Hi, Peggy and the OSList diaspora! I don’t weigh in much these days, but I always listen and learn from the conversation. I do want to weigh in here, though.
I have known about and loved the whole system change work that Sandra and Marvin have done for ages! I helped design and facilitate a Future Search three (maybe it was four?) day retreat for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) a number of years ago (like, in the early ’90’s!) that included the board, administration, staff, instructors, alumni, and community members all coming together to rethink their mission and what they wanted to head out into over the next few years of their organization. It was a wild and gorgeous experience, replete with powerful storytelling, artifact sharing, coalescing around roles and the myths of their work, and a huge graphic representation of their journey in wilderness. I have always thought that the idea of getting the whole system in the room was powerful. And in recent years as I have done more work on equity, particularly with schools and districts in low income communities of color, I’ve come to question a lot of what that means. As Meg Wheatley says, speaking of getting the system together with more of itself in order to heal itself, that means “especially... those it didn’t know were even part of itself…” Caroline Hill refers to this as “radical inclusion,” or “design for the margins,” and it means re-assessing the power relations among system members, and ceding power to those who have traditionally not had any. I mention these ideas, because they help me rethink the terms that, Peggy, you use: authority, resources, expertise, information, and need. What would it mean to include those whose authority comes from experience outside the traditional leadership or membership or formal authority? What resources do those who the system didn’t even know were part of the system? What expertise can they bring that otherwise would not be brought to bear on the collective effort? What information do they bring that we’ve been missing in how we design? What needs to they have that we’ve overlooked? So, I hope this is a helpful way to think about both Future Search and Peggy’s great frame. John Watkins > On Nov 12, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Peggy Holman via OSList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Open Space list friends, > > Sandra Janoff, co-creator of Future Search, brings deep experience to the > work of helping a system see itself and find a path forward. She’s hosting a > seminar series in January that will undoubtedly be time well spent. > > To this day, as I think about inviting, I draw on an insight from Sandra and > Marv Weisbord, her Future Search partner, about how to think about who makes > up the system in order to figure out who to involve: the people who ARE IN - > with authority, resources, expertise, information, and need. > > I encourage you to check out Sandra’s offering. > > Stay well, > 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 > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity > <http://www.engagingemergence.com/> > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Sandra Janoff <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Can you share? >> Date: November 12, 2020 at 10:40:40 AM PST >> To: Peggy Holman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> >> <http://futuresearch.net/> >> >> >> NEW Seminar! >> >> Don't Just Do Something, >> <https://futuresearch.net/dont-just-do-something-online/> >> Stand There! <https://futuresearch.net/dont-just-do-something-online/> >> >> Leading Meetings that Matter - >> Principles and Practice >> >> >> <http://futuresearch.net/workshops/workshopleader/> >> >> SEMINAR is NOW ONLINE! >> >> 6 Sessions >> January 5, 6, 7 and 12,13,14, 2021 >> >> with <http://futuresearch.net/workshops/workshopleader/> >> <http://futuresearch.net/workshops/workshopleader/>Sandra Janoff, PhD >> <https://futuresearch.net/workshops/workshopleader/> >> >> >> Co-Founder, with Marvin Weisbord, Future Search Network >> Co-Developer of Future Search >> Recipient of the ODN Lifetime Achievement Award >> >> Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! >> Leading Meetings that Matter - Principles and Practice >> >> An interactive seminar in leading meetings that matter >> for those who want to take a deeper plunge >> into managing meetings and managing yourself. >> >> Sandra Janoff has redesigned this remarkable learning opportunity as an >> online interactive experience. It is based on the best selling bookDon't >> Just Do Something, Stand There! >> >> Register Online Today! <https://futuresearch.net/workshops/register/> >> >> CE credits are available for this Seminar! >> >> Dates and Times: All Times are EST - Eastern Standard Time, US >> >> Session 1: Tuesday, January 5 | 10am – 1pm (3 hours)* >> >> Session 2: Wednesday, January 6 | 10am– 12pm* >> >> Session 3: Thursday, January 7 | 10am – 12pm* >> >> Session 4: Tuesday, January 12 | 10am – 12pm* >> >> Session 5: Wednesday, January 13 | 10am – 12pm* >> >> Session 6: Thursday, January 14 | 10am – 12:30pm (2.5 hours)* >> >> *Critical learning will take place in small groups between sessions. >> >> In this seminar, we will explore the realms of practice beyond traditional >> models, methods and techniques. We will go more deeply into personal and >> structural issues for leading interactive meetings. Using real issues, we >> will discover the essentials of controlling what you can and letting go of >> what you can’t control. >> >> "Superb organisation, flawless facilitation and extraordinary participants >> created the space and permission for a learning experience second to none" - >> Bridget Marsh, AnewNZ, New Zealand >> >> >> Learn to focus on structure rather than behavior. Let people take >> responsibility and manage themselves - leading to higher motivation and >> greater creativity! >> >> You will learn a philosophy, principles and actions that produce superior >> results while reducing your need to control. These skills will support your >> online work with diverse groups and complex problems. >> >> Workshop Agenda includes: >> >> Include the Right People – Doing It Now, Doing It Fast >> Control Structure, Not People – Leading Organizations, Teams, Task Forces, >> and Committees >> Disrupt Fight or Flight – Subgrouping as a Leadership Art >> Welcome Anxiety – Managing Tension, Managing Yourself >> Avoid “Taking It Personally” – Stepping up to Authority Projections >> Encounter the “Whole Elephant” – Acting Decisively With Full Knowledge >> Let Everybody Be Responsible – Sharing Risk, Increasing Initiative >> Surface Unspoken Agreements – Finding Common Ground When You Least Expect It >> Continuing Education (CE) Credits are available for Psychologists, >> Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists, >> Chemical Dependency Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Educators, and >> Nurses. CE Information and Purchase. >> <https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=3066> >> >> Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! >> Leading Meetings That Matter Online >> January 5,6,7 and 12,13,14, 2021 Dr Sandra Janoff, CE Credits (15) >> >> Register Online Today! <https://futuresearch.net/workshops/register/> >> >> This Workshop presented online by Future Search Associates, is sponsored by >> The Future Search Network, a Program of Resources for Human Development, RHD >> 4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Suite 126, Philadelphia, PA 19144 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> .610-909-0640 >> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/49365188727/> >> <https://twitter.com/FutureSearchNet> >> <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=future+search> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3796420> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sandra Janoff, PhD >> Director, Future Search Network >> Mobile: +1 610 909 0640 >> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> See www.futuresearch.net <http://www.futuresearch.net/> for stories of >> positive social change around the world >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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] ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- John Watkins, Ed.D. 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