Re: [OSList] An Improbable invitation. A poem about a job.

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Fabulous!

On 20 Nov 2021, at 8:42 pm, Phelim McDermott via OSList 
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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 


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/ 

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 
  

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 

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 


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 

Re: [OSList] Moderator

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Mark, I think the answer to all your questions is that the OSList exists to 
remind us, that all that’s needed for Open Space is to 
Issue Invitation
Form a Circle
Create an Agenda 
Get To Work
Nothing more apart from thanking  Harold for keeping it functioning
 


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Re: [OSList] Warm Data Labs - Nora Bateson

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Well said!!
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On 1 Jun 2020, at 3:57 pm, Jeroen Vermeer via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

Although much has been said already on this topic, I'd like to offer my 
insights as a trained WDL host. Simply put: don't even try to compare OST and 
WDL, just not worth the exercise. The Warm Data Lab has been designed as a 
process to let people experience the rich interdependencies of complex systems 
and questions. It can for example serve as a precursor to an OST event, or be a 
standalone process. It has no purpose other than to create a lived experience 
(and thereby altered perception) of the participants on the interdependencies. 
As Nora Bateson likes to say "perception is action", so it's effects are not to 
be underestimated. The process itself looks to be very simple, but there's 
actually a lot to it, which goes well beyond what I can explain. Please follow 
Nora Bateson herself through the many writings she has shared or the podcasts 
she has taken a part in. Watch her fillm 'An ecology of Mind', or take her 
training ;)

Warm regards,
Hartelijke groet,

Jeroen Vermeer

> Op 30/05/2020 17:43:42, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
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> On Sat, May 30, 2020, 8:07 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList 
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> To write "open space" in lower case is my trademark, so please, respect it
> 
> greetings from Berlin where I enjoy the last spring days and the open 
> beer garden in my neighborhood... its not the same thing as a couple of 
> martini cocktails so I have no new insights...
> 
> I wonder what a "Cold Data Lab" would look like or even a "Hot Data Lab" 
> or a "Temperate Data Lab" or a "Fragrant Data Lab"...
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> Be on the watch for Holy Spirit in the next couple of days
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> mmp
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Re: [OSList] On-line OST platforms

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I Like It!!


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On 12 Mar 2020, at 10:33 pm, paul levy via OSList 
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I'd like to offer two solutions often overlooked.

Online is not the only solution. Indeed it is dangerous to see the digital 
realm as a default fallback for just about everything.

One is to have a period of time opening space locally, perhaps even as locally 
as the street on which you live. Or even in the glorious company of just 
yourself.

A second is a period of silence and stillness, of minimal everything.

Best wishes,

Paul Levy

One solution, very much 

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 13:45 Csaba Lengyel via OSList, 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
Dear Collegues,

Social distancing due to coronavirus mitigation efforts brings-up the necessity 
of using on-line OST platforms. I know there has been some discussion already 
in this forum on this topic, but I would be very much interested the current 
best solutions and experiences.

Can you share your thoughts?

Best Regards,

Csaba Lengyel
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Re: [OSList] Why CERTIFICATION makes sense considering this conversation on Mission, Vision Strategy Plans, etc.

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Hi Michael
Don’t believe everything you read in wikipedia!

On 18 Aug 2019, at 5:56 pm, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList 
 wrote:

Dear Alan,

meditate?
Ok, I ain't trained.
Missed it.
Is it too late?

Looking at meditation in wikipedia it tells me:

"Meditation may be used with the aim of reducing stress, anxiety, depression, 
and pain, and increasing peace, perception,[7] self-concept, and 
well-being.[8][9][10][11] Meditation is under research to define its possible 
health (psychological, neurological, and cardiovascular) and other effects."

Shocked myself with the section "criticism":

"The psychologist Thomas Joiner argues that modern mindfulness meditation has 
been "corrupted" for commercial gain by self-help celebrities, and suggests 
that it encourages unhealthy narcissistic and self-obsessed mindsets."

Hope you you all enjoy a lovely Sunday.
mmp

Am 17.08.2019 um 11:08 schrieb Alan Halford via OSList:
> I have a vague and distant memory of seeing/hearing HO saying or being quoted 
> “ The only training you need for OST is  to meditate”
> Not sure whether I imagined  it, but it was a decisive reason for me to delve 
> into the world of OST
> AND it’s still
> “Issue the invitation, sit in a circle, create an agenda and get to work”
> WHOO HOO
> Alan
> *Alan Halford & Associates*
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Re: [OSList] Why CERTIFICATION makes sense considering this conversation on Mission, Vision Strategy Plans, etc.

[Alan Halford via OSList]

I have a vague and distant memory of seeing/hearing HO saying or being quoted “ 
The only training you need for OST is  to meditate”
Not sure whether I imagined  it, but it was a decisive reason for me to delve 
into the world of OST
AND it’s still
“Issue the invitation, sit in a circle, create an agenda and get to work”
WHOO HOO
Alan
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On 17 Aug 2019, at 4:59 pm, R Chaffe via OSList 
 wrote:

So does teaching!  

