I do not trust people if they say there is no distrust. Os at least, I
am very suspicious.
I think the good thing is to be explicit about it, to take it for
granted as a human condition. And then talk about it again and again and
built our fragile moments of trust and bridges of compromises.
And of course I, as most people, I love the moments of trust!
Agneta
doug skrev 2012-02-24 03.34:
Harrison and Kerry--
(Wonderful to see you back on the list the last few months, Kerry!)
Peggy Holman in her Engaging Emergence has hinted (maybe she said it
outright) that a little bit of distrust can actually help the Open
Space, equating it to just so much more diversity, if I recall.
Comments on distrust among the participants as a good thing?
:- Doug.
On 02/23/2012 05:27 PM, Kerry Napuk wrote:
Hi Harrison
Enjoyed your analogy of teaching someone to fish in lieu of handing them
a fish. It certainly is applicable to the failures of traditional
foreign aid.
Yeah, Open Space is easy. I facilitated my first group with 175 people
in an old tram works in Glasgow for the entire theatre sector of
Scotland. My training was reading your Handbook and a weekend course in
OD. But, like most simple things, you can spend your life working on
it. So, simple it is, but practising and perfecting it is an art.
I now have done over 100 events with a bit more than 7,000 participants
and I still am amazed at large group energy and dynamics. It sure beats
facilitating top teams in organisations who, agree a vision and
strategy, then watch it fail when they try to cascade it downwards.
Nobody buys in, because they were not a part of its creation.
It is far easier to get the whole system in one room and let people
commit at the point of participation. After all, what more can you ask
than an organisation creating the space where people totally equal
contribute and participate on a level field. Nobody is in control and
nobody can influence outcomes. So, there can be no stacked deck or
hidden agendas.
That is yet another thing so brilliant about Open Space, you can seed
the field with grass and players far faster than any other large group
process. Flexibility is the hallmark of Open Space, along with its
complete bottom up self organisation driven by motivation and action
through _*passion* _(care enough about something to stand up in front of
everyone with your burning issue) *_and responsibility_* (care enough to
lead a group and do something about your passion.)
Simple it is, but you can spend a life time working on it. In this
respect, Open Space has a Zen like quality. Practise, practise, polish,
polish.
So, thank you Harrison for your laziness and penchant for martinis. You
have done well. And we all can attest to your generosity as David
Osborne discovered. You gave your creation to the world without strings
and without royalties. Bravo!
Cheers
Kerry
Edinburgh
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