Hi Meike, Angeles Arrien has gathered a lot of wisdom about the Medicine Wheel - in her book The Four Fold Way.
The Genuine Contact Program uses the Medicine Wheel Tool to allow circles/ people for deep conversations. Especially in the Training Modules 'Organizational Health & Balance', 'Achieving Organizational Health & Balance', and 'Individual Health Balance' you experience how to gather wisdom and insights with and from the Medicine Wheel Tool. I am a Trainer of the Genuine Contact Program - just back from giving the Training called 'Whole Person Process Facilitation'. If you're interested in the Medicine Wheel Tool I highly recommend checking out the Genuine Contact Program. Greets from Berlin Anna Caroline* On Sep 17, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Meike Hübel | erziehungsweise e. V. wrote: > 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. > Münchener Straße 48 • 10779 Berlin • www.erziehungsweise.org > > tel [+ 49.30] 301 047 92 • skype mariiike > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Anna Caroline Türk, boscop e.g. Pflügerstr. 4, 12o47 Berlin ++ 49 (o) 3o 228o3155 ++ 49 (o) 176 24872254 www.boscop.org
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