Conducted either in-person or virtually, OST meetings work within a carefully selected theme, clearly define ‘givens’ or non-negotiables and sanctioned authority to create ‘open space’ for participant determined agenda items and content. Passion, creativity, energy and resourcefulness are unleashed in a fashion not seen with most other meeting methods.
Participants may experience:
- Rekindled passion for work, colleagues and customers.
- Business conducted in ways that are fun, spontaneous, unconstrained and energized.
- Simple insights to complex problems and situations.
- Self-determinism and self-organizing that is authentically empowering and energizing.
- The opportunity to take risks and experiment, free from the constraints of formal organizational structures.
- No place to hide! Without the usual organizational structures, personal accountability emerges because finger-pointing doesn’t work.
- Awareness of oneself, others and the organization that is not visible during ‘business as usual’.
A flow of energy in the moment, in dynamic interaction with others, that leads to maximum creativity and innovation.