Dear Raffi,
I also shifted my focus a while back, in 1996 after decades of
OD-consulting, away from meetings where I "created" time and space for
this and that, especially also "participation" to
stepping back so that the selforganisationforce can more freely unfold
itself.
Its called Open Space or Open Space Technology.
When I see offerings such as you received I wonder why anyone would want
to work so hard and why folks are so ready to ignore:
Never delude yourself into thinking you are in control.
(page 128, The Practice of Peace, Harrison Owen).
Next time we meet in San Diego lets have a chat and a glass of wine
if you come to Berlin, its Beer, of course.
The next "very official" opportunity is at the Berlin Stammtisch on
March 2 (all you others reading this, you are invited to join us!)
Have a great day
mmp
On 25.02.2015 06:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList wrote:
friends,
this online workshop may be of interest!
an intriguing reframing!
raffi
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Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings
Why I no longer promote participative meetings
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Dear Raffi,
I used to promote highly participatory meetings. As you read this
invitation, you will discover that I have shifted my perspective.
First, a little background to why I promoted highly participative meetings.
I am not willing to be in meetings that are time wasters and yet I am
willing to be in meetings that take a long time.
What is the difference?
Meetings that I consider to be time wasters are meetings in which I sit
and listen to a presentation with no opportunity for conversation. Time
waster meetings, in my opinion, are the kind of meetings in which I
conclude that the presenter could just have sent a memo. I end up
wondering why it was necessary to have a meeting and waste the time of
all of the participants.
Have you had similar experiences?
The meetings that I am willing to attend, and even like attending, are
meetings designed with the participants in mind, to accomplish a
business or development goal. They have one characteristic in common.
The facilitator creates the time and space for lots of participation.
There is value to the participant in such a meeting…the value of idea
generation, idea discussion, innovation, solution generation, and of
course the opportunity to feel heard where it matters. Some of my
favorite highly participative meeting processes are Open Space
Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Dynamic Facilitation,
World Café, and Appreciative Inquiry. In our Genuine Contact program, we
teach two of these meeting methods.
So, why I have I said my perspective has shifted?
I continue to promote highly participatory meetings. And, in looking
more deeply, I realize that there is so much more to the successful
experience and outcomes of these kinds of meetings that goes beyond
simply being ‘highly participatory’.
When we invite people into these meetings, we are inviting them, for a
period of time, to engage in leadership. We ask them to engage in
leadership for their ideas, for taking a stand, and for taking
leadership to express themselves. And they do.
And so my perspective has shifted away from thinking of these meetings
just as participatory meetings.
I now recognize them as meetings to engage leadership.
If I think of participation as the goal, I now recognize that I do a
disservice to the full dynamic that is taking place. People are not
being invited to a participatory meeting. They are invited to engage in
leadership….even if only for a short period of time.
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We will explore:
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