greetings back, michael ~ sending warmth and affirmation from the tropics. ~ lpt
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]>wrote: When I have a contract to facilitate an os-event I remind myself that space > is always open - sometimes it might appear almost closed - , regardless of > what I do. > And then I remind myself that in my experience, using Open Space > Technology has always worked in expanding time and space for the work of > the forces of selforganisation... every time I was involved with it. > > In my practice as os-facilitator, I dont open the os-event honoring the > fact that its not my event but the event of the folks that hired me and > that it is their task to open the event by saying hello, stating the theme > and saying a couple of things from their heart in regard to what they want > to happen at the event (done in 5 minutes or less)... and then passing the > mike to me to introduce the process. > > In the briefing of the person that opens the event, I do point out that > anything more than 5 minutes cuts into the time of the folks that have come > to exchange ideas, create new approaches... or simply want to change the > course of history or the world. And I make the point that I will also be as > brief as I can (thats always been a tough task for me) and get out of the > way without intervening in how they structure their work, time schedule, > fights, issues ...knowing that control regardless of who exerts it is a > surefire way to shrink space and fence in selforganisation, that force that > in fact guarantees all the good stuff that can be observed especially in > os-events. > > The question of "TIME" (all kinds of tempi, past, present, future) in all > this seems well served by "Whenever it happens is the right time" in > conjunction with NOW, as HO is pointing out. The NOW is a great place to > start and live in ... a group or organisation or system focusing on the now > is both productive and in permanent action planning. Although its not a bad > idea to have a focused phase of action planning after being in a phase of > divergence, action planning, play, discoveries, creation... happen all the > time, simultaneously, uncontrallably, chaotically... perhaps the conditions > under which life thrives best and most joyfully. > > Greetings from Berlin where we have the coldest March 24 since 1899, a lot > colder than it is in Siberia right now reminding me of warmer days I have > seen and knowing of warmer days approaching... > mmp > > > On 24.03.2013 18:09, David wrote: > >> When I do open space with my business hat on in the consulting role, I >> almost always start with four imperatives that most companies start >> with, even if they havent articulated it, but soon lose sight of. I call >> it VMPM. Vision, Mission, Purpose, Method. Many companies have a mission >> statement, few ever read it after it has been written. NO company is >> healthy for more than a year or two at a time, although many run very >> successfully from the economic metric for years or decades. I just put >> up the four words, the group gets to define them. Here are my >> definitions, that we usually start with to frame the discussion: >> >> Vision: what does it look like when it is done. A vision is a snapshot, >> or series of snapshots. Vision is not Mission. >> >> Mission: What is the target, how does the map compare to the territory. >> The territory is not always reflected on the map. (just by a street map >> of Nairobi sometime, and you will see what I mean). Mission is not >> Purpose. >> >> Purpose: the personal "why" . Purpose is purpose, it is my personal core >> driver. >> >> Method: How we do it, the outflow of the inflow of the first three >> points. Method is how I achieve my self interests as part of a >> collaborative community, also called a company. >> >> All successful communities have these common elements: Community! which >> is collaborative and cooperative, consistent and committed. >> >> I have found that through the day of OS things hidden or unknown become >> apparent. All day I am moving idea and discussion points into those four >> points, and whatever other axiomatic points the circle cares to add on >> their own. >> >> David Glenwinkel >> >> www.villagecare.com <http://www.villagecare.com> >> >> *From:*oslist-bounces@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Suzanne >> Daigle >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:44 AM >> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list >> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space >> >> >> Ditto for me too! Suzanne >> >> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**>> wrote: >> >> Yes I agree with Nici I was going to say the same thing! >> Adriana Diaz-Berrio, Montreal, Quebec >> >> 2013/3/23 Nici Richter <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]**>> >> >> >> What a wonderful conversation! >> >> Oh - I am loving it! >> >> Thank you! >> >> Nici Richter >> >> Johannesburg, South Africa >> >> On 23 March 2013 14:56, paul levy <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear colleagues >> >> Someone suggested I post this and I'd be delighted with some reflections >> on it... >> >> warm wishes >> >> Paul Levy >> >> Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space... >> >> /"Time runs backwards in the spiritual world."/ >> >> >> No, don't stop reading. Not yet. >> >> There's a lot of debate in the field of emergence focused on "when >> things open up, how do you close them down?". >> >> In the realm of Open Space, often the textbook reply is not to close >> down at all but simply to open some more space for closing down... >> >> In other words, if we are worried about outcomes from an open space - >> what will happen back at base, the actions, the commitments in practice, >> then all we need to do is to follow up with an invitation to another >> Open Space that focuses on the question of action. So you need at least >> two open spaces to get stuff done. >> >> Another view is that one should trust the open space itself - whatever >> happens of course is the only thing that could have. And many open >> spaces do self-organise sessions about action so... just trust the >> process. It always works. >> >> A third view is that these are paying clients we are usually talking >> about. As facilitators we can't just leave the organisation "up in the >> air", walk away and let them do what they will with the space we've >> opened up! Many facilitators then reach for the post-it notes, often in >> the last hour, and start to draw out (or bleed?) actions from the >> meeting. All kinds of clever prioritising and voting ensues. Elsewhere >> I've suggested this might be a counter-productive way of going about >> things. >> >> Now, here's an alternative view and its based on the idea that time runs >> backwards in the spiritual world. No! Stay with me. Just for a bit >> longer. Imagine you put what went "before" you (past), before you (in >> front of you. >> >> For those of you still here, read on... >> >> I am going to suggest that follow up is often best at the start, not >> after the event. I've tried it. It works. If the client is very >> concerned, even at the planning stage, that action must result, then, of >> course, include the invite to decide and commit to actions in the >> invitation to the open space. Make that call to action explicit and that >> will help to set the path for the right people to come. Some open space >> invitations