Bhavesh, Miguel-jan pdhm!Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I really appreciate you mentioning Snowden, I've been wanting to investigate
his thinking for a while; and Migueljan- thanks for your thoughts...
Miguel- if you're in San Diego- i'd prefer- if you're willing- to cook you a
vegan dinner (if you don't mind eating vegan! everyone except my mother (!)
seems to enjoy my cooking!)...but i imagine beer would have to be part of the
equation! I'm not much of a beer (or any other alcohol) drinker (and perhaps
not a true openspacenik because thus far at least i don't get excited by
martinis!), but apparently is one of the beer capitals of the US these days!
much warmth from this southwest corner of continental obamastan,raffi
p.s. and miguel- it always warms my heart to hold (and hear) the bells that you
gave me; it's the one object i "own" that i treasure the most... **************
"If you find yourself experiencing panic, overwhelm, anxiety, or groundlessness
during a nuclear winter or in the wake of the zombie apocalypse, remember: this
too shall pass! And then ask yourself: "what am I grateful for?" and just be
present to What Is!" -- from The Fruits of Co-being by Imam Aftandollah the
Mischievous
От: Bhavesh Patel <[email protected]>
Кому: Raffi Aftandelian <[email protected]>; World wide Open Space
Technology email list <[email protected]>
Отправлено: среда, 25 февраля 2015 4:29
Тема: Re: [OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings
Hi Raffi,
I think Dave Snowden's work on Cognitive Complexity also adds to this.
He explores the dangers in participation of group think and premature
convergence, which can lead to less data being scanned before moving into
options for action. If you want to find out more, check out his blog!
Smiles Bhav...
On 25 February 2015 at 07:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
<[email protected]> wrote:
friends,this online workshop may be of interest!
an intriguing reframing!
raffi
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Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC
Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting 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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