Dear Phelim,
mulling over your wise words I remember the way I introduce the LAW
"You honor a group with your absence when you neither learn nor
contribute. If you learn, stay. If you can contribute, stay. But when
neither / nor, look for a more productive place for yourself".
In the future I might add something like this
"With your first step away from the group you honor the group and with
your second step toward a nap or another issue or something similarily
productive for yourself you honor yourself".
Shit, got to rewrite my book!
cheers
mmp
On 21.10.2011 23:19, Phelim wrote:
In open space technology there is only one law. It’s know as “The Law of
Two Feet” Some people don’t like calling it this and it is objected to
on the grounds of diversity/disability issues. So it gets re-christened
“The law of mobility”. However, I think it’s a very useful metaphor and
as such think all should have access to it. However that’s not what I
want to talk about today.
Sometimes people concentrate on “The law of two feet.” as being about
leaving somewhere: it might be a session, a person who is dominating a
conversation, a topic that goes off somewhere you are no longer
interested in, all these are things one might want to move away from.
However it’s good to remember it’s a law of TWO feet. Let’s say the
first foot or step is away from. Then the second step in terms of our
metaphor could be what we are moving towards. If the emphasis is just on
the first step the potential energy or even an awareness of the second
step can get overwhelmed. Veiled in issues of possibility or social
politeness.
So remember both aspects of the Law: “away from” but also “towards”.
Where have you already taken yourself or your mind? Where inside
yourself have you already taken your next step somewhere else?
This is a useful thing to remember not least because it might support
you over the threshold of your imagined impoliteness or arrogance when
you find yourself worrying about the fact that you are leaving somewhere
and being rude.
Maybe if you focus on where you are going to or where your presence has
gone.. Then you could realise it might be rude to have already left a
less than present self amongst the group. Or perhaps it’s even arrogant
to assume people will even notice that you left.
So whether you are attending to “The Law of Two Feet” or “The Law of
Mobility: Focus on the TWO feet of the dynamic and as Hal and Sidra
Stone say “Sweat the choice”.
Love Phelim
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