Regards
Rob

On 17 Aug 2019, at 4:47 pm, paul levy via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

> I'd never certify OST. Only takes one minute to explain, or one second to 
> discover.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Paul Levy
> 
> Paul Levy
> Writer, facilitator, conversifier and collusion breaker
> 
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Re: [OSList] The Triumph of Truth Over Error...Chime in if that's OKAY with YOU? What do you say we raise some SERIOUS money OFFICIALLY training and certifying ALL the GOOD SPIRITS among us mortals to

[Alan Halford via OSList]

What’s there to certify, 
Issue an invitation, sit in a circle, create an agenda, get to work

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On 2 Aug 2019, at 3:35 am, Mark Carmel via OSList 
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Dear World Wide Open Space Technologists,

ALL we have to do ONLY requires a collective DECISION.  

Here is the question:  Are you IN or out?

Mark Carmel
Wannabe Certified OST
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Re: [OSList] Who Opens the Space?

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 such as the sponsor (in this example the 
CEO) turning up in polished shoes, fine thread and perfect tie... and 
after his opening taking off his polished shoes, fine thread and tie and 
slipping into sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt to sit in the circle of 
participants. The facilitator disappearing into the background when all 
the issues have unfolded and have found their place on the bulletin 
board. The participants taking over everything that needs to happen.

What I also discovered is that Action Planning after all issues have 
been dealt with is very successful when done as a "second" open space 
(some call it Action Space). It is superior to statistical methods such 
as voting or weighing with dots because it has at its base not that 
which is important but which folks will act on with passion. This arose 
from the observation that often those proposals with the most dots did 
not find a single actor.

As far as my own role as facilitator is concerned I have no better way 
of describing than the mantra "is totally present and completely 
invisible". This sounds impossible and probaby is. Of course, many feel 
that OST is impossible when the first hear of it. When they engage in 
one they are usually surprised but no longer feel its anything special 
but it puzzles and tickles and you want more. I think it is a natural 
process that continues to be remembered and it is for free. Anybody with 
a clear head and a good heart can do it and most of us have a clear head 
and a good heart. Perhaps practically everybody. At times,
my wife does wonder about my clear head and then I ask for her advice.

Who do you have near you that you ask for advice?

Greetings from Berlin
mmp



Am 08.05.2019 um 17:21 schrieb Alan Halford via OSList:
> It is becoming abundantly clear to me that every time  I have the privilege 
> to facilitate an Open Space that the space is already open and my 
> responsibility is to set up the container and hold the space for those 
> participating. In saying that I am from Fremantle in Western Australia and we 
> are possibly considered a bit odd!
> Alan
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> 
> 
> 
> On 8 May 2019, at 11:11 pm, Birgitt Williams via OSList 
> mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Dear friends and colleagues,
>   "Who Opens the Space"
> 
> I believe that I open the space for myself. I show up. I make a conscious 
> choice about how much space I choose to open for myself, for myself as a 
> whole person to participate. Sometimes the space feels safer to me than other 
> times. Regardless, it is my choice for me of how much space I open for myself 
> in every situation, how much I choose to participate within that self created 
> open space, and for how long I choose to keep the space for myself open.
> 
> I appreciate the effort and love of the facilitator of the Open Space 
> Technology meeting. The role is important, assuming it is carried out with 
> care and love and clarity, to make visible that a bigger space is open and 
> ready for participation. This is a valuable role. Yet, it is still me, that 
> opens the space for myself...no one can do this for me.
> 
> I appreciate the role of the sponsor is opening the space within the 
> organization for a conscious opening of space for a particular theme to be 
> explored. Sometimes the sponsor chooses to open a big space, sometimes it is 
> a smaller space...Both are fine so long as there is honesty about the amount 
> of space being opened. Yet, it is still me that opens the space for myself to 
> consciously choose my participation.
> 
> Now, I am wondering about the importance of providing the people who attend 
> the OST meeting with the concept that the amount of space that they are 
> opening for themselves is their responsibility. Your thoughts?
> 
> in genuine contact,
> Birgitt
> 
> 
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Re: [OSList] Who Opens the Space?

[Alan Halford via OSList]

It is becoming abundantly clear to me that every time  I have the privilege to 
facilitate an Open Space that the space is already open and my responsibility 
is to set up the container and hold the space for those participating. In 
saying that I am from Fremantle in Western Australia and we are possibly 
considered a bit odd!
Alan
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Facilitators

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On 8 May 2019, at 11:11 pm, Birgitt Williams via OSList 
 wrote:

Dear friends and colleagues,
 "Who Opens the Space"

I believe that I open the space for myself. I show up. I make a conscious 
choice about how much space I choose to open for myself, for myself as a whole 
person to participate. Sometimes the space feels safer to me than other times. 
Regardless, it is my choice for me of how much space I open for myself in every 
situation, how much I choose to participate within that self created open 
space, and for how long I choose to keep the space for myself open.

I appreciate the effort and love of the facilitator of the Open Space 
Technology meeting. The role is important, assuming it is carried out with care 
and love and clarity, to make visible that a bigger space is open and ready for 
participation. This is a valuable role. Yet, it is still me, that opens the 
space for myself...no one can do this for me.

I appreciate the role of the sponsor is opening the space within the 
organization for a conscious opening of space for a particular theme to be 
explored. Sometimes the sponsor chooses to open a big space, sometimes it is a 
smaller space...Both are fine so long as there is honesty about the amount of 
space being opened. Yet, it is still me that opens the space for myself to 
consciously choose my participation.