are very "theme" focused and it is easy when we immerse in >> self-organising conversation, to forget the element of our will that >> sometimes sleeps a bit when we go into the head space of sitting in >> circles, self-organising the content of what is often talk, talk, talk. >> >> So, build the reminder of action in the invitation before the event. Put >> action before the event, not after it. >> >> Yet even then it is easy to forget when the space opens. Not always, but >> often. >> >> Now, stop reading if you don't like apparent craziness. >> >> Try this. Before the event, invite those coming to share what they think >> the actions should be arising from the Open Space. Ask them to come up >> with actions before the event has started. This can be done online or at >> a pre-meeting. Get the actions out. When an open space is commissioned, >> it is often because a critical issue or challenge in the organisation or >> community has given rise to it. It is born out of restlessness. And >> restlessness is often takes the form of blocked flow. People often know >> (or think they know) what the actions and priorities are. Not everyone, >> but some. They may not be correct, but they sit there, bubbling behind >> the damn of "not yet" or "no". >> >> If certain actions have already been fixed and decided by leaders, be >> open and transparent and build them into the invitation. If the actions >> are to be arrived through community and organisational input then use a >> method to surface them - but not after the open space - BEFORE it. The >> reason is because a lot of the future already sits as potential in the >> word, hidden, waiting to emerge. Human beings often tap into this and >> know what needs to be done, before they explore how, and verify why, >> sometimes deciding against anyway. The bubbling potential underneath is >> the potential for "realisation" and it is mostly about action. The >> release of potential is often exhilarating. Often at open space events, >> that potential for action gets lost in the self-organising gorgeous >> chaos of of emergent head-talk. Especially in the West. >> >> Get them out on the table BEFORE the event. Put them up on the wall. >> THEN open the market place. The suggested "follow-up" actions will then >> be "incomes" not "outcomes" of the event. They will be there, not >> bubbling underneath, but instead shared consciously, and they will >> irritate and inspire. And often sessions well self-organise around them. >> By the end of the day, what we put "before" us, before the event >> started, now stand "Before" us as commitments after the event. >> >> Trust the self-organising nature of open space and also trust the >> inherent knowingness of the human collective and individual will. >> There's often no need to worry about actions not arising from an event, >> if we accept that those actions were largely already there in the >> collective story and flow AND genius of the community. >> >> Some of those actions going in will be thrown out, others re-affirmed, >> others changed and played with, and new actions will also come into being. >> >> I'm not suggesting this for all Open Spaces. Actually it works best >> where action forms the main part of the invitation, is vital to the >> sponsor and the community and also where there's an intuition that many >> of the actions are already known and the open space overall theme is >> really more about the who, when, where, why and how. >> >> Put the ending at the beginning, the imagined actions as the inspiration >> and input. Then space will open around what we already think and feel >> needs to happen. It might not. But then, again, it just might. >> >> But please, ditch the post-its and the after-event prioritising. It has >> nothing to do with opening space. >> >> I believe that when we start an emergent conversation we may well have a >> blank page. But usually organisations and communities travel along >> timelines of past into present into future that are more like tapestries >> than lines. Linear is but one way we experience life. Yet past is always >> playing into the present, the future in the form of the unrealised and >> the potential inspires us in the know. Often something in the future >> will be a direct transformation or culmination of something that began >> in the past. We are also past, present, AND future, which is more of a >> picture rather than something linear. In open space, the action often >> precedes the word. Allowing those actions to speak in the past of the >> open space often creates a marvelous alchemy of flow where past and >> future meet in open space in the present. >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> <mailto:OSList@lists.**openspacetech.org <[email protected]> >> > >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> <mailto:OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> > >> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.**org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-**openspacetech.org<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nici Richter >> Strategist >> Sustainable Strategic Insight >> http://www.**sustainablestrategicinsight.**co.za/<http://www.sustainablestrategicinsight.co.za/> >> >> Mobile +27727406181 <tel:%2B27727406181> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**> >> >> >> Skype: nici.richter >> Facebook: Nici Richter >> >> 90 WestMeath Road >> Parkview >> Johannesburg >> Gauteng >> South Africa >> 2193 >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> <mailto:OSList@lists.**openspacetech.org <[email protected]> >> > >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> <mailto:OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> > >> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.**org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-**openspacetech.org<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA >> (514) 739 2268 <tel:%28514%29%20739%202268> >> www.diazberrio.com <http://www.diazberrio.com> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> <mailto:OSList@lists.**openspacetech.org <[email protected]> >> > >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> <mailto:OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> > >> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.**org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-**openspacetech.org<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Suzanne Daigle >> NuFocus Strategic Group >> 7159 Victoria Circle >> University Park, FL 34201 >> FL 941-359-8877; >> CT 203-722-2009 >> www.nufocusgroup.com <http://www.nufocusgroup.com> >> [email protected] >> <mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> twitter @suzannedaigle >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.**org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-**openspacetech.org<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> >> > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 405 resident Open > Space Workers in 72 countries working in a total of 143 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org > > ______________________________**_________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > OSList-leave@lists.**openspacetech.org<[email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.**org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-**openspacetech.org<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >
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