Hi mmp, What's your preferred closing circle process? I am interested to know how you "do nothing" for the closing circle too. :)
Thanks! All the best, Jake ________________ When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems. - Robert Adams <http://www.robert-adams.info/> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:35 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Doris and you other tender and friendly folks out there, > > "Tend and Befriend" is always a basic response, crisis or not. > > But since crisis is a basic prerequisite for the unfolding of time and > space for selforganisation "Tend and Befriend" also unfolds more freely. > > In os events that deal with urgent matters, "tend and befriend" is > always present. > In the context of such gatherings it is usually not perceived as > something special by participants. > > Facilitators, however, busy with doing nothing, do observe it every > time. There are even attempts to have the paricipants increase their > awareness of this by ending an os event with reflections along the > medicine wheel. Which, as I discovered, is a grand way of looking at > such elements as vision, management, community and leadership... but > rarely gets much attention by participants. They already know all that. > And I guess, they are more interested to get busy on the actions they > just worked on. > > Greetings from Berlin, where I see "Tend and Befriend" abound... to the > astonishment of the folks in charge who see stuff happening they felt > responsible for.... > > Cheers and enjoy tending and befriending and being tended and befriendet > > mmp > Am 20.04.2020 um 11:13 schrieb Doris Gottlieb via OSList: > > Dear Peggy, > > > > Thank you for sending the article and for reminding me about Tend and > > Befriend as one of the basic responses of humans in crisis and stress. > > It is so valuable to expand my noticing in working in times of crisis to > > include this frame and look for where and how it happens. > > > > With love and gratitude, > > > > Doris > > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 1:36 AM agusj via OSList > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi Peggy! > > > > Thanks for share this The psychologist, Shelley Taylor, working with > > a team of women, found women tended to respond differently. They > > took care of the vulnerable and worked together. > > > > I love it! I knew in my profound self that there should be another > way. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Warm regards > > > > Agustín > > > > > > On Thursday, April 16, 2020, 04:16:09 PM GMT-5, Peggy Holman via > > OSList <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > Thanks for opening this conversation. I’ve been thinking about > > something similar, with a slightly different emphasis. I’ve been > > struck by how frequently I’m hearing “we’re all in this together”. > > So I’ve been thinking about how it is a time of both personal > > responsibility AND a sense of the greater good that has never > > existed in my lifetime. (We’re about the same age.) Even talk of > > sacrifice. Something I recall my parents talking about from their > > youth in World War 2. > > > > Something that has intersected this mulling has been watching the > > amazing amount of constructive journalism happening right now. > > Practical, responsive, listening to the questions from the public. > > And, of course, the generosity of people self-organizing to help > others. > > > > One last element in my thinking about this: "tend and befriend" > > rather than "fight or flight.” In brief, in 2000, a woman > > psychologist looked at the research that led to coining the phrase > > fight or flight to characterize human response to threat or stress. > > Turns out, like much of that early social science research, it was > > done primarily with men. The psychologist, Shelley Taylor, working > > with a team of women, found women tended to respond differently. > > They took care of the vulnerable and worked together. > > > > With nowhere to run, I see much of the response to Coronavirus > > following the pattern of tend and befriend. It’s a trend I’d sure > > like to see made conscious and furthered. I wrote a 2-minute piece > > about it: > > > https://medium.com/@PeggyHolman/journalism-that-tends-and-befriends-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1ec800ccf9ad > . > > > > I think fighting and fleeing less and tending and befriending more > > encompasses both personal responsibility and the common good. > > > > Be well and stay sane, > > Peggy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Peggy Holman > > Co-founder > > Journalism That Matters > > 15347 SE 49th Place > > Bellevue, WA 98006 > > 206-948-0432 > > www.journalismthatmatters.org <http://www.journalismthatmatters.org> > > www.peggyholman.com <http://www.peggyholman.com> > > Twitter: @peggyholman > > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > > Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Apr 16, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList > >> <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I had a thought recently that might be interesting here, and that > >> maybe you can add on to, as a story and conversation here. And > >> then in the world. This overlaps with some other recent threads, > >> too, I think. > >> > >> As background, I'm exactly old enough that the moon landing is, as > >> best I can tell, my oldest memory. I've