Joelle, you said, "During an initial Open Space in an organization, the intention of the facilitator helps a lot to keep the normal rules suspended. Once the meeting is over, keeping the space open will depend on the intention and actions of leaders inside the organization, who may or may not understand how to sustain the change, and who may or may not want to do so."
I think your are right on. It is hard for most formal leadership (be that at the CEO, VP, Director or Manager level) to understand how to sustain the "change", to deal with the "emergent". It does not fit current management "training" and is frightening to managers who think they are required to "control" - infact, they often perceive that their identity comes from "managing" or controlling. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.spiritedorg.com> www.spiritedorg.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