Now, I am wondering about the importance of providing the people who attend the 
OST meeting with the concept that the amount of space that they are opening for 
themselves is their responsibility. Your thoughts?

in genuine contact,
Birgitt


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Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2019 Invocations

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Juliane, 
Thank you 
love
Alan

On 5 Apr 2019, at 5:34 pm, Juliane Martina Roell (Structure & Process) via 
OSList  wrote:

Birgitt Williams via OSList schrieb am 02.04.19 um 18:49:
> Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space,
> out of a beautiful sea of possibilities, the one that I choose to put forward 
> for the theme of the WOSONOS 2019 is "Take Up Space. YOU are meant to be here 
> with your whole being".

I always wonder who speaks, when I read or hear sentences like the above.

It sounds so beautiful. Such a noble intention. But who is speaking? Who are 
YOU to tell "me" what I am "meant to be"?

It sounds so nice. I wish I could belong. I wish I could trust that weird voice 
that is talking. But who is it?

Shall I tell you about "taking up space" and the consequences for a non-passing 
transgender person in this world? Shall I tell you about all the times 
well-meaning privileged people have told me that "I am welcome" "I am meant to 
be here" "I shall bring my whole being" and the minute I showed up in the wrong 
way, addressed discrimination or priviledge or spoke with too much anger, I was 
attacked, assaulted or kicked out from the space?

It sounds so nice: "I am meant to be there". But who are you? And who are you 
to make such a statement?

Love,

Juliane.


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Re: [OSList] Feedback Requested on OST Invitation

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Thumbs up from me too!
Alan

On 26 Feb 2019, at 8:23 am, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
 wrote:

This is a lovely, simple, and to the point invitation Jake.  Thumbs up from me.

Chris

> On Feb 25, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Jake Yeager via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've composed my first OST invitation and would love your feedback. I 
> reproduced the invitation below. It will be included in a calendar invite 
> that will have the date and time.
> 
> Thanks ahead of time for any comments!
> 
> All the best,
> Jake
> 
> 
> 
> Co-Create our Team’s Future?
> 
> Our team’s purpose is to ensure that Navy Federal’s Lending division takes 
> prudent risk and maximizes profitability, all while upholding a preeminent 
> member experience. This is no small feat: challenges arise that require that 
> we stretch ourselves to innovate, to break new ground, to open new horizons. 
> Recent challenges include CECL, AnyLogic simulation, SRM Mission and 
> Automation, and credit card optimization. We surmount these challenges 
> because we collaborate to share our knowledge; because we ask tough, 
> insightful questions; and because we push ourselves to grow and achieve 
> excellence.
> 
> But there are always intractable issues that cause headaches, and there are 
> opportunities that wither for lack of time or attention. What are the  issues 
> that our team faces, and how can we solve them? What are the opportunities 
> that lie before us, and how can we maximize them? How can we co-create our 
> future to work more seamlessly, to be more agile and innovative, and to 
> enhance our well-being? What does that look like, and how can we get there?
> 
> I invite you to an Open Space in order to explore these questions. Open Space 
> is a highly participatory process that has been successfully employed in 
> multiple situations all over the world. Our Open Space will be via WebEx, so 
> that all team members can participate together if they want.
> 
> This first gathering will kick off our Open Space. Here is a schedule:
> 
> 1:00 – 2:00pm ETOpening
> 2:00 – 3:00pm ETSession I
> 
> After the kickoff, we will have a dedicated Open Space session each month. 
> However, you are welcome to hold sessions outside of that time slot. It’s 
> really up to you: your passion and responsibility drives this process.
> 
> I can assure you that by the end of our Open Space:
> 
> 1.Every issue of concern to anybody will have been raised, if they took 
> responsibility for doing that.
> 2.All issues will have received full discussion, to the extent desired.
> 3.A full report of issues and discussions will be in the hands of all 
> participants.
> 4.Action plans will be made and priorities set.
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 
> 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.
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Re: [OSList] Good questions for a OS

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Thanks for the reminder about the Inviting Guide, I’d forgotten all about it
Alan

On 13 Jun 2018, at 11:59 pm, Michael Herman via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:

I want to second what Marai says about "How..." questions, because they are 
such an easy default.  I, too, find them more closing than opening.  I think we 
actually tend to hear "How do we..." as "Do you know how we can..."  which is 
essentially a yes-no question without a lot of potential for discussion.  

Having tried for many many years to improve on "What are the issues and 
opportunities for... (usually the future of something)?" -- and only 
occasionally, very situationally, succeeded... I've pretty much stopped trying. 
 There's lots of room for discussion, framing and storytelling in the 
invitation, but the "issues and opps" question is as good a punch line there is 
for anchoring the invitation and carrying into the circle.  It's wide open, 
nobody knows the whole answer, and it leaves room for positives and negatives, 
history and futures.  

Once upon a time, a client was struggling with the drafting of an invitation.  
I made a list of questions and suggested she think about short answers to each, 
or the ones that resonated most.  She and then others found that useful.  Over 
the years that page evolved into a short guide and then I wrapped all the rest 
of my favorite OS sharing materials around it.  

Here's the link to that document, still called an "Inviting Guide."  
http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf 
  I 
often point clients to the one page full of questions that might be useful and 
suggest they sketch a few lines to answer a few of the most relevant questions. 
 They're listed in an order that the answers could almost always be simply 
strung together in that order and make good sense, but that almost never 
happens.  In the end that list of questions is just a way to ease into the 
potential.  

