Michael - Congratulations !!
You wrote: < I had a loose agenda, bringing people together after a full day workshop and as we opened the space I tore that agenda up so that we could truly open the space. We convened for two days and it was a wondrous experience. > Bravo to you for seeing the power and abilities of people to self-organize in Open Space to create something even better than thoughtfully pre-designed agendas. And for having the faith to let go. I have found that in a conference (or any other gathering) using Open Space the best, most productive thing to do is to simply open the space and let people do amazing things, rather than try to 'help' them think or organize through any other orchestrations of time and topic. Sounds like you got out of the way (one of the important practices in Open Space) and by doing do you witnessed the power and wisdom that is always in a room full of amazing people. Bravo! Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 [email protected] www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== [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
