Yeah it's an interesting one and words are so limited in capturing some of this stuff...
I find another thing Harrison said quite interesting which is about thinking you KNOW how to do an Open Space! So as I continue to do one less thing in my own practice of open space, I am also watching myself for slipping into a 'this is the way to do it' approach... Each space is uniquely different and so I try to keep awake to responding uniquely... which I don't always manage! Smiles Bhav... On 28 February 2014 15:58, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Smiling back at you, Bhav! > After reading page 15 I felt that open space the way I practice and > understand it goes way beyond "light structure". In addition, I keep trying > to stay in the practice of "doing one less thing" after each os event I am > involved in. Furthermore, I feel that 99% of structure in os events is > selforganized by the assembled system. > > Thinking back 18 years, thats 1996 when I began to work with os, I > remember how I quickly abolished my original habit of having small posters > in the break-out sessions with notes on the various roles that could/should > be filled for the group work... and how I gradually got rid of all > references on how to interact (in page 15 a number of guidelines are > mentioned that seem to come out of the "in the know" stance). > > Perhaps I am missing something here when I keep thinking that OST needs > neither "light structuring" nor is a "container". I do pay attention to the > space in reference to fresh air, daylight, luscious food, professional PAS, > etc but not to the style of communication... in fact, I can easily imagine > and have experience the value of interruption, persuasion, disrespectful > language, questions of all kinds, etc. In my experience, the > system/participants appear to quickly establish the kind of communication > they need to work on their issues. No training required. > > I am very curious what the things are that you and the others listening in > have cancelled/dropped/removed from your repertoire... or added... in > facilitating os events. > > Have a great weekend > mmp > > > On 28.02.2014 14:08, Bhavesh Patel wrote: > >> Hi Friends, >> >> I was reading the attached article and loved the way they articulated >> 'open space' and wanted to share it with you below. The whole article is >> attached. >> >> >> Smiles Bhav... >> >> --------------------------------------- >> *Page 15* >> >> I want to use the term 'light structuring' to make a contrast with forms >> and practices that could be described as already knowing and already >> fixed. What I am calling light structuring gives more space for >> emergence and improvisation (see, for example, Barrett, 2006; Clegg, >> Kornberger and Rhodes, 2005; Weick, 1998) or unfolding. One might say >> that light structuring makes space for 'being in the now' rather than >> 'in the know'. I see light structuring, in this sense, as an important >> aspect of dialoging and participatory ways of knowing. Light structuring >> might mean that participants are invited to try to follow certain >> guidelines that help them to learn whilst practicing what Isaacs called >> the 'collective discipline' (Isaacs, 1993) of dialogue. These usually >> include guidelines such as: do not interrupt, do not attempt to persuade >> others, use respectful language, ask questions only for clarification, >> listen to your listening and so on (e.g., Chasin, Herzig, Roth, Chasin, >> Becker and Stains, 1996). >> >> Such 'minimal' or 'light' structures help to block or interrupt already >> solidified patterns and, in this way, can help to open up new >> possibilities and what I have called 'soft' self-other relations. The >> idea is to provide enough but not too much structure: to provide a >> container, so to speak, that invites and supports the gradual emergence >> of slow, open, coherent, in-the-present-moment performances. In this way >> it becomes possible to be 'relationally responsive' (McNamee, Gergen and >> associates, 1999) to whatever comes up in any particular moment and >> possible to make space and be open for multiple, ongoing, local realities. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 428 resident Open > Space Workers in 71 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 [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >
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