Sometimes I wish we had a "like" button like in Facebook to say how much I like something. So Chris Corrigan, consider that I am "liking" your post a lot including "the 12 minutes that can seem like an eternity" when you're just itching to write your topic! :-)
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Chris Corrigan <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't know the answer to the question, but I have observed over time > that the more work that has gone into the invitation process, the quicker > people rise to their feet and move forward. > > Of course that is always tempered by things like how much conflict there > is in the room, how safe people feel and so on, but there is a strong > correlation between shared purpose and circle energy during the opening. I > like to have OST meetings where participants know why they are there and > are so ready to go that by the time I'm through my opening, they are sick > of hearing from me. 12 minutes can seem like an eternity when you have a > conversation to call. > > Chris > > On 2012-11-17, at 8:55 AM, Bernhard Weber wrote: > > > Peggy, > > > > might be, that (the perception of) COMPLEXITY produces a (first) feeling > of beeing overwhelmed > > And digesting needs time. > > > > (Maybe there is a similarity to some long and deep silences I also > experienced when the complex GESTALT of the mindmaps in FSConferences > became evident to everybody in the room.) > > > > Bernard > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Peggy Holman wrote: > > > >> Ironically, I read this thread having just opened a space with a really > long silence before the first session was announced. > >> > >> Harrison (who is here at this OS with students of my Implementing > System Change class in the American University Masters of Science in > Organization Development program (MSOD)), said: > >>> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the > storm of creativity. > >> > >> > >> So true! I marveled at the wealth of topics -- both content and number > -- on the wall following the long silence. > >> > >> My experience has been that generally, the more hierarchical the > organization, the longer the silence. This is the second time I've opened > space with the MSOD program. And both gatherings began with a long silence. > In this setting, hierarchy isn't the issue. After some conversation with > the first cohort about what was going on for them, I have a theory of why. > They came for an Open Space. As much as I've worked to emphasize the > purpose of the OS (sponsored by the program chair, the topic is What > contributes to a world-class education in system change?), it gets talked > about as the Open Space meeting. So it takes a while for participants to > formulate questions related to the theme. > >> > >> Peggy > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> 425-746-6274 > >> www.peggyholman.com > >> > >> On Nov 15, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> what you experienced is simply that rich moment of silence before the > storm of creativity. If so… just > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- 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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