Hi John,
I love that Michael said you've already convened a dialog. It's much
more in the spirit of Open Space to "take responsibility for what you
love as an act of service" (as Peggy Holman says). I'll just assume
that's what you've done and act accordingly.
There are certainly strong feelings about this topic. My sense being in
this community for over ten years is that those who "hold space" don't
do that, at least not directly. The process of holding space is mostly
in the pre-work, and perhaps the most beautiful illustration of this is
how after the rules are explained, the facilitator leaves and takes a
nap (as Harrison does).
My own experience as a "holder of space", the people inviting,
organizing and facilitating an Open Space, is that I've not reached the
Zen Mastery level Harrison Owen has. I'm often wearing the sponsor hat
as well as facilitator hat. So I'm not really immune from taking actions
in favor of my biases, nor do I really believe that is necessary or even
advisable to be rigid about this. We're human, and it's a hard task to
really lean back.
Yet in many ways - it's much more powerful to step back. If our theme
has been well convened on an urgent topic with diverse and conflicting
opinions, AVOIDING advocacy is likely to have even more powerful results
in your desired direction.
Tao Te Ching verse 7
Therefore the sages:
Place themselves last but end up in front
Are outside of themselves and yet survive
Is it not due to their selflessness?
That is how they can achieve their own goals
Cheers,
Harold
On 5/6/23 2:02 PM, John Warinner via OSList wrote:
Hmmmm...
I would LOVE to participate in a dialogue around this question:
/*As each of us closely watches our system(s) of interest, and
supports emerging changes/adaptations that we consider positive, to
what degree should we introduce our own ideas of where and how the
system should proceed?*/
Does someone on this thread have the interest and means to convene
this dialogue?
Thank you!
John
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