And, having just cracked open Harrison's User's Guide for the first time in a 
long time, I find no reference to the "broad and inclusive" language mentioned 
earlier, but the Guide itself is still a marvel of substance and simplicity!!  

Michael










 
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> wrote:
Wooow, thanks Rolf, sounds like lots of fun and rewarding. Will try it!
Thomas

Skickat från min iPhone

12 juni 2018 kl. 19:18 skrev Rolf F. Katzenberger via OSList 
mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>>:

> Craig,
> 
> 
> sometimes I use a specific setup to help an org/core team refine their intial 
> "raw" question. Essentially, it's 5 people (or 5 pairs, groups, ...) assuming 
> one role, each:
> 
> IT - represents the need and the purpose
> I - represent the caller(s)
> YOU represent ta single (!) person receiving the call
> WE - represent the relationship between the Is and the YOUs
> FLOW - represents the flow & lifecycle of IT, and of the open space
> Whatever format for a conversation these 5 people choose, they'll be refining 
> the raw question along the lines of the meta-question: "As one of these five, 
> what do I need to feel myself represented well by this question?"
> 
> 
> This leads to all kinds of interesting discussions, like:
> 
> IT wants to be more open, e.g. "hey, we're already imposing a conclusion on 
> the YOUs!"
> I want to be more visible, "those folks want to see a living person behind 
> the call"
> YOU want to feel appreciated and attracted - there's not enough in it to 
> convince YOU to come yet
> WE want to be something new, together - what kind of relationship am I 
> inviting YOU to?
> FLOW wants this to be less restricted / confined / pre-arranged, "WE are 
> still in our infancy, folks..."
> ...and so on Just remember to talk about what each of the five wants more 
> of, instead of what it wants less of. Otherwise, alternative words will have 
> a really hard time emerging.
> 
> Usually, it also pays to have a limit of 12 words for the question (suggests 
> that you make decisions and avoid the committee-phrasing-syndrome; set 
> priorities; stay open), and many times it's even helpful to use the Fridge 
> Magnet technique (stick large post it with one word each to a wall, put 
> alternative words in columns, play with it in the group, always keep the full 
> question in sight and see what it feels like).
> 
> 
> In the end, seek consent (no severe objections to the refined question), not 
> consensus (everybody is very fine with the refined question). If there is 
> consensus among the 5, there is no need for an open space, I'd say ;-)
> 
> Just my 2 cents, maybe it's helpful.
> Rolf
> -- 
> «If it works, it's 

Re: [OSList] Charm, quirk, embellishment and artistry in Open Space

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Aah Christian Morgensten perfect!
Very discerning explanation of the simplicity that is OST 
As HO suggests, all we need to to is issue an invitation, sit in a circle, 
create an agenda and get to work.
Works for me!
Alan
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On 1 Feb 2018, at 5:39 pm, paul levy via OSList 
 wrote:

Charm, quirk, embellishment and artistry in Open Space

"The Lamb-Vulture is a bird far-famed,
The Vulture-Lamb is here first named;
It doesn't say "Baa",
It doesn't say "Boo",
It gobbles you up while embracing you,
Then turns pious eyes unto the Lord,
And is, by all, revered and adored.

Christian Morgenstern


Harrison Owen, the midwife of Open Space Technology, often reminds his 
colleague-practitioners of Open Space to "Look for one less thing to do." This 
isn't one of the main principles of O.S because event designers and 
facilitators often do quite the opposite, adding process to O.S, laying out 
plates of food, drinks, loading the event with posters, badges, signposts, flip 
chats, and even cuddly toys.

And Harrison isn't stating a rule; he is simply describing the wisdom of Nature.

In terms of processes, they often add action planning, project planning, 
Tibetan bells, anti-clockwise circle-walking and even singing and dancing. Now, 
all of this would be fine, if it were part of an open space session offered 
into the opening circle/market place but it is really just one MORE thing when 
it serves as an embellishment to the simple process known as OST.

Looking for one less thing to do in a beautifully and naturally minimal process 
such as OST, can be tough for facilitators schooled and groomed over decades to 
"intervene". And now we arrive at an even more beautiful and natural paradox 
which I will frame as a question: What if looking for one less thing to do is 
also one less thing to do?


One less thing to do ?

Or one more thing to do just for the hell of it ?

You'll find embellishment in design. On clothing, on jewelry, on furniture. 
From the point of view of pure function, (what 'works'), embellishment is one 
more thing to do. And minimalist design can be as beautiful as something more 
complex. Yet embellishment is also often astonishingly beautiful. When 
functional minimalism is an artistic  choice, liojubg for one less thing to do 
becomes a creative search for the beauty and function in 'less is more'. Just 
the circle, in its minimal simplicity can resound with charm.  Yet when the 
search for minimalism is dogmatic,  even automatic,  less can be less.

