Great personal practices, all. The first thing that came up for me
when you asked the question, Harold, was the image of a huge poster
the Girl Scouts made for the 2005 Open Space for 2,000 delegates to
the GS national convention. Although I officially opened the space in
2005 and Lisa Heft opened the space in 2008, it was truly the large
group of self-selected leaders who self-organized into teams to
wrangle all the logistics and create the container, who held the space.
Check-in was one of our core practices in the months of work before
these large events. We began the practice in person at the planning
meetings and continued the practice on the phone. I first began
practicing check-in in my days as a Gestalt Group Therapist and have
found this to be one of the best ways for groups to practice and
prepare for being surprised.
Of course, the Open Space Institute-US, along with many other groups
in our open space community also use check-in. It's the surprises
that are often the best part of our meetings!
Warm wishes from a warm Phoenix afternoon,
Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez, Partner
Innovation Partners International
480.759.0262
www.innovationpartners.com
On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Phelim McDermott wrote:
Harold
I also wrote a blog on the idea of how we are active in our own
surprise as an invitational idea.
http://clusterform.tumblr.com/post/6485524108/surprise-trust30-prompt
Best regards,
Phelim McDermott
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On 4 Apr 2012, at 18:13, Lisa Heft <lisah...@openingspace.net> wrote:
Good points, all.
I would just add - b r e a t h e...
...and take good care of yourself.
Then you will better be able to marvel at the surprises - whether
you can define or articulate them or not.
Whether you like them or not.
Whether they are as you might have wanted them - or not.
Whether they come on the timeline you had wished for - or not.
Whether they are in a form you understand or not.
It is a bit like welcoming the stranger...
Lisa
The Open Space Learning Workshop / el Taller de Aprendizaje de
Espacio Abierto
- May 16-18, 2012 - San Francisco, USA
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