Hi Christine,
- The Web site was only English. The Local workshops were facilitated by
the local HR specialists and were made in the local language.
- The process was over 6 months.
- The website designed to enable to collect the crowd wisdom - the
employees were encouraged to
Open Space colleague and a dear friend to us all has done
> something pretty amazing. Sharing it with you now on this special day.
>
> I am also reminded of the wonderful Open Space gatherings that have taken
> place at International House in New York for the past 20 years or so,
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Harrison
.and I suspect the *genuine invitation* to be yourself, follow your
passion, take responsibility.coupled with a *genuinely psychologically
safe place* for it to happenadds significantly to all the amazing
things that follow. As you know even the invitation versus "you must
Harold - having worked with a number of wonderful people all over the world
who were not in anything that anybody might consider a "safe space" (people
kept dying/killed) - the promise of safety would be a little off the wall.
The only promise was . Be yourselves, follow your passion and take
Wow - thank you Peggy and Birgitt - very valuable.
I'm curious about two things. What is the difference between focus on
welcoming, and a focus on safety - and how can the sponsor help make the
space welcoming?
The second - the reason safety has become much more important to me is
the story
Hi Harold,
I believe that the greatest issues about safety come about when a
facilitator attempts to reassure people that 'this is safe space'. We can
never know if the space for conversations is actually safe, despite the
safeguards built in by the four principles and the one law of OST. Those
Great question Harold! I always wince when people say the space needs to be
safe. If you make space so safe that it leaves the opportunity for messiness
out, nothing happens. Sometimes I’ve said "safe enough”. Ultimately, as you
said, a sense of safety comes from within.
Rather than safety, I
Dear People(s) of Open Space,
What is the importance of safety? What, if any, work is needed in the
"pre-work" to help ensure safety?
It seems that safety is doomed if the "givens" are that the people in
the organization must either be silent or agree with the "powers that
be" on
Wow thanks everyone contributing in this thread!
I love the examples and learn from them and get strengthened. Often there is
worry of negativity and criticism, but when space is opened passion and
responsibility shows up :) Great example Michael H and Peggy. This keeps
happening, isn't it?!
Claudia Gross, an Open Space colleague and a dear friend to us all has done
something pretty amazing. Sharing it with you now on this special day.
I am also reminded of the wonderful Open Space gatherings that have taken
place at International House in New York for the past 20 years or so,
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