Embellishment can disempower a group when simplicity might awaken the will to 
self-organisation. Yet embellishment can equally awaken that very urge to 
self-organisation through the power of art to  inspire. The exception, in this 
case, proves the rule and elaborations such as embellishment can awaken 
self-organisation, not through control (which is one less thing to do in open 
space) but through quirk and charm, both of which can arise out of artistic 
playfulness - they arise, I believe,  not out of an urge to control, but simply 
from Nature - a nature that abounds with spontaneous natural creativity. The 
love of, and urge to play is in us. Such things, though they may come, in time, 
before an opening circle, actually and mysteriously often arise OUT OF the 
opening circle. Natural embellishment isn't born of control,  it is so very 
often an emergent property of open space itself. Though it may appear before 
(in time) a circle opens, it appears before (in front of) that very circle. 
Some conference badges you write your name on yourself, some live music 
playing, an ice cream seller,  a relaxation room, a few yoga mats in the 
corner.  These may be decided upon before the open space event, yet somehow 
they seem to arise also from the opening circle - that ciircle confirms there. 
What went before (back in time) arises once more before (in front of us in the 
circle) as we whoop with delight and seelf-organise affirmation of them.

Embellsihment and charm might both seem like one less thing to do at an open 
space. Yet, following that line of reasoning, even open space is ultimately one 
less thing to do at an open space!

Always looking for one less thing to do becomes a dogmatic behaviour, as we 
head, compulsively, towards the absence of even absence, a true void. Looking 
for one less thing to do is smart, even wise, if we are in over- or unnecessary 
complexity - a version of clutter - but as a hard and fast rule, we arrive at 
zero, and then even being in zero becomes one less thing to do! I'm serious. We 
cease to exist.

When we stop looking for one less thing to do, we may discover that one less 
thing to do emerges again in our improvised decisions and actions as wise in 
many situations anyway. 

Re: [OSList] seeking contact for https://osacon.com/

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Don’t forget the “if they wish to”  I mean who are we to say they should or 
ought to be “responsible for maximising their own learning…….”?

alan
On 6 Sep 2017, at 12:17 am, Mark Sheffield via OSList 
> wrote:

Yes! Each person is responsible for maximizing their own learning and overall 
experience during Open Space (thus improving the learning and overall 
experience for all of the participants).
 
-Mark
  <>
From: mjher...@gmail.com  [mailto:mjher...@gmail.com 
] On Behalf Of Michael Herman
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 11:03 AM
To: Mark Sheffield >; World wide Open Space 
Technology email list >
Subject: Re: [OSList] seeking contact for https://osacon.com/ 

 
your message makes me grin this morning, mark.  what i hear you saying is, 
"open space is not a spectator sport!"

 
--

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312-280-7838 (mobile)
 
http://MichaelHerman.com 
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On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Mark Sheffield via OSList 
> wrote:
> Jean -
>  
> I am the facilitator for tomorrow's OSACON. 
>  
> The Open Space experience is best when each person has their own ticket and 
> connects individually. Doing so makes it easier for each person to see and be 
> seen in the video and to follow the Law of Two Feet independently.
>  
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mark Sheffield
> mark.sheffi...@triadtechnologysolutions.com 
> 
> (336)870-0616 
> 
> Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook 
> 
> _
> From: Daniel Mezick via OSList  >
> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 6:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSList] seeking contact for https://osacon.com/ 
> 
> To: >
> 
> 
> Hi Jean,
> I am one of the organizers of the OSACON (Opening Space for Agility) 
> conference event happening this coming Wednesday- tomorrow. 
> Yes, you can buy multiple tickets, and when you do the system will ask for 
> the details (name email etc) of each person for each ticket you buy. I just 
> tested it to make sure it works for you. Send me an email if you have any 
> questions OK?
>  
>  
> OSACON:
> 
> Those of you unfamiliar with the event can learn more and consider attending 
> here: www.OSACON.com 
> 
> It's an **online** Open Space aimed at applying Open Space (or better) at 
> improving current results with Agile. 
> (a rather large and growing opportunity for improvement.)
> 
> The event also provides a primary way for people to find and meet each other.
> 
> The theme of tomorrow's event is "Opening space for emerging greatness"
> 
> Here's one way to translate this theme:
> 
> Opening Space: “affording and accommodating open discussion and open 
> dialogue.”
> Emerging: “to come into view” or “become apparent”
> Greatness: “the abundance of goodness” (hat tip to Jim McCarthy for this 
> definition.)
> So we might macro-expand this Theme, to say:
> “…Affording and accommodating open discussion and open dialogue, for the 
> abundance of goodness to come into view, or become apparent”
> What does it take to get to legitimately GREAT results in an Agile context? 
> What are the markers and characteristics? 
> How do you know when the Agile is legitimately great?
>  
> The wider question of course is “how do we to get there?”.
> 
> That’s the subject of this event.
> 
> You are invited! I hope to see you there!
> 
> 
> Wishing a nice day to all!
> 
> -Daniel
> 
>  
> On 9/4/17 2:39 PM, Jean Richardson via OSList wrote:
>> I just registered for the OSACON on 9/6.  I am trying to find an organizer 
>> who can tell me whether I can host multiple people co-located with me on my 
>> ticket.  Anyone here know anyone there?
>>  
>> TIA
>>  
>> --- Jean
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> Jean Richardson
>> Azure Gate Consulting
>> ~ Repatterning the Human Experience of Work
>>  
>> AzureGate.net 
>> (503) 788-8998
>> j...@azuregate.net 
>> 
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
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Re: [OSList] testing

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Sometimes it’s just the right thig to do to reflect on the zen koan ‘sitting 
silently,spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

take care out there


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On 29 Jun 2017, at 7:52 pm, Harrison Owen via OSList 
 wrote:

All systems are Go electronically… But we only receive what we share. To state 
the obvious. For myself, I am happily in Maine enjoying the odd condition of 
totally full up – and absolutely open. Translation might be a little difficult. 
But it goes sort of like this. All available sleeping space in our house is 
occupied. That’s called full. And with the whims and wishes of 7 humans 
wandering wherever – there is an incredible amount of open space. Passion and 
responsibility manifest in every moment – in fishing for example.
 
