Same principle works nicely on the soccer field. Those who are able to create more space enjoy higher play/achievement
Sent with my smartphone which is not always all that smart and may twist or contort my words. Barry Owen Founder & Principal Broker Pareto Realty 102 Woodmont Blvd ste 242 Nashville, TN 37205 615.568.2123 http://BarryOwensBlog.com http://ParetoRealty.com Exclusive, discreet representation when you're on the move! On May 11, 2014 2:16 PM, "Chris Corrigan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Seconding this. Someone in a hat once told me that the way to peace was to > have more time and more space. For resolving conflict time is your ally. If > you cannot afford a large amount if time to deal with a large dynamic you > will get a short fuse and few answers and maybe more cynicism. Tread > deliberately and do good pre work here. > > Chris > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Harvest Moon Consultants > www.chriscorrigan.com > > *Art of Hosting - Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration*, > Bowen Island, BC <http://aohrivendell.withtank.com/> November 11-14,2013 > > On May 11, 2014, at 6:37 AM, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like business as usual, unfortunately. I fear the constraints you > mention will render anything you do something less than useful. When you > have real pain and anger with a senior management largely the cause (as I > heard it) – gathering the troops for a few hours without senior management > present just won’t make it. Open Space is wonderful, and miracles do happen > – but I am afraid that neither wonder nor miracle will show up. If they > really want to do something, at least make a good start, you will need 2 > days and certainly a night in between. Finding ways around anger and pain > usually require sleeping on it. And the senior management should be there > for the whole time. If they are the problem, they have to be part of the > solution. > > > > 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 <http://www.openspaceworld.com%20> > > www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com%20> (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:* OSList > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Bronwyn Pagram > *Sent:* Sunday, May 11, 2014 8:39 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [OSList] Pain and Anger > > > > Hi there. I have quietly enjoyed os-list for a couple of months now - > thank you for all the open sharing. Very valuable for a 'newby' to open > space like me. > > > > I have been asked to facilitate several regional open space workshops for > an organization where there is a lot of deep-seated pain and anger behind > the scenes. People feeling very unsupported by their hierarchy, lack of > recognition by senior management that they are part of the problem, lack of > responsiveness to past recommendations for action, and deep cynicism that > anything will come from 'yet another talkfest'. The topic is staff > wellbeing. The workshops are being done in the context of middle management > concern for their people (they are the sponsors) as well as an > organisational strategy refresh for which staff wellbeing will form part > for the first time (senior managers are aware of concerns and also of > several stress-related illnesses and staff leaving). > > > > There is no prior experience of open space in this organisation, although > the middle-manager driving these events has been exposed elsewhere. I would > be grateful for any suggestions as to how to best structure the day (5.5 > hours - limited by considerable travel time to come in/go home). I am > thinking to include both talking/listening circles as well as traditional > open space. > > > > Ideally participants would take away some actions themselves... as well as > there being some meaty inputs to senior mgmt for the strategy refresh. > > > > Thanks a lot. Bronwyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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