Linda: Yes but haven't you noticed that Dan is different? Be prepared to be surprised with him around! Adriana
2013/10/26 Linda Stevenson <stevenson8...@msn.com> > Hi, Dan, > > "Be prepared to be surprised" along with the OST "principles" is *descriptive > *of what participants might notice in Open Space. You could think of it > as a "heads up" or a reminder that nobody knows specifically what is going > to go up on the wall (nor what specific outcomes and next steps will > emerge). General outcomes, yes, like emergent visions, creative > collaboration, genuine community, serious learning and play, etc. but not > specific ones, hence the element of surprise. > > In twenty years of facilitating Open Space I have never seen any one > interpret it as a directive, just a reminder which not only applies to OST > but also to life itself. > > All the best, > Linda > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:17:38 -0400 > From: d...@newtechusa.net > To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > Subject: [OSList] : Speech acts > > When responding to Jenifer's thoughts earlier, I realized: > > The slogan "Be Prepared to Be Surprised" is a most interesting one in OST. > > It is actually an illocutionary speech act.... of type "*Directive*". > > So, located here in OST, baked into it, we have a specific slogan that is > attempting to *cause* the hearer to take a particular action, e.g. a > request, *commands* and advice. A directive! > > I wonder if the undeniably directive structure of "Be Prepared to Be > Surprised" really aligned with the intention/spirit/philosophy of OST. > > Dan > > > Background links: > > What is a speech act? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts > A *speech act* in linguistics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics>and > the philosophy > of language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language> is an > utterance that has performative function in language and communication. > > What is an illocutionary act? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act > *Illocutionary act* is a term in > linguistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics>introduced by the > philosopher John > L. Austin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin> in his > investigation of the various aspects of speech > acts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts>. > > > What is a Directive illocutionary act? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts > *directives* = speech acts that are to *cause the hearer to take a > particular action*, e.g. requests, commands and advice > > More than you asked for: > What is a Commissive speech act? > *commissives* = speech acts that commit a speaker to some future action, > e.g. promises and oaths > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote: > > Dan wrote: >> Consider the man who loves a certain woman, and waits for > the current trend of her interest in him to change. He is goal seeking > without controlling. Likewise, trend-following market traders do not > attempt to create, control or make trends. They simply identify & ride > them, while seeking wealth. << > > Waiting and seeking are still forms of controlling. Your loving man has > chosen to wait for his goal rather than (to coin a phrase) being prepared > to be surprised by another woman. He may not be trying to control her, but > he’s still trying to control the situation in a way that he thinks will > allow him to achieve his goal. > > Those who seek wealth do likewise: they don’t randomly ride the trends, > they identify them and make choices about how to ride them, in order to > obtain wealth. That is control. > > I don’t think it’s possible to be goal-oriented and try to exert some kind > of control over the process, unless your goal is… to have no goal. > Actually, even being prepared to be surprised is a goal. A sort of > wonderfully ridiculous one. > > Jen x > > *Jenifer Toksvig > *www.acompletelossforwords.com > > *The Copenhagen Interpretation > *www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click > below:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > -- > > Daniel Mezick, President > > New Technology Solutions Inc. > > (203) 915 7248 (cell) > > Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/>. 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