Harrison
 
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093
 
Summer Address
189 Beaucauire Ave
Camden, ME 04843
207 763-3261
 
Websites
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www.ho-image.com 
 
From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 
] On Behalf Of Raffi Aftandelian 
via OSList
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:22 PM
To: via OSList
Subject: [OSList] testing
 
Just wanted to test to make sure the list is still working...
 
raffi
 
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What blocks gratitude in this moment?
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Re: [OSList] Open Space Discussion Invitation video

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Nice!
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On 31 May 2017, at 5:10 am, Tom Brown via OSList 
 wrote:


Hi all,

 
Just wanted to share with folks the simple invitation video that our Open Space 
Discussion team has created for our conference this summer.  Thought that folks 
here might find it interesting.

 
https://youtu.be/vs_l2Tia4QY 
 
Thomas G. Brown

Business Analytics Mgr / IT dept

BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)

…

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30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY, 112017

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Re: [OSList] MUST READS for a facilitator

[Alan Halford via OSList]

 Peggy Holman’s book, "Engaging Emergence”

Take care
Alan

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On 24 Feb 2017, at 3:45 pm, Agnieszka Wawrzyniak  wrote:

Hi, 

apart of all Harrison's books, what would you recommend as a must read for a 
facilitator?

Greets from Poland
Agnieszka

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Re: [OSList] Answers?

[Alan Halford via OSList]

finally some sense in this complicated intellectual pursuit of the Answer!  
Pop a Babel fish in your ears folks and then you can 
Send an Invitation
Sit in a circle
create an agenda and 
Get To Work

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On 6 Sep 2016, at 2:54 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList 
 wrote:

Right On Harold! When we place ourselves in the midst of the ultimate question, 
for which there is no answer, we begin to perceive the infinite possibilities 
we can’t even imagine. That’s Open Space for me. Or if you prefer, 42.
 
Harrison
 
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093
 
Summer Address
189 Beaucauire Ave
Camden, ME 04843
207 763-3261
 
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com 
www.ho-image.com 
 
From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 
] On Behalf Of Harold Shinsato 
via OSList
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 1:15 PM
To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
Subject: Re: [OSList] Answers?
 
Thank you Harrison. Great question! I hope this reply (answer?) is 
appropriately irreverent...

Your thinking reminds me of the classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. An 
ancient race on a distant star system built an enormous computer to calculate 
"The Answer". The "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and 
Everything". It took the computer 7.5 million years. And famously, the answer 
was 42.

The computer ("Deep Thought") told them now they needed the ultimate question, 
and told them they needed to build an even bigger computer (the size of the 
earth) to calculate the question.

Cheers,
Harold

On 9/4/16 9:37 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
> It is all about answers.
> The critical thing in life.
> So I was told.
>  
> If you do not have the answers,
> Or better THE ANSWER,
> Life is hardly worth living.
>  
> Poor me --
> No matter how hard I tried, 
> Every answer I found
> Was either partial, 
> half-assed or stupid. 
> Answers don’t help a bit.
> It’s the Question, Stupid!
> Not just any question. 
> The Question. The biggie. The one with no possible answer.
>  
> Sitting THAT Question makes anything possible.
> Nothing is certain.
>  
> It is called real open space. 
>  
> Breathtaking!
>  
> Ho
>  
> Winter Address
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
> 301-365-2093
>  
> Summer Address
> 189 Beaucauire Ave
> Camden, ME 04843
> 207 763-3261
>  
> Websites
> www.openspaceworld.com 
> www.ho-image.com 
>  
> 
> 
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Re: [OSList] University training for Open Space Technology?

[Alan Halford via OSList]

and at the end of the day, an invitation is issued, we sit in a circle, create 
an agenda and get to work.

Alan Halford & Associates
Open Space Technology Aficionados
Mediation and Conflict Transformation
Facilitators

www.alanhalford.com.au 
0421 475 252
skype: alanhalford




On 26 Aug 2016, at 4:45 AM, Peggy Holman via OSList 
 wrote:

About two years into working with Open Space, I reflected on how it had 
influenced me. In brief, the gifts of Open Space to me were around:

Generosity of spirit 
Focus on essence over form
Seek simplicity
Inclusion/invitation
A sense of abundance
Curiosity about who and what shows up

No doubt I’ve written more about what these notions mean but offer them as one 
view of what I’ve learned through aspiring to live consciously in a 
self-organizing world.

