dear all, could someone tell me, where i can get more information about the medicine wheel as a tool used in meetings? after reading so much about it here, i would like to learn more to form my own opinion. thank you, meike
Am 17.09.2012 um 00:28 schrieb Diane Gibeault: > About the Medecine wheel (I missed the previous exchanges): I use it at times > for the debriefing meeting with the leadership team and the "follow-up > coordination committee" when one is created. It helps them to better see and > understand what has happened at different levels of their organization during > this OST experience. That is something they can discuss in the next steps > with other members of the organization, and they know where they need to > focus. > > As for the end of an OS event, I find generally that people have invested > themselves so much in the reflective conversations and the practical action > planning that the only energy left then is for taking a deep breath and > saying something deeply felt about their experience together with the talking > piece in the closing circle. When it's over, it's over. The medecine wheel > seems to bring people back in their heads when the best gift I find, is to > end on a note that connects them via their heart, to the experience they just > had. They tend to remember that part more easily and it can have a lasting > and positive effect for the times ahead of them. > > Diane > > From: Artur Silva <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 4:27:41 AM > Subject: Re: [OSList] Another Way of Ending an Open Space Meeting > > Thanks, Brendan. > > > Meeting you in Berlin in 2010 is a memory so vivid and present for me has > having met Brian (and some others) in 2000, also in Berlin... > > > A use a variant of your approach. > > > Before I pass the talking stick for the closing circle, I say a summary of > your questions to help participants’ reflection: "please reflect and - if you > so wish - tell us what were the most significant learning’s you got from your > time in this Open Space event?” > > > When the talking stick comes back to me, I simply close the session, using > sometimes the procedure you described in your last sentence. > > > Oh, and I dislike and never used, the Medicine Wheel. It is too much > directive for my liking… > > > Regards and have a nice week end > > Artur > > > > From: Brendan McKeague <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:14 PM > Subject: [OSList] Another Way of Ending an Open Space Meeting > > Hi folks > > I've just revisited the delightful conversation on the use of the Medicine > Wheel and thought I'd share a way of ending that now sits comfortably within > me...the Medicine Wheel, as some others have mentioned, never has. I think > this may be due in part to me not being from North America. I'm also not from > Australia where I currently facilitate most of my Open Space meetings. > > So here is what I usually do at the Closing Circle, after everyone has spoken > and the Sponsor, being the last one to speak in the group, hands the talking > stick/mic back to me... > I rise and slowly walk the circle with some words of description around what > people came to do and what they actually did during the meeting (number of > topics, action plans...) and then I invite folks to reflect on how the > principles showed up for them during the meeting experience - usually > beginning with a question, followed by a pause, like: > > "Did you notice the right people came here here today?" - pausing while I > walk another few steps, then > > "How did whatever happened...appear for you today?"...pause... > > "Did you start at the right time?"...pause... > > "Did you recognise when it was over - or not over?"...pause.. > > "Did you use the Law of Mobility at all...or notice others using > it?"...pause.. > > "Did you butterfly a bit?"...pause... > > "Did you buzz a bit?"...pause... > > "Did you need a billabong space for yourself at any time during the meeting?" > (billabong being an Australian word referring to a 'watering > hole/oasis')...pause... > > "And finally, were you surprised at all about what happened here today, in > yourself, observing others, topics raised, anything?"...pause... > > In the tradition of the OS Closing Circle, I then invite the group to stand, > look around the circle and acknowledge what has been given and received > to/from each other, and the work that has been done here today, and when > you're ready, take a 180deg turn and step out of the circle...and we're done. > > That's it...until the next one! > > Cheers > Brendan > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ----------------------------------------- Meike Hübel • erziehungsweise e.V. 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