Viv, As I read your note and the invitation below, I smiled thinking....um, I wonder what Father Brian (Bainbridge) would have said. I almost felt the twinkle in his eye, seeing him lower his head in deep reflection and hearing the closing salutation in so many of his emails: "Cheers and Blessings".
I am smiling still delighted that it's the vision that popped into my head. "Whatever happens happens" Suzanne On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm-- doesn't the compromise the basic openness of Open Space? Wouldn't a > "human grid" constitute a constraint, a sort of policing the Space, and, in > the situation described below, wouldn't World Cafe be a better choice? I'm > really quite new at working with OS so am just playing with what comes up > for me. Best to all, Donna > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: [Mindful] Prepare for an open space session? > From: Phelim McDermott <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 5:32 am > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > > > Mmmh in my opinion Mmmh I detect some double signals in this publicity. > Open space as engineered by the human grid! Fascinating! > > Best regards, > > Phelim McDermott > ----------------------------- > I generally pick up emails only at the beginning and end of the working > day. I am currently aiming to respond the following day. If it is urgent > please call me on 07956 187298. > ___________________///////////// > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 19 May 2011, at 12:05, Viv McWaters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all > > This landed in my in box and i thought it might be of interest. I can't go > so I won't be able to experience how open space is 'taken to the edge'. I'm > trying to keep an open mind (trying being the key word) and am reminded that > we humans seem to have an endless capacity to try and organise that which is > self-organising :) > > Cheers > > Viv > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mindful < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > Date: 18 May 2011 21:55 > Subject: [Mindful] Prepare for an open space session? > To: <[email protected]>[email protected] > > > *We look forward to seeing participants ready to start at > 9am Saturday morning at Hub Melbourne (we'll send a reminder of all the > details Friday) tweeting with #mindful!* > > We are always in a space, at a time, and so there will be a portion of the > time we spend together at Mindful to experiment with this concept. We are > really excited that Steve > Hopkins<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=a0c0a173e0&e=c6fb013ecc> > (founder of > Trampoline<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=00bb89b307&e=c6fb013ecc> > and Awesome > Foundation<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=b043ef1a21&e=c6fb013ecc> > Sydney) > is going to lead us in an experimental version of the popular open > space<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=1c0036fd9a&e=c6fb013ecc> > technique > during the day. This video and email describes where Steve will lead us. > *Taking open space to the edge* > Open Space Technology is a fantastic tool for organizing groups of people > together to solve complex problems. I've used and experimented with Open > Space at events like Trampoline, CPX and the Lantern Mental Health > Unconference over the last few years and have always been impressed by it's > ability to create interesting conversations. At Mindful on the weekend, > we're going to extend that experimentation once more, and push the concept > further along. > Some of the things we'll play with are: > *1) A human grid* > > Open Space is great because it allows everyone the chance to set the > topics, time, and place that sessions will occur. This is good except for > when the crowd takes over and you get lesser quality sessions, which reduces > the energy in the group. > So we're going to have a person act as the grid. That's me. > With a human grid, people will still pitch their talk to the group, but > the human grid will only place the session into the agenda if it resonates > with the collective assembled. Real interest can't be faked, and our > intuitions as a group are excellent at detecting low enthusiasm. So we'll > use that to select our sessions. > *2) Rule of two feet* > We've all been there before. You arrive for a session but within the first > 5 minutes you realise its not for you. But you stay. The rule of two feet is > one of the most crucial aspects of an open space meet, so why don't people > exercise it? > People get addicted to the people. They stay not because they're > contributing or participating in the talk, but because they've become > attached to the idea of being a part of the group. > This is a shame, because the very best Trampoline sessions we've seen over > the 5 events so far has been where all of the attendees of a session were > participating, through active listening, discussion and enquiry - which > can't happen if some people in the audience would rather be somewhere else. > So, at Mindful, we're going to remind you during sessions to move on once > it stops resonating for you. Perhaps we'll change the rule to the 'law of > resonating feet' to really make that clear. > I'll stop sessions and nudge you to move on to what resonates. > *3. Space and Time* > In an open space setting, all you can really control is the space you're > in, and the time you're in it. As we've discussed above, creating sessions > which resonate strongly with people is the aim, but resonance is more than > just a good topic. It's everything else, too. It's the ambient nature of the > space you're in and a the suitable time to be in it. > So how do you create spaces which resonate? You make them appeal to > different frequencies of thought. At Mindful we'll create very different > spaces, with different lines of enquiry to be drawn throughout the sessions. > This way, it will hopefully become easier for people to discern what mood > their resonating in at any given time and move to an appropriate > conversation. > If you're keen to talk or lead a line of enquiry, then come prepared to do > so! > -- > We look forward to meeting you, ready to start at 9am Saturday morning. > > Buy Mindful* tickets at > Eventbrite.<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=bb5977f210&e=c6fb013ecc> > > Thanks to our sponsor Integral > Development<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=6bf5b17a50&e=c6fb013ecc> > > (@integral_org_au<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=1f2be15097&e=c6fb013ecc>) > for enabling Mindful! > > <http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=025cbdc071&e=c6fb013ecc> > > You can follow the participant > list<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=38206afc43&e=c6fb013ecc> > and > the speaker > list<http://thisismindful.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59026299c97e28d9781a0d99a&id=17f2e01fb1&e=c6fb013ecc> > on > Twitter. 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