Dear Jeff,
all the best to you in 2022 and Merry Xmas.
I wonder in which way the assumption
"OST and other participatory methods are intended to remedy ..."
is congruent with the assumption that OST is not intending to remedy any
particular situation.
As ost facilitator my assumption is that OST is an effective approach to
expand time and space for the unfolding of selforganisation and that
control accomplishes the opposite... and that it is utterly impossible
to know what the forces of selforganisation will bring about.
Isn't that what makes the OST approach unique?
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Am 13.12.2021 um 03:38 schrieb Jeff Aitken via OSList:
So yes, my question wasn't fully formed until now:
I am fascinated that folks who are passionate about Open Space can be in
differing "poles" of the "polarity" in the USA, and also be able to show
how OS is a kind of guide to understanding their own view.
Which leads me to wonder if good old OS can help unlock insights into
the situation in a fruitful way.
Being USA centric in an international list has its issues, but any
insight from outside the USA is welcome and important, including a
request to keep it among us folk.
We may not want to "go there" here, and that would be fine, but i would
feel remiss not to mention it, as 2022 draws near. It will be a big year
in these parts.
Warmly,
Jeff
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 2:08 PM Jeff Aitken <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yes, it seems that the paradigm of authoritarian leadership is
exactly what OST and other participatory methods are intended to
remedy.
The postwar work in social systems by folks like Kurt Levin and
others were a response to the tragic origins of the second world
war, along with the outdated mechanistic notions of human
organization. OD work and later OT work like Open Space have this in
their genealogy.
I'm so curious how we may have differing perspectives on where such
authoritarian impulses are present now, and what to do about them.
Not to "go there" right here and now, but to invite an inquiry into
the resources of this legacy of theory and practice as a guide for
muddling into the near future.
Maybe skilled hosting would be called for in such a case. (Not
volunteering, as I am surely holding one of the "poles".)
Warmly,
Jeff
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 12:28 PM Marc C. Trudeau via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Mark, check out Daniel Mezick’s A-1 Meeting, as a way to give
the bosses a taste and help them test their own resolve. You
could build the A-1 around the OST Principles and Law. Odds are,
some of the bosses really are Open.
Peace,
Marc
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On Dec 12, 2021, at 11:48 AM, Mark Carmel via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Greetings!!
Bosses that SAY they are Open are perhaps ALL talk...
THEREFORE, Beware of Bad Bosses. This is My New 1st Law of
OST, unwritten and unspoken, of course. In my humble (or not
so humble) opinion, All believers in and Facilitators of Open
Space Technology must understand times have changed. In the
US, we now live in Retaliation Nation. Don't believe it, just
look at any and all the news. One smear campaign after
another. Yet, the great USA is the most open and envied
society on earth, right? Before leading your Open Spacers into
the Tiger's Den, prior to the invitation stage and setting up
the theme, i suggest you first vet the true intent of the
bosses. Look at their past behavior and figure out whether
they are open or if they repeat past behavior to pounce on
open and honest people they consider Snitches. If a boss is
dishonest and fake, do not consider honoring them with the
miracle of OST. They don't deserve trust and will crush
criticism like a bug.
Take it from today's Dilbert Cartoon:
Dilbert holds an Open Meeting... Dilbert says...We won a
guvmint contract to build a CO2 capture machine. We are only
brainstorming so remember, there are no bad ideas... Alice
says...we could capture CO2 with a net. Aren't you going to
write that down? Dilbert says...No, I'm fairly confident I'll
remember that suggestion for the rest of my life... then Wally
says...we could attract the CO2 with some sort of food... then
Dilbert says...Forget it. You're all idiots. I'll just design
the stupid machine myself... As employees exit the meeting,
Alice says...that was fun. Then Wally says...
I love brainstorming!
Wishing Peace to the Peacemakers and TO ALL those you serve.
Mark Carmel, OST Facilitator
Collaborator King
Circle of Synergy
Circle of Champions
Circle of Peace
Chief cook and bottle washer...
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