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(But sometimes where ever it happens is the right place…:-) ) Cheers, Chris > On Jul 19, 2016, at 2:06 PM, Harold Shinsato <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Since the thread is about helping the OSI-US find "mission questions", rather > than answering the questions, I would encourage and invite you to reflect on > these questions in separate threads to make the reflections easier to see and > connect with via the subject line. > > I look forward to your reflections! > > Thanks! > Harold > > On 7/19/16 11:13 AM, Chris Corrigan wrote: >> I like your questions Paul. They’re interesting! Can I add some reflections >> on them? >> >>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 7:06 AM, paul levy via OSList >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Harold >>> >>> A few more questions ... >>> >>> Warm wishes >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> Why are we still calling OST a technology ? >> >> Still called a technology because it’s cheeky. That’s my take anyway. >> >>> >>> Why is the LAW of two feel a law ? >> >> Law because, like the law of gravity it seems to be fundamentally >> inviolable. So it’s helpful to acknowledge it. You could probably >> acknowledge the law of gravity too, if you wanted to remind people not to >> drop their stuff. But at least acknowledging the law of mobility helps >> people understand why folks wander off during sessions. >> >>> >>> If the "principles" are not prescriptions but descriptions why are they >>> called principles ? >>> >> >> Principles don’t have to be prescriptive to be principles. These four >> principles seem to capture four things (or five) that work about open space. >> They are provocative and interesting and disruptive to normal meeting >> procedures. And I have done many Open Space meetings without talking about >> them at all. >> >>> How can it possibly take 2 days to "teach" >>> OST and why would anyone ever want to teach it anyway ? >>> >> >> It doesn’t take two days to “teach" Open Space Technology. But to spend two >> days with other practitioners who are learning, thinking about, and trading >> ideas on using OST seems to accelerate people’s practice and use of the >> process and the underlying view of the world that it encapsulates. >> >> Open Space Technology is not “teacheable” but it is learnable. How’s that >> for a provocative proposition? >> >>> Why do OST "elders" on the OS list keep advocating dogmatic views about >>> OST? (Oh yes you do) >>> >> >> Who are these “elders" of which you speak? >> >> >>> What if one less thing to do was facilitation ? >> >> Yup. >> >>> >>> How could OSI begin a humble inquiry into new and valuable ways of opening >>> space? And learn from them ? >> >> This is a really great question. Juanita Brown has convened a conversation >> on “the central garden” of participatory methods that is just such a humble >> inquiry. So humble that it has been approached slowly and quietly, and I’m >> sure she would welcome many others joining. She’s been at it for a while: >> <http://www.theworldcafe.com/more-from-juanita-brown/>http://www.theworldcafe.com/more-from-juanita-brown/ >> <http://www.theworldcafe.com/more-from-juanita-brown/> >> >>> What questions do we need to ask that cannot be formed into latinised words >>> and phrases ? >> >> This one: >> >> http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/7FF2/production/_90345723_mediaitem90345722.jpg >> >> <http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/7FF2/production/_90345723_mediaitem90345722.jpg> >>> >>> Where is open space technology when the world needs to open space most - >>> right now ? >>> >> >> It is right here where it has always been. And I think there is a lot of >> space being opened in the world right now, in all kinds of ways. >> >> Opening space is not a guarantee of peace and good times. When space opens >> so too does authentic human voice. People that have been silent claim sound. >> People that have been displaced look for a new home. People that have been >> backed into corners clamp down on control and fear. Does the world need >> open space most now? Or has open space given us the world we live in now? >> >> We have no guarantee of safety in this world. And when space open for some, >> others who didn’t ever realize they were taking up so much, suddenly start >> getting quite worried. It’s nice to imagine the tables being turned over, >> unless one of the tables is mine. >> >> Chris >> >> > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://shinsato.com <http://shinsato.com/> > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
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