I was interested in your comment on put down humour, which I find more difficult and offensive the older I get. It does seem to be more of a "man thing". There is a wonderful quote - can't remember who from that says "Humour is often hostility masquerading as wit." Clearly your group recognized that, which most people don't. Congratulations.
-----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Joelle Lyons Everett Sent: November 28, 2000 1:12 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Participant Driven Open Space Principles and Laws For a long time I've been interested in how changing the rules changes the game. It seems that any time you re-define "the Laws" or the group norms, it encourages behavior change, whether the new rules be dialogue principles, Open Space laws, or something as simple as brainstorming "rules." It also seems to me that such a rule change is more likely to originate outside than inside the group. Having the group decide on group norms, which I have done many times, brings forward best practices from participants' experience. It isn't likely to result in a paradigm shift. If I, as an outside facilitator, propose such a shift, the participants have a relatively low-risk setting to test new behaviors and see what happens. And what happens is often dramatic and effective. I think the really powerful place for participants to define what the rules should be is after they have experienced a new way of being together. For example, after a weekend work session when we operated under brainstorming rules, a group of clients realized that their habit of putdown humor was discouraging on-the-job creativity. And an Open Space meeting in an organization often leads to discussion about what elements should carry over into their everyday experience. I don't think there's one right answer to this question--I'd love to hear about your experience. Joelle Everett * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
