"Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation
and some happens by coercion/force? "
Great question Lucas!
The [invitation] wall-poster you suggest feels wall-worthy to me, so
long as no one is obligated to examine it... or even look at it.
My turn to ask a question: What might a world "void of manipulation" and
"replete with invitation" actually look like?
Daniel
On 8/31/15 9:57 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:
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
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I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".
We are the selves that organise.
Beautiful.
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