Peggy






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> On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:28 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList 
> > 
> wrote:
> 
> Maine is marvelous! And I can’t count to 10. But the original “5” (whoever 
> comes is the right people….) seem to work out pretty good. But I think that 
> is just the beginning. My best shot (and probably last) so far is, “Wave 
> Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self Organizing World” That would 
> be Berrett- Koehler, 2008..
>  
> Harrison
>  
> Winter Address
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
> 301-365-2093
>  
> Summer Address
> 189 Beaucauire Ave
> Camden, ME 04843
> 207 763-3261
>  
> Websites
> www.openspaceworld.com 
> www.ho-image.com 
>  

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for all those who did
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Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Not sure what you guys ate and drank over the holiday period, but it is doing 
me a lot of good
Alan

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On 5 Jan 2015, at 6:13 am, Harrison Owen via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:

Chris – I do love it when you do what you do!  “ fuzzy purpose is really, 
really useful” ... you said.
 
A favorite theme of myself. Sometimes expressed as, “Confusion is the first 
step to wisdom.” It has been my experience, doubtless due to frailties of 
various sorts (senility, whatever) – but one thing I have learned is that 
precisely when I am sure that I have it all “locked up,” – really know and 
understand what I am saying and thinking...  that is proof positive that I 
don’t have a clue. That there is more... much more... coming just over the 
hill.  Our certainty almost inevitably excludes the most exciting part. Our 
confusion opens wonderful space for possibility.
 
Thank You!
 
Harrison
 
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093
 
Summer Address
189 Beaucaire Ave.
Camden, ME 04843
207-763-3261
 
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com x-msg://2/%20www.openspaceworld.com
www.ho-image.com x-msg://2/www.ho-image.com
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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 
mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan 
via OSList
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 3:16 PM
To: Anne-Béatrice Duparc; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
 
Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had situations 
where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it exists for and 
yet nothing is working.  
 
This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are certain 
that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They are certainly 
clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse they make it for 
themselves.  
 
And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy and 
people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out that that 
is a good way to discover the new directions you are trying to get into.  Of 
course all groups need a boundary, and in the case that immediately comes to 
mind, the question was “What else can we be?” 
 
People felt that was too fuzzy to get any kind of strategic work done, but what 
happened was that it invited people into a now three year journey of wayfinding 
together.  Which, it turns out, is a good purpose for a church.
 
I think it’s not my job to “help people discover what they should be doing” 
even in Open Space.  I can, however, help hold space so that people can explore 
the fuzziness and confusion that they find themselves in AND I can model 
behaviour of not needing to know, of avoiding premature convergence of ideas 
and purpose, so that the innovation and wisdom and leadership at the margins 
can come forward.  
 
In the parlance of software developers, not knowing what to do is a feature of 
living in this world, not a bug.
 
Cheers,
 
Chris
 
 On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:00 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 wrote:
  
 I love how you put it in words John. I will discuss it today with the caller. 
 Indeed there is much that seems already prepared and shoulds. I hope I can 
 help them let go of it.
 Thanks for the reminder,
  
 Message: 3
 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:56:24 +1030
 From: John Baxter via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 To: Gail West icat...@gmail.com mailto:icat...@gmail.com, World wide Open 
 Space Technology
 email listoslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
 Message-ID:
 CAJpg6=RAR3tnEUhzgFsTZ6HSZTKsUh=eb06qfopbmhenwsb...@mail.gmail.com 
 mailto:eb06qfopbmhenwsb...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 If you can help the group to become clear about what the most important
 focus/challenge/question is for them *now*, then they will be able to let
 go of all those preconceived discussion topics in order to address their
 priority.
 If the purpose is fuzzy then all people have to go on is their baggage and
 prepared ideas.  This makes it hard for people to embrace the space, and
 they are likely to walk away disappointed (though they may still get a lot
 done).
 
 Overall, it will be useful to help people find what they really want to *do*,
 vs what 

Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Not sure what you guys ate and drank over the holiday period, but it is doing 
me a lot of good
Alan

Alan Halford  Associates
Open Space Technology Aficionados
Mediation and Conflict Transformation
Facilitators

www.alanhalford.com.au http://www.alanhalford.com.au/
0421 475 252
skype: alanhalford




On 5 Jan 2015, at 6:13 am, Harrison Owen via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:

Chris – I do love it when you do what you do!  “ fuzzy purpose is really, 
really useful” ... you said.
 
A favorite theme of myself. Sometimes expressed as, “Confusion is the first 
step to wisdom.” It has been my experience, doubtless due to frailties of 
various sorts (senility, whatever) – but one thing I have learned is that 
precisely when I am sure that I have it all “locked up,” – really know and 
understand what I am saying and thinking...  that is proof positive that I 
don’t have a clue. That there is more... much more... coming just over the 
hill.  Our certainty almost inevitably excludes the most exciting part. Our 
confusion opens wonderful space for possibility.
 
Thank You!
 
Harrison
 
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093
 
Summer Address
189 Beaucaire Ave.
Camden, ME 04843
207-763-3261
 
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com x-msg://2/%20www.openspaceworld.com
www.ho-image.com x-msg://2/www.ho-image.com
OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of 
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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 
mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan 
via OSList
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 3:16 PM
To: Anne-Béatrice Duparc; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
 
Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had situations 
where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it exists for and 
yet nothing is working.  
 
This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are certain 
that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They are certainly 
clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse they make it for 
themselves.  
 
And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy and 
people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out that that 
is a good way to discover the new directions you are trying to get into.  Of 
course all groups need a boundary, and in the case that immediately comes to 
mind, the question was “What else can we be?” 
 
