Hi All, Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation and some happens by coercion/force?
For example, from the perspective of someone who lives outside of Iraq, the way the Ba'ath Party took charge of Iraq through a coup seems like an example of self-organizing by force to us, because we're outside the system of Iraq. I welcome some thoughts on this. Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman for VOSonOS) I've seen that the spirit of invitation shouldn't end with the writing of the invitation, and instead it should be present throughout the open space. When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they are inviting others to a conversation, not taking over a time slot (like having a coup and taking over a small country). When someone wants to be a "dictator" of their open space session, yes others can use their two feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost to the social fabric of the organization. A better outcome would be that the would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the start. So I'd recommend that another sign worth posting on the wall near "Law of Two Feet" would be "Spirit of Invitation". I think it's wall-worthy, do you? Lucas Cioffi Founder, QiqoChat.com <http://qiqochat.com/> Charlottesville, VA Mobile: 917-528-1831 On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul Levy via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self". > > We are the selves that organise. > > Beautiful. >
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