Not to twist thoughts or maybe bend minds - but I doubt that anything is "essential" when it comes to facilitating an Open Space gathering, if only because the fundamental process, (self organization) was there way before OST. Not of our making or control. And if we did absolutely nothing, self organization would roll on. BUT I believe we (facilitators/practitioners/?) can add value by helping to bring this elemental power of life to consciousness awareness. There are all sorts of ways that can be done, but the more subtle the better. I always loved the Medicine Wheel for its elegant simplicity and the way it wove history and tradition into present experience. But is it essential? I more than suspect that the only "essential" for a good OST is to learn to do nothing at all.
ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raffi Aftandelian Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:39 PM To: OSlist Subject: [OSList] medicine wheel? anyone? friends, craig's questions encouraged me to post about something i've been meaning to ask for a while: i'm curious how much - if at all- do you use the medicine wheel reflection activity described in the ost user's guide at the end of an ost meeting. do you see it as an essential element of a carefully facilitated ost meeting? or not? or is it best dropped ('one more thing not to do'). in my training in ost it was presented as essential and for years i did it and couldn't quite connect to it. but with time however, my relationship to the medicine wheel changed. and i think it has lots of value. at the very least it serves a role in bridging, bridging the experience of the meeting to the monday after the meeting...and beyond. as in, 'how do we take what we experienced here into our day to day life in our organization?' also my curiousity comes from hardly ever seeing it mentioned on the list... curious about your responses, much warmth, raffi powered by ubuntu 10.4
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