[OSList] Open Space Hotline - Tuesday April 17 @12PM EDT :)

[Tricia Chirumbole via OSList]

Hello all!

You are warmly invited to an Open Space Hotline hangout! Come meet us on
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- Law of Two feet applies!

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Re: [OSList] Fwd: Hope Never Dies!

[Suzanne Daigle via OSList]

How I have enjoyed this thread! I especially salute Nick and Bhav reminding
myself again and again that "I could not know what I did not know and when
I knew I could not help but wonder if I would ever have understood if
someone had described it to me."

It's how I felt about Open Space. Never could I have conceived it until I
experienced it. Only then would I ever have seen that it was in me and
others all along.

I can relate and resonate with sponsors, clients and others who worry about
letting go too much. I can relate to us as facilitators navigating those
conversations.

Yet we all know that we can't dive in the water by just tipping our toes
in. We have to jump right in. Quite scary when much of what is done is
wading in the water.

It's why I admire Nick's openness knowing that he is already opening and
holding this space for those who do not yet know what they don't know.

As others have mentioned, when the early conversations focus primarily on
the urgent issues at hand, imagining new solutions and renewed energy to
address those issues, it becomes easier to firmly and confidently convey
and be heard on what's possible with an Open Space done well.

Because we have skillfully engaged them in the what's possible, the how of
what could happen next has a greater chance of getting off the ground.

No easy solutions on that. A lifetime of learning and I'm still learning.
It's why I appreciate this list so much.

Suzanne










On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 9:41 AM Bhavesh Patel via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Check this out Nick: https://fowpdx.com/open-space/
>
> On 6 April 2018 at 15:30, Nick Martin via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>> Thank you all so much for your excellent feedback. I've been watching
>> with enormous interest.
>>
>> I've just had a great Skype with Bhav where he was kind enough to take me
>> through in more detail where my rendition of Open Space is veering from the
>> traditional. It was incredibly enlightening (thanks again Bhav).
>>
>> For me, it's critical I get this right for readers of my website who are
>> far less experienced than your good selves so I'm committed to changing it.
>>
>> Bhav suggested that I might create an editable Google Doc of a new draft
>> and share it with you for comments and edits. I thought that a wonderful
>> idea! Here it is and I promise to publish whatever we end up with ...
>> assuming it's clean :)
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ufIsy0BQvIqlRUbW0FAyXHGV0IKw3VdDT8L91RIJJU8/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Naturally the Law of Two Feet very much applies so please don't feel
>> obligated. All input and feedback is very much appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Nick Martin*
>> WorkshopBank
>> 
>> m: +45 42 47 00 74 <+45%2042%2047%2000%2074> | e: n...@workshopbank.com
>> | w: workshopbank.com
>> 
>> [image: Facebook]  [image:
>> Twitter]  [image: LinkedIn]
>> 
>>
>>
>> On 04/04/2018 16:37, Dan Mezick via OSList wrote:
>>
>> “CFCF” (control for control freaks) might be a more appropriate name.
>> Either that or “Project Management”.
>>
>> with a twist, of course.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 4, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Peggy Holman via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>> I see the site has a contact page: https://workshopbank.com/contact
>>
>> Anyone care to give them some feedback and request they stop calling this
>> thing Open Space with a twist?
>>
>> Peggy Holman
>> 425-746-6274
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From:* Harrison Owen via OSList 
>> *Date:* April 4, 2018 at 6:40:52 AM PDT
>> *To:* "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'" <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>
>> *Cc:* Harrison Owen 
>> *Subject:* *Re: [OSList] Hope Never Dies!*
>> *Reply-To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>
>>
>> This is not the first time for this conversation… The simple truth: Old
>> habits die very hard. The habit of thinking/hoping/wishing/knowing that
>> somebody is in charge doesn’t play very well in Open Space. And so the
>> predictable arrives as prognosticated. Or something.
>>
>>
>>
>> Some find this ongoing situation an occasion to defend the process. I can
>> understand the feeling, but I am quite sure it is not worth the energy.
>> Open Space/self organization will do quite well all by itself, as it has
>> for millennia. But there is a sadness, which on occasion expresses itself
>> (at least in me) as anger. I find the ignorance and arrogance of those
>> “meeting planners” to be totally appalling. The massive disrespect of the
>> participants manifest in the