Posts by Steve Holyer
Big Pharma Transformation
How can open space be effective inside mega-corporations operating in a critical and highly regulated industry?
This is my story of holding space for drug development teams working inside one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
The “CEO of the molecule” invited everyone to gather offsite to figure out how they would safely get a breast cancer “cure” to the oncologists and patients who desperately needed it.
Read MoreWorkshop Course Plan (p)
In college we called this the syllabus. This is an outline of the 3 group sessions, along with the preparation guide to prepare for each session.
Group sessions last 2-3 hours each. Plan to spend 1-2 hours preparing for each session.
Workshop Course Plan
In college we called this the syllabus. This is an outline of the 3 group sessions, along with the preparation guide to prepare for each session.
Group sessions last 2-3 hours each. Plan to spend 1-2 hours preparing for each session.
Fairy Circles
How do you hold space meaningfully when people aren’t in the same space?
When the gobal pandemic hit people reached instinctively for Open Space Technology—because it’s a natural fit. Here are some thoughts from my experience holding remote open space in a time of incredible dispruption. Like all open space: it’s far easier than it looks and much harder than you ever imagined.
Read MoreZoom Mobility
I need Zoom Mobility—an imaginary feature so that people choose their Zoom break-out rooms and move freely between them. Mobility is vital to the life-changing magic of holding space.
I just requested if from Zoom.
Read MoreWhy Zoom?
We’ve been using Zoom since 2015. Here’s why. We also find Zoom offers the ease, safety, and security we need—and we have practice procedures for reacting to harassment and other problems. (Which thankfully we’ve never had to use.)
Read MoreConnecting AWESOME Remote Teams: Preparation and Pre-Work
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Read MoreOSSPACE
Coaching Cocktails Open Space by Steve Holyer You will be able to edit this mural.
Read MoreWorkshops using LEGO Serious Play
Cocktails & Events LiftOff! Open Space Circles Retrospective CocktailsBlogCourses Open Space Leadership Training Connecting AWESOME Remote Teams LiftUp – Continuous Agile Chartering unWebinar: Engage Results in Remote EventsOffice HoursOpen Space Leadership Training | Apply to Join Cocktails LiftOff! Open Space Online Retrospective CocktailsBlogCourses Open Space Leadership Training Connecting AWESOME Remote Teams LiftUp: Continuous Agile Chartering…
Read MoreCall for Questions and Themes
For change-makers, coaches, leaders, teachers, facilitators and other agents of change, this open space asks: What happens now?
(Sunday, 29 March, 2020)
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