Awesome, contextual awareness. Thanks for the report and warning, Peggy! On Jun 15, 2015 2:23 PM, "Peggy Holman via OSList" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I’ve actually received feedback in the other direction. Years ago I did > some work with a law firm. They hated the silence I suggested when we > gathered as a whole group. It was a lesson to pay attention to the culture > of the organization. Silence is helpful and it needs to be contextualized > differently for different groups. > > Peggy > > > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Executive Director > Journalism that Matters > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.journalismthatmatters.net > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com> > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem > <http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system> > > > > > > > > > On Jun 15, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Micheal, those were both structures I was considering. > > My neighbors in Missoula have lots of facilitated silence in other things > they do, like yoga, spiritual retreats, etc. I should not have been > surprised some felt deprived. > > Has anyone else received such feedback, and if so how did you process it. > > Thanks again! > Harold > On Jun 15, 2015 12:37 PM, "Michael Herman" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> i think you can build it in, as much or as little as you feel is right >> for each situation, harold, just in the pacing of your opening briefing, if >> you like. you ring the bells, silence happens. you decide when to bump >> that silence with walking into the circle. you decide when to break it >> when you start talking. you put space between sentences and the different >> parts of your briefing. >> >> i saw a video of myself in a circle of about 300, one big circle. my >> pacing was, for me, excrutiatingly slow to watch. but i also had what felt >> like a lot of ground to cover, to get around and engage with folks all >> along that circle. when i finished, people literally ran to the center of >> the circle. so i think it worked pretty well. >> >> lisa kimball suggested to me recently that a minute of silence is one of >> the simplest possible liberating structure. (liberatingstructures.com) >> she describes taking a minute at the beginning of a meeting, not in a >> woo-woo way, but in a very practical way: we're all busy people, coming >> from different places, let's take EXACTLY on minute to let brains finish >> where they've been and get ready for the work we're about to do here... >> will be long for some and too short for others, but promise it will be >> EXACTLY a minute... and then we'll dive into [the work]. her liberating >> structures materials might be posted somewhere at groupjazz.com >> >> m >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Herman >> Michael Herman Associates >> http://MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/> >> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Open Space for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center ( >>> http://civicrm.jrpc.org/rising-from-the-ashes) I facilitated this >>> Saturday went extremely well. We had a full day of sessions and high levels >>> of engagement, and the center's Executive Director said it way exceeded her >>> expectations. >>> >>> After sitting in the glow of so many thank you's, gratitude, and "good >>> job" the day of the event and afterwards - I was surprised and quite >>> annoyed by a bit of feed back second hand through email... >>> >>> "there should have been a 5-minute or so thinking time." >>> >>> "Some people needed more quiet time to gather there thoughts." >>> >>> As people become more familiar with Open Space, my personal experience >>> is that rather than a long awkward and anxiety filled pause as facilitators >>> worry if anyone will post a session - instead, especially in public OST >>> events, people launch and line up to populate the agenda. This has bothered >>> me, but this is the first time I've heard the complaint of a *lack* of >>> silence in the opening. >>> >>> After my initial annoyance, and speaking with an Open Space colleague, >>> my wife, and another space holding professional, I wondered if this weren't >>> actually something that can help there be authentic open space, and not >>> just a cargo cult going through the motions. >>> >>> I'm pondering a way to help there be space before people come to the >>> center to announce their sessions - but without doing some heavy >>> facilitated silence or meditation process. >>> >>> Any thoughts, suggestions? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> Harold >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Harold Shinsato >>> [email protected] >>> http://shinsato.com >>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Past archives can be viewed here: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >
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