Dear Birgitt, I so appreciate your thoughtful response. Also wholeheartedly agree that the intent is more important than the actual wording of the invitation. From the get-go, there was a joyous, thriving, future-focused spirit towards this gathering as we were inviting and imagining it. A mix of celebratory reunion combined with opportunity for the What’s Next with new people joining. Quickly in our conversations with others and between us, we felt the greater complexity, opportunity and confusion of these times. Which led us to rewrite the invite. Grief is not part of that language, nor will it be. Though indeed I can’t help but feel that it is there under the surface. Certainly the conversations at the Open Space last Saturday on the dual theme of Grieving AND Thriving in the workplace confirmed as much. With your comments Birgitt, you reminded me again that as a facilitator, grief is not mine to uncover. Nor should I wish or desire any other outcome. My role is simply to help create the Space and hold the Space. A lifelong practice of letting go that I keep learning and growing into, With much gratitude, thank you Birgitt for helping me remember this. Suzanne
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 23, 2022, at 11:22 AM, Birgitt Williams > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Suzanne, > Thank you for your description of how carefully you and the others are > planning for your OST event, making your spirit of intent clear. Your spirit > of intent for this event is critical, more so than the wording of the > invitation. The words of the invitation feel contradictory to me to the > spirit of intent. I pick up that the spirit of intent is to passionately look > at a more life nourishing future for individuals, community and our dear > Terra Blue. I don't pick up that the spirit of intent is about processing > grief and so the assumptions including blame don't fit in for me with the > beautiful spirit of intent that I believe you are holding. > > What I really like about the text of the invitation that you shared on this > list are the words " it is not enough to just assume "business as > (pre-pandemic) usual". Something much more is needed. This is the time to > explore new possibilities in how we interact. It is time to reinvent our > social and professional lives, to rethink what it means to be in community, > and to turn our attention more passionately to ...personal, community and > global health, welfare and survival,." > > in genuine contact, > Birgitt > > Birgitt Williams > Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants > Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership > development, and the power of nourishing a culture of leadership. > www.dalarinternational.com > > > >> Learn More & Register for any of our upcoming workshops here. > > > PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613 > Phone: 01-919-522-7750 > Like us on Facebook > Connect on LinkedIn > > >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 8:53 AM Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Technology and non-technology folks coming together for the Future of Work! >> >> Scrum BEYOND Software >> >> "We have come to value...individuals and interactions over processes and >> tools" >> — agilemanifesto.org >> >> This is a “behind the scenes” story of space opening during the invitational >> journey. We were about 3 months out. We felt the passion and purpose of our >> upcoming gathering, inspired by the context and theme. We had the basics in >> place: dates, times, virtual space and setup planned on QiqoChat, with a >> list of people to invite. We were ready to launch our invitation. It would >> be an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends who had met in >> Arizona on this trailblazing theme more than a decade ago. And to welcome >> others who we felt would be interested now and into the future. >> >> It was mid-summer with many in the euphoria of a much-needed vacation after >> being so deprived with covid, these past few years. Early on in our >> invitational conversations, we sensed the duality of exhaustion (virtual >> meeting fatigue) and deep yearning (dare we hope for a better world at >> work). More poignantly, we felt that this gathering was so much more than >> its history, more than a reunion. We felt the hopeful pull of the future >> with its complex challenges, hopes, fears and dreams around the Future of >> Work. Over the weeks and months, we sensed the mix of emotions, of optimism >> and despair. >> >> As a host/facilitation team (Tobias Mayer, Francois Knuchel and I), we >> listened, pondered and shared. It fueled and inspired us. Multiple times, we >> tweaked the invitation to reflect what we were hearing. A few weeks ago, we >> rewrote it almost entirely. We shifted, we went deeper, and we integrated >> what we heard and sensed. We continue to invite and listen. Together we are >> creating space. In a month it will be time to open and hold that special >> space knowing that "whatever happens is the only thing that could have." >> >> Here is an excerpt of the new language. Have a look at the full text if >> interested and click on the names of attendees to see who is coming and why. >> ScrumBeyond Software, 2022 >> >> “We are in a historical period of disruption and crisis on many fronts. >> Events of the past two years have led us to become withdrawn, socially >> disengaged, even suspicious of one another. The covid19 pandemic resulted in >> the closing down of many social spaces, including offices and other places >> of work, driving vast numbers of people onto their computers as their only >> form of interaction. Now we are emerging from this social desert, it is not >> enough to just assume "business as (pre-pandemic) usual". Something much >> more is needed. This is the time to explore new possibilities in how we >> interact. It is time to reinvent our social and professional lives, to >> rethink what it means to be in community, and to turn our attention more >> passionately to the systems that caused the breakdown in the first place—our >> self-crafted culture of short-term profiteering at the expense of personal, >> community and global health, welfare and survival, our self-centered >> decisions that have led to world hunger, continuous war and the present >> climate crisis. Something must change, and that something is probably >> everything”. >> >> To all who may be interested in this topic and theme, please come and feel >> free to invite others. As always: "Whoever comes will be the right people". >> >> In so many ways, we feel this gathering captures the spirit of Harrison’s >> work around grief and the “grieving and thriving in the workplace” >> conversations that were held recently. We are so grateful to have Open Space >> in our lives to welcome and host these important conversations. >> >> Warmly, >> >> Suzanne, Tobias and Francois >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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