i got curious, hege, so i went looking for your first message and your original question:
*what are the issues and opportunities for us (as individuals, community's and Church) to generate insight, energy and hope in today's refugee situation?* this turns out even better, more open, than i expected... it leaves room for considering things that will make the situation better, but it also lends itself to using the current situation as a way to generate things that could help many other situations as well. -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:49 PM, christine koehler via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > >> In my experience, “powerful questions” are more about me as the >> questioner than my trust in the group’s ability to find surprising meaning >> in conversation. >> >> > Love it ! but after reading your comment twice, I am not sure to > understand what you mean > > Do you mean that powerful questions have the ability to build meaning in > conversation, that the questioner may find surprising ? Does it mean that > you can only say afterwards that the question was powerful ? > > This makes sense to me, as you never know what impact will have your > words. As many of you I guess, I recall occasions where I people told me > "this particular sentence - then something follows that you forget you said > or that you find completely common,or truism, - you said had a strong > influence in my life". mmmmmm. be prepared to be surprised . > > I must admit that I speak from a position where I find extremely difficult > to frame (or to help frame) powerful questions. There are so many > "resistance" around questions, that sometimes a group will just reject a > formulation during prework and then accept it as something obvious when > preparing the set-up or that sometimes the group doesn't care, no matter > how cumbersome the question is framed, they will anyhow discuss the > important issues. > so I stick to easy criteria : open question (no assumptions) , very short, > can be interpreted in many many different ways, and that may lead to a > quantity of solutions, not a single one. > > Would love to hear what other thinks about framing questions > > Christine > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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