Robert Sullens wrote:
I have to admit to having some trouble with the "Whoever comes is the right people" principle. I had difficulty scheduling the event. I had to cut it down from 1 1/2 days to one day and postpone it twice because of scheduling conflicts. Registration was slow. I had visions of an empty room. I ended up with 18 participants which is about 1/2 what I expected and 1/3 of what I had hoped for. But the people who came were the right people.. The group generated numerous ideas for future actions and organized a committee to plan an all church retreat for later this summer. OS does always work.
The first principle is my favourite. I often introduce it by inviting people to look around the circle and seeing who is here and then saying something like "of all the places that that people could be and all the important things everyone could be doing, you have all chosen to be here. For each person this is by definition the most important thing you could be doing in the world right at this moment. So the first principle honours that intention." And recently I have added something that Michale Dobbie from Seattle inspired in a small session convened by Ashley Cooper at the practice of Peace. I say "with that kind of intention here, we could really make something important happen. What kind of change are we going to make today?" Thanks for the story Bob, and congrats. Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada (604) 947-9236 Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Homepage: http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
