Hats off to Lisa to whom I also owe a huge debt of gratitude remembering when she was just a coaching phone call away on 2 events that had me be quite nervous -- my first large group with 300+ people in a situation that was less than ideal and another time working with scientists feeling quite intimidated by those PHDs.
Not only did Lisa calm my nerves but I had a chance to receive wonderful tips and discover that ultimately I had most of what I needed. It just took those conversations with Lisa to see that. I am so happy to report that years later, I am still connected with those clients and admire much of what they do just as they deeply appreciated what Open Space opened for them. Suzanne On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]>wrote: > Diane - your words resonate with me. > > I too believe nobody should have to be certificated or 'blessed' or have > to come to a workshop to be able to know and do Open Space. > I too find that the workshops are those wonderful opportunity to learn > in-person with others of diverse experience and insights. > > As a learner myself - I thrive more on an experiential learning > environment than by reading - though I learned so much from the User's > Guide. > I learn even more deeply by having begun in a workshop that you taught, > Harrison - sharing thoughts in person and being with a group of richly > different thinkers. > > So: we all learn in different ways and I love it that only each person > alone gets to say when they are ready - not some teacher-type. > > And about the workshop experience - I do not feel I have to teach anything > someone can learn from reading or from jumping in and doing. > > So besides the experiential learning offered I find that I am teaching > more of such things as how to support and sustain the ideas and momentum > created by an Open Space event, how to think about all those things in > advance that can maximize access and inclusion, stories of how Open Space > has been used around the world and in different settings and for different > tasks, how it can be used before or after other meeting processes to > achieve some particular learning or task objective... > I also find that people want to come together to share lessons learned > about working with groups no matter what is the method or process - such as > how to do invitation as relationship building, how to think about the full > ecology of an event not just the process, and so on. So I find that people > enjoy our various workshops because it is also a coming together of a > community for sharing thoughts and experiences about our work with groups. > > Your workshop participants are lucky to be so welcome in the knowledge > they invite from inquiry as well as the wisdom they carry within them, > Diane, Artur and others, > > Lisa > > > > > On Feb 26, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Diane Gibeault wrote: > > An invitation to grow - Arthur you have summed up very well what > "training-learning" opportunities are really about in my mind - I will > share other ideas on what you mentioned Arthur but before I want to say > that I agree with Harrison as well about reading your book or just > experiencing OS and then doing it. > > If the concern is that people will perceive that training is required, I > agree that it should not be the case. I don't know anyone who offers > certification for OS or implies that people must take some training to do > OS. If there are some, as you say, what can we do about it other than have > this conversation. Invitations I saw are about exploring and going deeper. > I personaly encourage people at every OS event I facilitate, to just do OS > (no talk of training) - I'll say more in a minute on how but before, a word > on why to even consider inviting people to "training-learning" of OS. > > OS is not there, now, or in the foreseeable future for many. They just > don't have the chance to experience it. For those people who prefer doing > or talking with others as a learning style or who already have a passion > for OS from what they read and now want to live it, why not offer the > opportunity? And for those who want to go deeper, why can't they have the > chance for face to face collective reflection? We know OS itself is so much > richer, face to face. One (reading or living) does not exclude the other > (learning with others). It just contributes to make OS known and used by > more people. It's about keeping the space open for learning and letting go > of people who may not offer learning as we would like it. > > Suzanne, I connect with your feeling of "coming home" when you experienced > OS. That is exactly how I felt when I did my training on OST that Harrison > lead. I do see at learning events, that many people have a transformative > experience of one type or another. It's all a gift and our community keeps > on giving it, in a variety of ways. > > Just DO IT - How I encourage participants at any OS event to "just do it": > every participant has a one-pager of the principles with a very short line > of what they mean as described in the opening, and they have the report > form with a few lines about the news room. Before the closing, I say: "You > have experienced Open Space, you have the basic tools, you see how > important it is to have a theme of real interest, you know about the > invitation and the question. Just do it. If you want to know more, there > is a good book called OST Users'Guide. " Many do tell me immediately that > they will do it with their classroom or their team etc. > > Arthur, CULTIVATING together is a wonderful image! I'm with you. When I > invite people to an OS learning event, they first experience OS after > having read the book in advance, they reflect together, then go deeper > with an OSonOS on their questions some of which are often about how to > prepare and how to work with sponsors to increase chances of a more > sustained impact. Exploration, story telling and looking at how OS can be > an ongoing way of being in organizations and in our lives are all part of > the co-learning, Wave Rider included. Participants are also invited - those > who wish to on the 3rd day - to jump right in and do an opening of OS in a > small group (like putting on the training wheels on the bicycle right away > to break the ice). It's amazing how afterwards, they talk in a different > way of the essence of Open Space. > > Their words about the essence of OS are treasures for life. > > Diane > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle
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