Fabulous!!!! I’m particularly drawn to: > We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the unlikely, > believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating, giving time and > space to all the improper things that are usually dismissed or discarded in a > creative process. We are also all these things ourselves: improper, quirky, > irritating. We are not always easy to live with.
Peggy > On Nov 20, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Thank you! > > Harrison > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Alan Halford via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> > wrote: > Fabulous!!!!! > > On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> > wrote: > > Hello lovely space openers. > > I wanted to share something. Firstly it’s about a job advert but also about > how stuff we do at Improbable has been changed by the practice of invitation. > > First off I’m sure my wife Matilda won’t mind me sharing this story. She > formed and co-runs an organisation called “Mothers who make” it’s an online > and offline support group that grew out of one of our own open space events. > It supports the idea that we need to open more space into our work and life > spaces so that the the roles of both mother and maker are not separate or > marginalised by the other. > Check it out you might want to take part. You can join from anywhere in the > world. > > https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies > <https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies> > > Anyway a few years back Matilda put out a job advert for a Producer role at > MWM in a traditional way. Job specs, salary, responsibility etc.. she got at > most a handful of replies. So she decided to create an informal advert. An > invitation. She spoke from her heart and from her passion and vulnerability > with real honesty about what the job would be and what it would involve. Raw. > She got 100 applicants. A real indication that it’s not just the sessions > called but the original invite that need passion and responsibility to give > it grip. > > https://www.improbable.co.uk/ <https://www.improbable.co.uk/> > > So Improbable (link above) is a company that makes shows and opens space > wherever we can are currently looking for a new executive director. We put > out the formal job advert a few weeks ago and shortly afterwards we put out > our informal invite which is below.. > > Please spread the word and notice that we are hoping to ensure no one should > exclude themselves from the possibility of interviewing, especially if you > don’t work in theatre. > > Yes this might be you. > > Here is the Invitation: > > https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad > <https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/executive-director-informal-job-ad> > > Here’s the text so you don’t have to click a link! > > “A POEM ABOUT A JOB.” > > An invitation to Join us. A poem about a job. > > On our Gathering blog, https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering > <https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/the-gathering> > you may have read that we’re looking for a place to belong and to create > belonging. We've been gathering clues, seeking out places, talking to people, > in our quest for a home for the company. We have also just put out a call for > a very particular, key collaborator - last week, we announced that Improbable > is looking for a new Executive Director. > > Our Executive Director will, of course, be helping to take care of Improbable > - what it is, what it does, what its unfolding vision is, and what it may be. > However, one vital focus of this person's role will be helping to make The > Gathering, our home for Improbable and our practice, happen. > > You can read the formal job ad here. > > https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies > <https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies> > > It does what job ads have to do – it talks about tasks, responsibilities and > qualifications. There is a heading called 'Person Specification' which lists > things like: > > Excellent written and oral communication skills > Excellent project management and time management skills > Experience of line management and excellent people skills > An understanding of funding systems and track record of fundraising from a > variety of sources > > Etc..... > > What it doesn't and can't talk about is spirit. > > Spirit Specification. > > So we want to do that here. Not to list the spirit needed by the person in > the Executive Director role because the specific thing about spirit is that > it does not belong to anyone. It exists between people. An understanding of > this is at the heart of the company's practice, that the brilliance of the > work, be that an Opera, an Impro, or an Open Space event, does not lie in any > one person's singular stellar performance, but in the atmosphere between the > players, even amongst the audience - between all the participants, it > emerges. Much like in a poem, the meaning unfolds from the combination of the > words and their particular clustering, their constellation. > > Here then, below, is a kind of poem. A list poem. It shares something of who > we are, and of our spirit. > > This is our 'Spirit Ad': > > We are Improvisers. Performers. Directors. Writers. Artists. Facilitators. > Parents. Partners. Friends. > > We are leaders. We are listeners. > We are tricksters. > > We have spent our lives following our curiosity, trusting the unlikely, > believing in the quirky, the subtle, and the irritating, giving time and > space to all the improper things that are usually dismissed or discarded in a > creative process. We are also all these things ourselves: improper, quirky, > irritating. We are not always easy to live with. > > We are often… Sad. Overwhelmed. Furious. Funny. In despair. In hope. > Determined. Devoted. Disgruntled. > > We believe that Improvisation can save the world. > We are wildly ambitious and not attached to the results. > We believe in the power of vulnerability. > We are committed to celebrating and holding space for the marginal. We mean > those marginalised by race, sexuality, gender, class, (dis)ability - all of > these things - and we also mean the marginalised in ourselves: the dreams, > dilemmas, accidents, odd impulses, uncanny images. > > We are Improbable, seeking a home, and, right now, seeking a collaborator, > otherwise known as an Executive Director, to help us make it all happen. > > If the spirit of this speaks to you... > > If you care, not only about theatre but the way in which theatre is made... > > If you believe grief has as much value as gold... > > If you believe poetry is as hard as nails... > > If you believe spirit has as much leverage as a plan... > > If you believe leaders are followers... > > If you believe silence is as eloquent as words, and that listening is as > important as speaking… > > If you believe that dreams are as real as the real... > > If you’re happy to step out before the ground has appeared... > > If there’s one thing that you know and it is that you ain’t learned nothing > yet... > > And, in a time of despair, if you believe the story of the artists is not > over just yet... > > Then, maybe, you should apply for this job. > > Formal invite here: > https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies > <https://www.improbable.co.uk/job-vacancies> > > And, as we say when we are Opening Space - after that moment of silence when > we are waiting to see whether everyone is done calling their sessions - if > you are thinking maybe you should, maybe you shouldn’t, maybe you should...... > > People from diverse backgrounds, in every sense of the word, are encouraged > to approach us. Unlikely, implausible and improbable applicants, are, by > definition, extremely welcome. > > Lee, Phelim and Matilda > ————————————- > > Love > > Phelim X > --------------------------- > ___________________///////////// > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > <http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > > > Alan Halford & Associates > Open Space Technology Aficionados > Mediation and Conflict Transformation > Facilitators > > www.alanhalford.com.au <http://www.alanhalford.com.au/> > www.conflictcompany.com.au <http://www.conflictcompany.com.au/> > 0421 475 252 > skype: alanhalford > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > <mailto:oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > <http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>_______________________________________________ > 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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