Well done Michael. What a great question. I am have a sense of wonder at the way people react to being in an open space and to openly share their knowledge. Yes even after more than 30 years. This despite the forces opposing open systems and common unity.
Regards Rob > On 26 Aug 2019, at 5:14 pm, Michael Wood via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > A few weeks ago Brendan McKeague and Michael Wood co-facilitated what might > be the largest ever Open Space in Australia (certainly with a church group) > when the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane took the step of hosting most of the > first day of Synod (the annual large gathering of representatives of Anglican > parishes, schools and other organisations) for 6 hours in Open Space. 450 > people attended around a very spacious question, ‘what is God calling us to > be and do at this time’. Three sessions of 1.5 hours each led to the posting > of 56 conversation topics and 14 action plans. One of the interesting pieces > of feedback at the end of Synod is that the remainder of Synod (which is > conducted in a traditional Westminster Parliament format) ‘felt’ more calm > and respectful that in previous years – no surprises there. Although it’s > early days the whole thing felt to me like an opening up of new possibility > about the way we meet in the church and I personally hope it might be part of > a cultural shift starting to happen. Time will tell. > Michael Wood. Perth, Western Australia. > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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