Or perhaps Time doesn't have length - only our perception of it ? Perhaps Time has depth and resonance and maybe we open space for that ?
On Saturday, 13 April 2013, doug wrote: > Lisa-- > > Yes, a topic for WOSonOS! Something like When the time is short, what is > better than OS? > > :- Doug. > > On 04/12/2013 05:22 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: > >> To me, it is the questions you ask yourself - and your client - when >> someone invites you to facilitate - Open Space or otherwise. >> >> All those analysis questions that inform choice of process and knowledge >> about possibilities. >> How much time is available, is more time possible... not because a short >> time is necessarily bad, but it may inform whether I choose Open Space >> or another process. >> >> I feel that doing things quickly leaves out the reflective thinker as >> usually only the quick-responders have time to engage, thus reducing >> diversity. >> So I ask some of these questions of myself and of the client (and make >> some recommendations - can they bring their lunch and can we use that >> time, also?) to see what the most expansive possibilities may be. >> Or to see if something other than Open Space will help both kinds of >> thinkers given the very short time available - such as a reflective >> dialogic process including silence or graphics or other modalities. >> >> Also as the deliverables of shorter Open Space are different than longer >> Open Space. Just something to discuss with the client in terms of what >> fits best and what is possible - when thinking of Open Space as one of >> the possibilities. >> >> I am not saying that doing a super-short Open Space is 'bad' or that >> Open Space is not part of every living system - it is. Or that people >> conversing and working together during tiny times cannot feel >> expansiveness. >> >> However when I find in my conversations with the client that only an >> hour or so is available, I tend to select another amazing wonderful >> dynamic process instead of Open Space. Because often those other >> processes deliver rich interchange within a very short time. >> >> In saying this, I also completely support each of you explorers in the >> use of super-short Open Space events... >> >> Hmmm. Maybe this is something some of us will be exploring at the World >> Open Space on Open Space in Florida USA next month. Do you think? >> >> Lisa >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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<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<http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >
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