Interesting point, Ralph.
It would be interesting to try. Before that, some comments.
I suspect that this depends on the previous experience of the group. I am
sure that at OSONOS or with a company or community used to OST everything would
work fine. But with a group used to Future Search probably they would end up
with a future search meeting (and one of the participants would spontaneously
become an active facilitator).
The point is that when we are saying that a system self organizes we are
saying nothing about how it self organizes... So the question arises: why do
people in OST events self organize the way they do? And how they self organize
to produce the fantastic results that are often produced?
Like in other instances of self organization (like the flocking of birds, or
pheromone driven ants, etc), I thing that in OST there are micro-rules that
allow for a certain macro behavior to emerge.
It is true that the facilitator does the less that he/she can. But that is
because these small little "rules" are being followed. The invitation, the
circle, the law, the relation between major sessions/break out sessions, the
posting of issues, etc are among those "rules". The principles and all the
other amazing things that we consistently encounter in OST events are the
results of self organization bounded by those "micro-rules", that I propose to
name “foundations” of OST.
Of course this is only my humble attempt to understand OST from a different
perspective. But if it is true it can have interesting consequences.
Regards
Artur
Ralph Copleman <[email protected]> wrote:
One way to test what is essential (what Artur termed "micro") and what is
not would be to open some space without mentioning either the four
principles or the law of two feet. Or anything else.
If self-organization occurs in os, would not the "space" still "open"
without things we have come to believe are essential? I'm betting it would=
,
or at least could. Perhaps all we need is a room and a theme and a wall.
Maybe some tea and coffee.
(...)
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