That's really funny. Annamarie Pluhar
Pluhar Consulting http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell) On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris – You make me smile! And also recall a reply I once made to a client > with seriously dysfunctional organization, who worried that nobody would > come… I responded that if nobody came, he didn’t have a morale problem, he > had a mutiny. Didn’t hear any more from him. > > ho > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:39 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] Tension Rising > > One thing I have grown less tolerant about over the years is the demand that > I answer truthfully hypothetical questions. "Yes but, what if no one comes > forward? Yes but, what if no one has anything to say? …if there is no > outcome? …if people want to do something different?" > > By definition, hypothetical questions are endless, and any attempt to answer > them is a lie. You cannot guess at the future. And who knows, THIS open > space might be the first one in history to fail. Anything is possible. > > So I am very good at saying "I don't know" and "we'll do this together", and > if the question is really motivated by a fear, to helping the person reframe > what they are worried about. If we can together design or act in a way that > alleviates that fear, excellent. If not, then I coach the person to be okay > with the unknown, and to act in a resourceful way if they confront that > situation. > > I think as humans we can all get better at being willing to jump with two > feet right into mystery. Life is amazing and there is simply no way to guess > how it will all turn out, barring the obvious and inevitable result! > > Chris > > > On 2013-03-13, at 8:43 AM, David Glenwinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I totally agree. The more you engage the more resistance you will get, it is > like a Chinese handcuff! It has been hard so often to just be quiet and wait > for the result, which is that it always works. Remember and trust: > “Whoever shows up are the right people” ; it may not seem so at first, but > that includes the negative folks. > “Whatever you have with you is everything you need”. > These may be misquoted, and I apologize in advance. Those two principles have > kept me at peace so often, not just in OS, in all aspects of life. > David Glenwinkel > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf OfHarrison Owen > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:05 AM > To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' > Subject: [OSList] Tension Rising > > Adrianna – I just love it when folks get seriously anxious. It really spices > up the occasion, and then when everything is just rolling along (as usual) – > I completely enjoy their look of delighted surprise. But you are right some > folks do work themselves up into a lather. That’s OK, but when they start > “organizing” everything, that can get difficult. What to do? One thing I have > learned is that no matter what you tell them they will not be convinced. > Indeed, it almost seems that the more you say, the worse they get. My > solution has been to say as little as possible. When questioned, I just say, > “It always works.” If they press the point and ask about those times in (OS) > didn’t work – I’m completely honest… I’ve never seen that. Under the heading > of saying less – it may be a very positive thing that you are NOT going to be > at the next meeting. J > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf OfLourdes Adriana > Diaz-Berrio Doring > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:13 AM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] Skills inventory > > Hello : I have a question for you. I am organizing a big OS (big for me we > expect around 100 participants) I have been working with a team that has been > working hard on the organization invitation, logistics, diffusion, etc, etc > and I feel and think that now we have to stop working so hard but one person > is getting very anxious. > She feels 100% responsible for this preparation and for the rest I would like > to find a way to make her feel more confident. > I am the facilitator. > I have a group of 5 volonteers that know OS and are very happy to help us. > This event will be in 35 days but I feel this tension growing and I am not > available to be present at their next organisation meeting event if I have > been there with them every time. I all ready talked about the why ; we are > doing this to have meaningful conversations, have fun, enjoy, learn, > etc....but it didn't help, the stress is growing, the need to control is > there strongly!!! > Some one could give me a piece of advise please? > > Adriana > > 2013/3/12 Ashley Cooper <[email protected]> > Thank you all so much for these suggestions. Super helpful. > > One link that was shared with me in another message board was this map of > skills. I find it intriguing. > > http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_1999034880_30242/Tutor%20Mentor%20Connection%20Network%20Analysis%20-%20Skills.cmap > > Best to all! > Ashley > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Michael Herman <[email protected]> > wrote: > hey hey ashley, > > in the emery and trist model for participative work redesign, one of the > modules was skills identification. it went a bit like harrison describes, > with room to be more rigorous, if you like. > > the context for PD working sessions was that some defined "piece of work" was > to be redesigned, structure, process, skills and the individual experience of > it. so there was a known piece of work that provided the "skills needed" > side of harrison's equation. > > within that context, participants were asked to create on the wall a list of > all of the skills needed. you could tweak this to be all the skills anyone > thought were needed or that they had to offer to the work. then, across the > wall, everyone's name was added to make a top row of column headings. in the > grid, everyone filled in a 0-1-2 rating for their skill level, 0 was none, 1 > was skilled, 2 was skilled enough to teach. > > the first part of the work in the skills module of the process was to do this > inventory work. then, after the redesigning, the group was invited to return > to the grid and see if they had enough of various skills to make the new > structures/processes work, to populate the new system, so to speak. any gaps > were either formal training needs or indicators to participants where they > could acquire new skills and make new/needed contributions -- could see who > might be their teachers/mentors in that learning. > > m > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > http://MichaelHerman.com > http://OpenSpaceWorld.org > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Jaime Pedreros <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ashley and colleagues, > > After reading the excellent contributions that were made, I am afraid > whether appreciative inquiry could help, mainly at the discover stage. > Find out more at: appreciativeinquiry.case.edu. > > Warm regards from again rainy La Paz > > Jaime > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > "Every moment you give to Love becomes happy" > ~ Hafiz > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > > Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA > (514) 739 2268 > www.diazberrio.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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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