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From: Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]>
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
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Sent: Monday, 27 February 2012 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [OSList] OST training? (was: Re: Teach Them to Fish / A Note to My
Friends)
Hats off to Lisa to whom I also owe a huge debt of gratitude remembering when
she was just a coaching phone call away on 2 events that had me be quite
nervous -- my first large group with 300+ people in a situation that was less
than ideal and another time working with scientists feeling quite intimidated
by those PHDs.
Not only did Lisa calm my nerves but I had a chance to receive wonderful tips
and discover that ultimately I had most of what I needed. It just took those
conversations with Lisa to see that. I am so happy to report that years later,
I am still connected with those clients and admire much of what they do just as
they deeply appreciated what Open Space opened for them.
Suzanne
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]> wrote:
Diane - your words resonate with me.
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>I too believe nobody should have to be certificated or 'blessed' or have to
>come to a workshop to be able to know and do Open Space.
>I too find that the workshops are those wonderful opportunity to learn
>in-person with others of diverse experience and insights.
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>As a learner myself - I thrive more on an experiential learning environment
>than by reading - though I learned so much from the User's Guide.
>I learn even more deeply by having begun in a workshop that you taught,
>Harrison - sharing thoughts in person and being with a group of richly
>different thinkers.
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>So: we all learn in different ways and I love it that only each person alone
>gets to say when they are ready - not some teacher-type.
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>And about the workshop experience - I do not feel I have to teach anything
>someone can learn from reading or from jumping in and doing.
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>So besides the experiential learning offered I find that I am teaching more of
>such things as how to support and sustain the ideas and momentum created by an
>Open Space event, how to think about all those things in advance that can
>maximize access and inclusion, stories of how Open Space has been used around
>the world and in different settings and for different tasks, how it can be
>used before or after other meeting processes to achieve some particular
>learning or task objective...
>I also find that people want to come together to share lessons learned about
>working with groups no matter what is the method or process - such as how to
>do invitation as relationship building, how to think about the full ecology of
>an event not just the process, and so on. So I find that people enjoy our
>various workshops because it is also a coming together of a community for
>sharing thoughts and experiences about our work with groups.
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>Your workshop participants are lucky to be so welcome in the knowledge they
>invite from inquiry as well as the wisdom they carry within them, Diane, Artur
>and others,
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>Lisa
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>On Feb 26, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Diane Gibeault wrote:
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>An invitation to grow - Arthur you have summed up very well what
>"training-learning" opportunities are really about in my mind - I will share
>other ideas on what you mentioned Arthur but before I want to say that I agree
>with Harrison as well about reading your book or just experiencing OS and then
>doing it.
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>>If the concern is that people will perceive that training is required, I
>>agree that it should not be the case. I don't know anyone who offers
>>certification for OS or implies that people must take some training to do OS.
>>If there are some, as you say, what can we do about it other than have this
>>conversation. Invitations I saw are about exploring and going deeper. I
>>personaly encourage people at every OS event I facilitate, to just do OS (no
>>talk of training) - I'll say more in a minute on how but before, a word on
>>why to even consider inviting people to "training-learning" of OS.
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>>OS is not there, now, or in the foreseeable future for many. They just don't
>>have the chance to experience it. For those people who prefer doing or
>>talking with others as a learning style or who already have a passion for OS
>>from what they read and now want to live it, why not offer the opportunity?
>>And for those who want to go deeper, why can't they have the chance for face
>>to face collective reflection? We know OS itself is so much richer, face to
>>face. One (reading or living) does not exclude the other (learning with
>>others). It just contributes to make OS known and used by more people. It's
>>about keeping the space open for learning and letting go of people who may
>>not offer learning as we would like it.
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>>Suzanne, I connect with your feeling of "coming home" when you experienced
>>OS. That is exactly how I felt when I did my training on OST that Harrison
>>lead. I do see at learning events, that many people have a transformative
>>experience of one type or another. It's all a gift and our community keeps on
>>giving it, in a variety of ways.
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>>Just DO IT - How I encourage participants at any OS event to "just do it":
>>every participant has a one-pager of the principles with a very short line of
>>what they mean as described in the opening, and they have the report form
>>with a few lines about the news room. Before the closing, I say: "You have
>>experienced Open Space, you have the basic tools, you see how important it is
>>to have a theme of real interest, you know about the invitation and the
>>question. Just do it. If you want to know more, there is a good book called
>>OST Users'Guide. " Many do tell me immediately that they will do it with
>>their classroom or their team etc.
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>>Arthur, CULTIVATING together is a wonderful image! I'm with you. When I
>>invite people to an OS learning event, they first experience OS after having
>>read the book in advance, they reflect together, then go deeper with an
>>OSonOS on their questions some of which are often about how to prepare and
>>how to work with sponsors to increase chances of a more sustained impact.
>>Exploration, story telling and looking at how OS can be an ongoing way of
>>being in organizations and in our lives are all part of the co-learning, Wave
>>Rider included. Participants are also invited - those who wish to on the 3rd
>>day - to jump right in and do an opening of OS in a small group (like
>>putting on the training wheels on the bicycle right away to break the ice).
>>It's amazing how afterwards, they talk in a different way of the essence of
>>Open Space.
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>>Their words about the essence of OS are treasures for life.
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>>Diane
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