REAL invitations are (in my book) those that can be refused. The understanding of that “latitude” is very culturally specific, I find. But members of a particular culture rarely, if ever make a mistake. It may just be matter of a raised eyebrow, “inside” code word – but they “get it.” All of the above may just seem like academic garbage (probably true) – but for me it is the central reason why the invitation must be created and issued by “the folks” and NOT the facilitator. Certainly we can help, but we will never know the language.
Harrison Winter Address 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucauire Ave Camden, ME 04843 207 763-3261 Websites www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bhavesh Patel via OSList Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 7:38 AM To: Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] a substantial difference Thanks all for this conversation. "having the conditions for engagement" is definitely about "an authentic invitation to engage" and I think it is much more than that as well. For me it brings in the history and experience of the participants, and what sort of experiences they have had. It also brings in culture and what participants are used to. I live/work in a country where taking initiative was a no-no for 60 years. I have also worked in countries where stepping out as an individual is seen as very dangerous. So creating the conditions for engagement and personal leadership is a really deep question! Smiles Bhav... On 10 August 2016 at 22:50, Harold Shinsato via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Birgitt, Harrison, Eva for this question! Engagement is considered very valuable. There's been an annual gallup poll around U.S. employee engagement levels, and the latest one shows it's only 32%. They're participating as employees, but they're not really showing up. http://www.gallup.com/poll/188144/employee-engagement-stagnant-2015.aspx Gallup has estimated the cost of this lack of engagement is "$450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year". http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/162953/tackle-employees-stagnating-engagement.aspx I'm not the origin of this story, and I doubt it really started with the formal use of Open Space in bringing Agile practices into software organizations (thank you Daniel Mezick!), but engagement is really considered critical in getting a successful and lasting shift towards agile processes and an agile mindset. Although Open Space doesn't guarantee engagement, it does prevent a critical factor in this lack of engagement. Which is enforced participation. Open Space helps show how space actually is open for people to step forward for what they love as an act of service (thank you Peggy Holman for showing me this way of thinking about Open Space). Unless we offer an authentic invitation to engage, one that is welcoming as well as being an invitation we can safely decline, the most we can get is their butts into the room. We won't get their hearts. Can we coerce engagement? Full engagement? My sense is no. Maybe we can trick people, but engagement by fraud isn't real engagement. Harold On 8/10/16 10:05 AM, Eva P Svensson via OSList wrote: Hi Birgitt and al, great distinction, I so often experience that there are great engagement in an Open Space Technology meeting and also in the follow up meeting afterwards but when it comes to action planning people suddenly start to look down, the voices becomes more silent etc and it’s difficult to get the energy for actions. I will here after talk about both participation and engagement and what that means for the participants and the sponsors. :o) Eva Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc Medlem i Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se <http://www.epshumaninvest.se/> Skype: eva.p.svensson Facebook sida: EPS Human Invest AB twitter:@EvaPSvensson "Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates 10 aug. 2016 kl. 16:38 skrev Birgitt Williams via OSList <[email protected]>: Harrison...one of the aspects of you that I love is that when you participate, you engage. I witness many people participating and appearing engaged. And yet upon probing after a participatory meeting, engagement was not sufficient to create follow on action. I feel that this distinction between having a participatory meeting and having the conditions for engagement is important somehow. Blessings, Birgitt On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:52 PM Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: Love to participate… and engage. So what so I do? ho Winter Address 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucauire Ave Camden, ME 04843 207 763-3261 Websites www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com/> From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Birgitt Williams via OSList Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:49 AM To: OS list Subject: [OSList] a substantial difference Dear friends and colleagues, One important question is "do you want to participate?". Hence participatory methods. Another important question is "do you want to engage?". A totally different question with a different energy, both in its inquiry and its answer. The question that we align ourselves with as facilitators makes a substantial difference in our approach. I am wondering about the impact on our outcomes. Make a great day! 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