DO YOU NEED A NEW APPROACH TO YOUR CONFERENCE, TO STRATEGIC
PLANNING OR TO GENERATING IDEAS?
We can offer you a novel approach...with proven results. Have you
considered an open space event?
Open space technology (OST) has been used around the world for the
past 20 years. Originally designed by Owen Harrison, OST has been
used in more than 60 countries by a wide range of companies,
community groups and non-profit organisations. These include: Accor,
Guinness, ICI, Ikea, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell and World Bank.
What is open space technology?
 | A meeting methodology
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| Organisation transformation
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| Emergent self-organisation
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| Enables groups of any size to come together around complex,
important issues and accomplish a unique and meaningful outcome
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| Emphasises personal responsibility
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| It involves playfulness and high learning
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Why and when would you use OST for your next conference, planning
meeting or visioning?
| Where a diverse group of people is involved
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| The issue being discussed is sufficiently complex, and may involve
some potential conflict
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| Nobody knows ‘the answer’
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| Ongoing participation is required for a successful outcome
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| The format is supported by senior management
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| Response time to the issue under discussion is ‘yesterday’
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| No hidden agenda are held
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| The organisation is genuinely interested in tapping into the
creative potential of its people and providing a space in which
this can emerge
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| Stability and the usual methods of problem solving have not
delivered a sufficient plan of action for the issues
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What can OST promise your organisation?
| An event that is unique
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| All participants are involved in high play and high learning
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| Every issue of concern to any staff member has been raised
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| All issues are discussed to the extent that any staff member cared
to discuss them
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| A full written record of all discussions is available for every
participant – usually during the event
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| An action plan – a way forward – has been co-created by the
participants (given sufficient time)
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Dr Genevieve Armson, Realisations Consultancy Pty Ltd, is an author,
corporate educator and open space technology facilitator. Her company
has been involved in creating and facilitating adult learning
programs for corporate clients for over 16 years.
We welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how this
unique and powerful facilitation methodology can assist your
organisation to ‘realise its full creative potential’.
tel 08 9470 2662 learning@realisations.com.au www.realisations.com.au
