I request help and guidance. Will you help me understand the rule of the
Open Space meeting format?
If the 1 law & the 4/5 principles are natural and self-evident, I am
confused about the need to mention them whatsoever.
If the 1 law and the 4/5 principles are not natural and not
self-evident, I am confused about how mentioning them is optional.
The 1 "law" (quotes) and "4/5 principles" (quotes again) are either
self-evident, or they are not. I wonder which is the reality.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rights
On 9/30/13 8:05 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:
Dan -- I have to agree with Lisa. As said multiple times before, the 5
principles and the Law are descriptive and not prescriptive. Or at
least that is the way they popped into my head: simple observations of
what was transpiring, as opposed to directions concerning what should
be taking place. I have always said "Principles" and "Law" with a
smile, because if you really think about it, they are neither
(principle or law). More like, "funny things that happen on the way to
the future." There is an essential humor, sense of fun in Open Space
-- and if we ever lose it, we begin to take things much too seriously
LI call it High Play.
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*Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 3:22 AM
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*Subject:* [OSList] (was) Open Space in schools - now: OST boundaries?
constraints?
Dan - I have taken the liberty of adjusting the title of this topic to
more closely fit the changed content.
And: I look forward to hearing how others respond...
1/ I see the Law and Principles and *invitations* not as constraints.
2/ And not 'required' as in - some of us do not use the 5th Principle
at all. However, the saying, inviting and simple explanation of these
invitations help to create the structure (as there is a structure,
just not the structure that a lot of people have experienced in
meetings) / to create the container. What I mean by that is that I
have observed that to not offer the invitation of the principles and
law (even in a group of people who completely know and do Open Space)
is not inviting presence and possibility in the same way. So different
dynamics then occur.
And in saying that offering these invitations and explaining this
process help to create the container, I mean a living, breathing,
nutrient-rich container, perhaps similar to some containers like
cellular walls, a bird's nest, a lake, a poem, or a wisp of vapor...
which have some form within which there is flow.
3/ I notice that some super-good OST facilitators can use more words
to explain things, and some use less. And the experience can be
amazing. In my observation, it is not the amount of words, it is the
complete true understanding of inviting Opening Circle and agenda
co-creation (which include a brief explanation of principles and law
and process), and getting / staying out of the way so the participants
can do their own work, see their own patterns, feel their own
co-leadership, and so on.
What do others think?
Lisa
On Sep 29, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Daniel Mezick <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Lisa says:
"...
The other thing is that for any kind of facilitation, I would not name
boundaries or constraints. It sets peoples' minds in the framework of
boundaries and constraints - rather than opportunities and possibilities.
Like 'think outside the box' - you are still thinking...of the box!
when / because someone says that. "
Dan says:
I notice that:
1/ the 1 Law and 5 Principles of OST are constraints-in-fact. Are
they not?
2/ we are required to describe these as OST Facilitators; at least,
according to the OST Guide. Right?
3/ the general idea for the Facilitator is, "the less said the
better". No?
I think OST is a most wonderful game.
http://newtechusa.net/agile/how-games-deliver-happiness-learning/
Dan
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