the convergence, might you extend the time a bit so that participants have the opportunity to do more
Michael...
One way to look at it is that there is a smell of control about the process,
but when I read your note I immediately thought that the sponsor was
actually opening him/herself up for more group ownership of the meaning of
the event. IN other words, instead of the sponsor coming up with
I am doing an Open Space in a couple of weeks for about a hundred people in
Health Care around the issues of workforce flexibility and structuring.
The output will not so much be action plans as the raising of key themes and
issues which need to be taken into account by policy makers within the
Michael, this is a great opportunity for open space. I know this seems
subtle, there is much wisdom in letting people "vote with their feet"
engaging in the conversations that call their heart, making groups of any
single number (like 4) quite unlikely. The wisdom is in the authenticity of
engageme
Hi Michael,
I'd likely just re-open the space same as for action planning, but
instead the invitation is to a second round of deepening conversation
on emergent themes and issues from the previous day's proceedings.
Folks will pop up and post the themes and issues that have had all
night
