What have I learned from Open Space facilitations? (You asked for the downside, as well!)
1. People live up or down to your expectations. 2. Left alone, people will self-organize. 3. Senior executives frequently have a hard time believing that their employees are competent, able to innovate on their own and worth listening to. It's very threatening. Just like lawyers are often hard pressed to believe that disputing parties can negotiate their own agreements in mediation, independent of their attorney's protective, paternal arms. 4. The wisdom of a group is indisputable. 5. In the face of adversity (see #3, see our US political scene today, see prevelance of violence in our world as the answer to too many problems), it is hard to sustain a belief in the promise of OST. After all, if you can't sell it, how can it happen?! 6. I'm not quitting. Julie Denny President Resolutions People talk...people listen...things change. _http://www.resolutionsforyou.com_ (http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/) 31 Poe Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 CELL: 914-522-5214 TEL: 609-921-9021 FAX: 609-921-2255 32 West 40th Street - Ste. 3B New York, NY 10018 TEL: 212-944-7271 FAX: 212-944-0346 Julie Denny President Resolutions People talk...people listen...things change. _http://www.resolutionsforyou.com_ (http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/) 31 Poe Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 CELL: 914-522-5214 TEL: 609-921-9021 FAX: 609-921-2255 32 West 40th Street - Ste. 3B New York, NY 10018 TEL: 212-944-7271 FAX: 212-944-0346 * * ========================================================== [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
