Open Space Technology: A User's Guider
Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide is just what the name implies: a hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST). OST is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 2,000 participants that has been used in thousands of organizations in 134 countries and just keeps growing in popularity. Written by the originator of the method, this is the most authoritative book on the rationale, procedures, and requirements of OST. OST enables self-organizing groups of all sizes to deal with hugely complex issues in a very short period of time. This step-by-step user’s guide details what needs to be done before, during, and after an Open Space event. Harrison Owen details all the practical considerations necessary to create Open Space. He begins with the most important question—should you use Open Space at all?—and examines what types of situations are appropriate for Open Space Technology and what types are not. He then goes on to look at nuts-and-bolts issues such as supplies, logistics, and who should come and how you should go about getting them there. This third edition adds a survey of the current status of Open Space Technology around the world, an updated section on the latest available technology for report writing (a key aspect of the Open Space process), and an updated list of resources.
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Open Space Technology: A User's Guider
Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide is just what the name implies: a hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST). OST is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 2,000 participants that has been used in thousands of organizations in 134 countries and just keeps growing in popularity. Written by the originator of the method, this is the most authoritative book on the rationale, procedures, and requirements of OST. OST enables self-organizing groups of all sizes to deal with hugely complex issues in a very short period of time. This step-by-step user’s guide details what needs to be done before, during, and after an Open Space event. Harrison Owen details all the practical considerations necessary to create Open Space. He begins with the most important question—should you use Open Space at all?—and examines what types of situations are appropriate for Open Space Technology and what types are not. He then goes on to look at nuts-and-bolts issues such as supplies, logistics, and who should come and how you should go about getting them there. This third edition adds a survey of the current status of Open Space Technology around the world, an updated section on the latest available technology for report writing (a key aspect of the Open Space process), and an updated list of resources.
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Open Space Technology: A User's Guider

Open Space Technology: A User's Guider

by Harrison H Owen
Open Space Technology: A User's Guider

Open Space Technology: A User's Guider

by Harrison H Owen

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Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide is just what the name implies: a hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST). OST is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 2,000 participants that has been used in thousands of organizations in 134 countries and just keeps growing in popularity. Written by the originator of the method, this is the most authoritative book on the rationale, procedures, and requirements of OST. OST enables self-organizing groups of all sizes to deal with hugely complex issues in a very short period of time. This step-by-step user’s guide details what needs to be done before, during, and after an Open Space event. Harrison Owen details all the practical considerations necessary to create Open Space. He begins with the most important question—should you use Open Space at all?—and examines what types of situations are appropriate for Open Space Technology and what types are not. He then goes on to look at nuts-and-bolts issues such as supplies, logistics, and who should come and how you should go about getting them there. This third edition adds a survey of the current status of Open Space Technology around the world, an updated section on the latest available technology for report writing (a key aspect of the Open Space process), and an updated list of resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609940416
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication date: 10/17/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 217
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Owen has worked with a variety of organizations, including small West African villages, urban (American and African) community organizations, the Peace Corps, regional medical programs, the National Institutes of Health, and the Veterans Administration.

Table of Contents


Preface to the Third Edition     xi
Open Space Technology?     1
The Genesis of Open Space Technology     3
Experience to Date     6
Coming Attractions     11
Preparation     15
Appropriateness     15
It Always Works     16
Working with the Client If You Are NOT the Sponsor     18
Focus and Intent     22
The Group     25
How Many?     27
The Invitation     28
Time and Space     32
OST in Combination     35
Space     36
Other Considerations-Like When Do We Eat?     39
Supplies     41
Consultation with the Facility Management     43
Checklist for Open Space     44
Proceedings and the Electronic Connection     47
How Does It Work Practically?     48
Keep It Simple     50
How Many Printers?     53
Reports without Computers     53
Wikis, Blogs, and Websites     54
Personal Preparation for Open Space     55
Creating and Holding Time and Space     56
Being Authentically Present     60
Self-Preparation     62
Site Preparation     65
Physical Arrangements: Chairs in a Circle     66
Plenty of Space     66
Make the Wall Accessible     67
And Nothing in the Middle (Almost)     68
Creation and Placement of Signs     69
Theme, Behavior, and Expectations     70
Space/Time Matrix and Daily Schedule     71
Report Production     77
Creating Time and Space     79
Welcome     80
Focus the Group     81
State the Theme     82
Describe the Process     84
Questions?     90
The Four Principles and One Law     91
The One Law     95
The Final Admonition     98
Time to Go to Work     99
Creating the Community Bulletin Board     101
Opening the Village Marketplace     104
Holding Time and Space     107
Collecting Coffee Cups and Trash     107
Sensing and Responding to the Environment     108
Morning Announcements and Evening News     113
Empowering the People     116
Potholes in the Road     118
Heavy Weather      118
Space Invaders     121
Dealing with the Outrageous     124
To Intervene or Not Intervene     126
Movement to Action     131
Getting the Whole System in the Room     132
It Has Already Happened     132
Prioritization and Action Planning     133
Sticky Dots     136
Voting     137
Convergence and Action Plans     139
Another Way: Opening the Space for Action     142
Endings and New Beginnings     147
The Talking Stick Ceremony     148
Alternatives to the Talking Stick Ceremony     152
Reflections on Open Space: The Medicine Wheel     153
Follow-Up     161
Keep the Space Open/Open More Space     164
Unexpected Gifts: Leadership, Performance, Peace     169
Leadership     170
High Performance     174
Peace and Peacemaking     179
What Next?     183
Additional Resources     191
Index     193
About the Author     199
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