People felt that was too fuzzy to get any kind of strategic work done, but what 
happened was that it invited people into a now three year journey of wayfinding 
together.  Which, it turns out, is a good purpose for a church.
 
I think it’s not my job to “help people discover what they should be doing” 
even in Open Space.  I can, however, help hold space so that people can explore 
the fuzziness and confusion that they find themselves in AND I can model 
behaviour of not needing to know, of avoiding premature convergence of ideas 
and purpose, so that the innovation and wisdom and leadership at the margins 
can come forward.  
 
In the parlance of software developers, not knowing what to do is a feature of 
living in this world, not a bug.
 
Cheers,
 
Chris
 
 On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:00 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 wrote:
  
 I love how you put it in words John. I will discuss it today with the caller. 
 Indeed there is much that seems already prepared and shoulds. I hope I can 
 help them let go of it.
 Thanks for the reminder,
  
 Message: 3
 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:56:24 +1030
 From: John Baxter via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 To: Gail West icat...@gmail.com mailto:icat...@gmail.com, World wide Open 
 Space Technology
 email listoslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
 Message-ID:
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 mailto:eb06qfopbmhenwsb...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 If you can help the group to become clear about what the most important
 focus/challenge/question is for them *now*, then they will be able to let
 go of all those preconceived discussion topics in order to address their
 priority.
 If the purpose is fuzzy then all people have to go on is their baggage and
 prepared ideas.  This makes it hard for people to embrace the space, and
 they are likely to walk away disappointed (though they may still get a lot
 done).
 
 Overall, it will be useful to help people find what they really want to *do*,
 vs what 

Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)

[Alan Halford via OSList]

Not sure what you guys ate and drank over the holiday period, but it is doing 
me a lot of good
Alan

Alan Halford  Associates
Open Space Technology Aficionados
Mediation and Conflict Transformation
Facilitators

www.alanhalford.com.au http://www.alanhalford.com.au/
0421 475 252
skype: alanhalford




On 5 Jan 2015, at 6:13 am, Harrison Owen via OSList 
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:

Chris – I do love it when you do what you do!  “ fuzzy purpose is really, 
really useful” ... you said.
 
A favorite theme of myself. Sometimes expressed as, “Confusion is the first 
step to wisdom.” It has been my experience, doubtless due to frailties of 
various sorts (senility, whatever) – but one thing I have learned is that 
precisely when I am sure that I have it all “locked up,” – really know and 
understand what I am saying and thinking...  that is proof positive that I 
don’t have a clue. That there is more... much more... coming just over the 
hill.  Our certainty almost inevitably excludes the most exciting part. Our 
confusion opens wonderful space for possibility.
 
Thank You!
 
Harrison
 
Winter Address
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
301-365-2093
 
Summer Address
189 Beaucaire Ave.
Camden, ME 04843
207-763-3261
 
Websites
www.openspaceworld.com x-msg://2/%20www.openspaceworld.com
www.ho-image.com x-msg://2/www.ho-image.com
OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of 
OSLIST Go 
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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org 
mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan 
via OSList
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 3:16 PM
To: Anne-Béatrice Duparc; World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
 
Sometimes though, fuzzy purpose is really really useful.  I’ve had situations 
where a group is really sure of what it is doing, and what it exists for and 
yet nothing is working.  
 
This happens a lot with mainline churches these days, many of whom are certain 
that they can recreate the “success” they had in the 1960s.  They are certainly 
clear on their purpose, but the harder they try, the worse they make it for 
themselves.  
 
And so we have run OST meetings where the purpose was unclear and fuzzy and 
people simply proposed topics that interested them.  And it turns out that that 
is a good way to discover the new directions you are trying to get into.  Of 
course all groups need a boundary, and in the case that immediately comes to 
mind, the question was “What else can we be?” 
 
People felt that was too fuzzy to get any kind of strategic work done, but what 
happened was that it invited people into a now three year journey of wayfinding 
together.  Which, it turns out, is a good purpose for a church.
 
I think it’s not my job to “help people discover what they should be doing” 
even in Open Space.  I can, however, help hold space so that people can explore 
the fuzziness and confusion that they find themselves in AND I can model 
behaviour of not needing to know, of avoiding premature convergence of ideas 
and purpose, so that the innovation and wisdom and leadership at the margins 
can come forward.  
 
In the parlance of software developers, not knowing what to do is a feature of 
living in this world, not a bug.
 
Cheers,
 
Chris
 
 On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:00 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 wrote:
  
 I love how you put it in words John. I will discuss it today with the caller. 
 Indeed there is much that seems already prepared and shoulds. I hope I can 
 help them let go of it.
 Thanks for the reminder,
  
 Message: 3
 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:56:24 +1030
 From: John Baxter via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 To: Gail West icat...@gmail.com mailto:icat...@gmail.com, World wide Open 
 Space Technology
 email listoslist@lists.openspacetech.org 
 mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
 Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :)
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 mailto:eb06qfopbmhenwsb...@mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 If you can help the group to become clear about what the most important
 focus/challenge/question is for them *now*, then they will be able to let
 go of all those preconceived discussion topics in order to address their
 priority.
 If the purpose is fuzzy then all people have to go on is their baggage and
 prepared ideas.  This makes it hard for people to embrace the space, and
 they are likely to walk away disappointed (though they may still get a lot
 done).
 
 Overall, it will be useful to help people find what they really want to *do*,
 vs what