And just came across this fascinating piece about the effect of Culture on thinking: http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/#.US-6tS-PT6E.twitter
The news is that we don't all think like Americans! On 5 March 2013 17:08, Celia Bray CEO Omni One < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear OS community > > THANK YOU!! > > Your reflections are like water in the desert. I have been working in > remote > areas around India, Nepal and now I am in Kenya and can see how much I have > missed my peers to reflect and create with. > > Key issues for me to take on from your feedback are in setting the context > from the beginning within which people feel safe, free and want to be there > with accurate expectations. So the invitation process and setting the scene > is where I can see I have skipped some critical steps. Especially in a new > culture. I will take a lot more time next time to be mindful in the > invitation process and also find out how to create the safety for people > (from their cultural rituals etc) to break out of their small tribes in the > event and follow their passion. > > Thank you again. I will go through each of your responses again and create > a > new context for the next open space. I love OS and working in new cultures > stretches me so much because culture has a bit impact on people's freedom > to > innovate, speak and be themselves. There is a universality about OS, but I > am still learning about how to reach the hearts and passion of people in > different contexts. > > Yours in Appreciation! > > Perhaps I should organise an international OSonOS in Kenya :-) Bring you > all > over! > > Celia Bray > CEO > Omni One Ltd > Peace, Enterprise and Community Development > P +254 735 191 344 > E [email protected] > W www.omni-one-consulting.com > > 'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kári > Gunnarsson > Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:11 AM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] inquiry OS > > Celia, and other that share there questions and experience good and bad. I > give you my thanks as this informs my own actions. It also makes it save > for > me and others to do the same. > > I have facilitated open spaces as part of the program for an annual forum, > my experience reflection shows me that when people are there for other > parts > of the program do not engaged for the progression of the theme. These are > not the right people and perhaps they would be better served at the bar. > Perhaps I could have done more pre-work to engage these people that had > been > selected to come, but I don't think so. I would have liked it if I had been > part of the selection process so that I could have asked tows that did not > have any passion for this to stay at home or simply not to waste there > time. > My time was not wasted but the time of the people that did care was blogged > up by interacting with these people. I felt like they created an energy of > fear and insecurity. But perhaps this is the fault of the event to provide > the security for them to engage, but I don't think so. It was only fault of > the invitation process. but the harm was minimal in my cases. > > With best greetings > Kári > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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