Conversation on givens. Brilliant! Oh I would go even further: “Enjoy your freedom of conversing or not.”
Spirit powered by OST spark Liberate the leader in each of us. Director Open Space Institute of Korea http://openspace.kr 2011. 7. 14. 오후 11:18에 "Suzanne Daigle" <[email protected]>님이 작성: Dan, Harrison, Chris, and Artur, Thank you for this discussion. Yes..."givens" close space and do bring the elephant in the room bigger than it would have been without givens. What I realized this morning however is that the "givens" conversation is about a lot more than having or not having "givens". When a Host or Sponsor puts limits on participants at the beginning of an Open Space, it unconsciously conveys: "I'm in charge and I/we have decided...." or "We or someone here knows better than you what you should talk about". It's the complete opposite of what we are inviting. As leaders and participants we are so programmed this way. We expect "boundaries" from our leaders and leaders expect it is their responsibility to "set those boundaries". As a facilitator, I'll admit that I had bought into the possibility that there might be rare instances where having " a few givens" would make sense. In corporate situations for example, givens like: "no we can't spend millions that we don't have so big budget items should be off the table" or "we won't be reorganizing the organization". I cringe now think that this was another way of saying "Let's not waste our time having THOSE discussions". As I imagine myself a participant listening to these admonitions, I really don't like how it makes me feel....*less!* As if I don't have the intellect, maturity and smarts to know that myself and then who knows maybe a big bucks project will come up as a topic, money will be found and the company will be saved. I'm not chastising the leaders; we're all guilty in expecting and accepting givens, boundaries that limit passion and accountability. So suddenly because of this discussion on the OS list, this topic for me is not about "givens" anymore, it's about my intention as a facilitator and with others to be "holding the space for everyone (leaders and participants)" starting from that first discussion with the client through the planning to the actual Open Space event and beyond. While I may not want "givens", I do want the *conversation *on "givens". It's an opportunity to share with the client and host team what it means to be opening space in the organization. It's about self organization and shared leadership leading to higher performance! Something dormant that's been there for quite awhile that we've forgotten how to tap into. I am so grateful to you all for this breakthrough insight in me on "givens". Thank you. Suzanne *NuFocus Strategic Group * 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 www.nufocusgroup.com On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Artur Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dan: > > Tha... -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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