Tenesson: Thank you so much I like this a lot and I agree totaly with it!! Adriana
2013/3/14 Tenneson Woolf <[email protected]> > Yesterday I cohosted an event in Salt Lake City. It included Meg Wheatley. > She shared this: > > "Suffering comes from not working with what emerges between us." > > For me it was a beautiful invitation to work with emergence. In this > context, it was naming what human beings love and need. It also had a lot > to do with a view on how people work together. OS of course is a way to do > that. The uncertainty is what feeds the emergence. > > Greetings all, from Utah. > > Tenneson > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Annamarie Pluhar wrote: > > 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:oslist- > [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:oslist- > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of*Harrison 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]<[email protected]> > ] *On Behalf Of*Lourdes 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA (514) 739 2268 www.diazberrio.com
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