Elwin Wrote: "None of this works without People AND Common Interest."
Absolutely! It is always about "those who care to come." Voluntary self-selection is, in my experience, the only workable way. People "in general" are an amorphous blob -- and in my lexicon "The People" (capitolized) are those who have self-organized themselves around a common concern. Now of course the way each one perceives that concern may be as various as the people themselves. But the common concern (interest) is the "strange attractor" which begins the process of alignment and self organization. I think. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elwin Guild Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Principles, Process, and People Jack said, "I recently played with the descriptive tone and intention of the principles and law language a bit: When people feel free to talk about what matters most to them, they will; When the right people feel free to join the conversation, they will; When people feel free to do whatever they can, they will; When people feel free to move on to new conversations, they will." I like what Jack has said here because providing a state of "when people feel free" is our job as facilitators. To achieve that state we use the 4 Principles and 1 Law. Doing so allows the "free state" to be quickly and effectively entered into. For me it is a simple matter of following each with a quick story of how conventional activity is opposite them and what that feels like. Bam! Done! Free state created!! Harrison I totally agree self organization is always about PEOPLE, but I submit it only works when people assemble out of passion for the issue at hand i.e., Common Interest. None of this works without People AND Common Interest. Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore * * ========================================================== [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 * * ========================================================== [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