seen pictures of stuff > >> that happened before, but I clearly remember the space toys being > >> given away at gas stations, our family buying our first color TV, > >> and (just like now) keeping our distance... in that case we were > >> supposed to stay six feet from the new set. > >> > >> From that global moment came all kinds of "big blue marble" > >> photos, Bucky Fuller's "Spaceship Earth," and other images. Now > >> we had a picture of "all in this together" where "all" really was > >> every human. And then, a few decades later, we've created a > >> global network, a global economy, and global epidemics. Not > >> everyone made a direct, conscious connection about those images > >> from space, but somehow we all grew up participating in the > >> creation of these global structures and phenomena. > >> Now I think we might have a chance to accelerate our swing back, > >> to the micro, the local, the individual in equally strong, > >> long-term ways. It took us a while to get there, but the message > >> coming clearer now is "wear a mask," for instance, "to protect > >> others..." And inside of that, this seems like a visceral > >> reminder that "what you, the little individual does -- does > >> matter." It matters with masks and the virus, but it can be, and > >> I hope it will be, quickly translated to the plastic we use, the > >> miles we drive, the other things we purchase and reinforce with > >> our money, the way we manage emotions in groups, and so on. It > >> matters for everyone to manage their own "stuff," their own > >> behavior, purchases, words, and other choices. > >> > >> This is what I hope we might be learning, anyway. And within all > >> of the possibilities, choosing to take responsibility for one's > >> own experience, actively choosing to be learning and contributing, > >> seems to me about the best choices we could focus on, each of us, > >> individually and personally. What we've been saying all along, in > >> various ways, that individual agency and actions matter, seems > >> more important and understandable that ever. > >> > >> This makes me curious if and how what is happening now with the > >> virus and what we've all been teaching and practicing and inviting > >> "in open space," might shape the world over the next few decades. > >> I wonder what kind of a world might emerge from increasing > >> awareness of personal agency, responsibility, learning and > >> contributing, in meetings and everywhere else. > >> > >> This is one good thing I have imagined could emerge from this. > >> This is the view I'm testing as I watch the news and talk with > >> clients these days. > >> > >> What do you think might come out of the current situation, on any > >> scale? > >> > >> And is there anything else to do about helping it along, for now, > >> wherever we are? > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Michael Herman > >> Michael Herman Associates > >> 312-280-7838 (mobile) > >> > >> MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/> > >> OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OSList mailing list > >> To post send emails to [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> To unsubscribe send an email to > >> [email protected] > >> <mailto:[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] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OSList mailing list > > To post send emails to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[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] > > _______________________________________________ > > OSList mailing list > > To post send emails to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[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] > > > > > > > > -- > > Doris Gottlieb > > Consultant | Facilitator | Mentor > > > > *T * +31(0)6. 29.23.27.12 ** > > *E * [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Skype * dorisgottlieb > > *W *www.dorisgottlieb.com <http://www.dorisgottlieb.com/> > > > > > > *Upcoming events and Genuine Contact™ program (GCP) training you can > > find a complete listing of training offering here > > <https://www.dorisgottlieb.com/workshops/>* > > > > > > *Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution* | Online, 1,2 and 3 April 2020 > > > > *Working with Open Space Technology *| Heeze 1 - 3 September 2020 > > > > *Whole Person Process Facilitation* | Berlin, 25 -27 October 2020 > > > > *Genuine Contact Organization *| Heeze 2 - 5 Feburary 2021 > > > > *Genuine Contact Train the Trainer *| Heeze 12 - 16 April 2021 > > > > > > *With the Genuine Contact Netherlands Group we are offering a series of > > 2 hour workshops that teach how to lead online meetings that are > > effective, connective and inspiring you can find information about this > > here <https://www.advanroosmalen.nl/online-vergaderen> > > * > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > [email protected] > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 492 resident Open > Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 142 countries worldwide > www.openspaceworldmap.org > > At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space and other > treasures, most in German, some in English, some as ebooks, some > multilingual > https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation > _______________________________________________ > 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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