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http://rationalmadness.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/insights-from-an-open-space-on-open-space-in-london-2013/ Paul On 20 May 2013 13:54, Harold Shinsato <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, awesome! There were several conversations in Florida that rather > than talking about "flattening" our hierarchies in organizations - what we > need is circling. Circle culture. Thanks for such an awesome story. > > Looking forward to the notes on Guerilla Action & Stealth Open Space - Jon! > > From Florida with Love, > Harold > > > On 5/20/13 1:07 AM, Jon Harvey wrote: > > And thus the #ukosonos begins. Looking forward to seeing everyone at > Lauderdale House v soon. > > Just thought of running a session on guerilla action & stealth open space. > Will anyone join me? > > So, got tea, coffee, milk & food to share. Come Paul, come all to our UK > reprise of #WOSONOS in North London > > Great greetings to all in Florida as you wend your way homewards. > > Atb > > Jon > On 20 May 2013 07:54, "paul levy" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I remember a conference where the audience took over - at least for a >> while. It was a revolution that left the top table (the ones who had the >> bottles of mineral water and the little flowers in vases) paralysed with >> perplexity. >> >> A formal presentation using a lot of bullet-pointed Power Point had just >> stopped for five minutes of questions and answers - the fifth presentation >> in a row without a break. >> >> Garish neon lights blared down from the ceiling in a room with no natural >> light. >> >> Yes, you are correct - I said "revolution". Now, that it an interesting >> word. We talk of a revolution of the people. We also talk of a revolution >> of the planets. Revolution hints at a circle. >> >> Now, everyone was sitting in rows, as in a traditional classroom, facing >> the top table that was in a row facing the classroom style audience. >> >> The speaker stood at a lectern facing the audience as well. >> >> The chairperson invited questions. >> >> And then it happened. Someone in the audience raised their hand and was >> invited to pose their question. And pose it she did. But not in the >> direction of the top table. She sort of turned to her side and posed it to >> her row. She was interested, you see, in what other people thought of the >> issue underlying her question. Had other people had the same experience? >> Did they have any solutions. She seemed to pose it along her row and then >> to the rows behind her, as her arm swept around her and backwards in a kind >> of inclusive gesture. She finished her question and then someone near the >> back started to answer it. Soon, another person, nearer the front added a >> useful thought and then a small whispering conversation began in a corner >> between three people who were resonating with the original question. >> >> It lasted for about four minutes and, at one point, the whole room were >> now looking, not at the top table, but inwards, towards a rough central >> point in the rows. >> >> The circle was forming, even in rows of seats! >> >> And the circle was powerful. Fora while those who were supposed to be "at >> the top" at the top table were flummoxed, silent, mere onlookers on the >> outside of a forming community circle. >> >> It was a vibrant four minutes. Then the chair person raised his voice and >> attempted to restore "order". He never quite got it back! For at least a >> while afterwards, when questions were asked they are posed by the >> questioner into the centre of the room, rather than directed to the front. >> >> An in that four minutes a lot of ground was covered. The buzz continued >> into the coffee break and the top table was left, orphaned, without a clear >> role. The people wanted to talk to each other, to form a circle, to >> dialogue, to self-organise their own conversation. >> >> And this had happened: Space had opened. >> >> And this was happening: Space was opening. >> >> What I loved about witnessing this was realising the power of the circle. >> The circle wants to form - it is the natural form for people in social >> setting settings. I believe the circle is always there, in archetype, >> whenever human beings come together; it kind of hangs there, as potential, >> above the group. It seizes the chance to realise in real, especially when >> there is a top table and a bunch of rows of seats. All it needs is the >> impulse to self-organise; and that occurs with a gesture. It is the gesture >> usually of one person made, not in a way that reinforces the linear >> hierarchy - the top table - but the gesture that addresses itself to the >> central point of the natural circle. Then the attention of all turns >> towards it and a circle is formed - even when there are rows of seats. >> >> Space opens in a circle. And circles open space. Of course, it is often >> better to start with a circle of chairs, but even when that is not so, just >> direct your comments into the mess, into the heart of the community, and >> watch that circle form. >> >> Written on the way to our Open Space on Open Space in London, on May 20th >> 2013. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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