open space technology as an event or as an intervention--learn more with us in our Advanced workshops

[Mick Walsh]

Dear Birgitt,

Thank you for your clarifying response, and to others on the list who
contributed to the discussion.  This topic may be a useful item for
discussion at OSONOS in OZ.

Kind regards,

Mick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Birgitt Williams" <birgitt at mindspring.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2002 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: open space technology as an event or as an intervention--learn
more with us in our Advanced workshops


> Hi Mick,
> it is good to hear from you.
>
> You are absolutely right that I am acknowledging the DOING as well as the
> BEING. A framework that I view life from is working with the Medicine
Wheel.
> There are many teachings and many interpretations but here is part of one
> that assists in my view of the DOING and BEING. In the north is the place
of
> Spirit, which for me is the place of BEING, BEING one with all of
creation,
> with all that is. It is a beautiful place to float in, to stay in. In
fact,
> it would be my preferred place. I now look to the south, the place of
making
> things physical/practical. It is also the place of healing and of
community
> for those of us in this 3D realm. I dare not grant myself the luxury of
> simply BEING. I require of myself to dance between the north (Spirit) and
> the south (Physical), walking the mystical path with practical feet. I
> understand that change, growth, and movement occur in that dance.
>
> In my best interpretation of doing when I work with Open Space Technology,
I
> work with it as an intervention to the organism that I am working with. My
> "showing up" even to "open and hold space" intervenes in their natural
order
> of things. I pray that  I intervene in life nurturing rather than life
> depleting ways.
>
> You are absolutely right that "open space exists and we create space
through
> spirit". And then there is that distinction that I make between Open Space
> and Open Space Technology.
>
> We have been given a powerful "tool" by Harrison Owen for intervening
called
> Open Space Technology. We each need to choose how to use this wisely and
> well, from the best of whom we each are. Facilitating an Open Space
> Technology event is easy and can be done by a facilitator after having
> simply read Open Space Technology: a user's guide.
>
> My passion does not run high with a singular Open Space Technology
meeting.
> I have very little interest in the comments in the closing circle as
> wonderful as they may be. I am aware that by Monday morning "back at the
> office" a lot of grief work starts as reality sinks in and the view of the
> meeting becomes different.  I am deeply interested in what the results are
> into the ongoing life of the organization. I continue to journey with
this,
> to evolve both personally and professionally as I learn as I go.
>
> My best effort to date has been to capture all of this in the Genuine
> Contact program that is not founded in Open Space Technology so much as it
> is founded in my perception and experience of achieving organizational
> health and balance. I have been on a twenty five year  quest to find my
way
> with this and to author a program that is duplicable. This requires
"givens"
> AND co-creation into the future. As the author, I choose to author-ize.
Not
> certify. Not make statements of competency. Simply to invest in those who
> have invested in this program the right to use our materials and to
> co-create with us where we go from here. And all the while, we honor Open
> Space Technology as a key ingredient in working with the open space to
> achieve optimum life.
>
> I make no apologies. I offer leadership in a particular direction. I am
> following my dream and what I believe to be my work here on this earth--to
> promote health and balance. The vehicle is relatively unimportant. This
> happens to be the one I choose for now.
>
> Blessings,
> Birgitt
> www.genuinecontact.com
> Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness.
> "I believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that
> organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results."
> Birgitt Williams
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Mick
> Walsh
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:47 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: open space technology as an event or as an
> intervention--learn more with us in our Advanced workshops
>
>
> Dear Birgitt,
>
> I may have missed something in your intention but I have some reservations
> regarding your comments below.
>
> Are you endorsing OST as an intervention?  Intervention implies 'doing'
> rather than 'being'.  From my perspective open space 'exists' and we
create
> space through spirit.  If my perspective is correct, and it is for me,
then
> how could I possibly be 'authorized' to 'train' people in a commercial
> program with its foundation in OST?
>
> Are you promoting and supporting OST, or simply selling a product?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Mick
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Birgitt Williams" <birgitt at mindspring.com>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, 22 February 2002 8:57 AM
> Subject: open space technology as an event or as an intervention--learn
more
> with us in our Advanced workshops
>
>
> > Hello to each of you interested in Open Space Technology,
> > In our recent workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a participant
said
> > that he learned so much about Working With Open Space Technology that he
> > didn't know before. He identified this by saying "before this course, I
> > worked with Open Space Technology as an event. You have assisted us to
> learn
> > how to work with it as an intervention". This man was so pleased with
his
> > discovery and filled with many intentions of what he would do in his
> federal
> > government department to faciliate their development as a conscious Open
> > Space Organization. He said that they were already part way there, but
the
> > insights and frameworks he now had to work from were critical pieces for
> him
> > to achieve his vision of what was possible for optimum ways of working
> > together.
> >
> > My vision was to develop a workshop series that taught a "vehicle" for
> > development as a conscious Open Space Organization. My vision included
> > having others achieve authorization to offer training programs in this
> > series (the Genuine Contact program). To support the work of the growing
> > number of trainers (to whom I offer great gratitude), I am pulling back
on
> > the number of public workshops I am leading in the world to make room
for
> > the other trainers to teach. This also honors the organic nature of any
> such
> > work to ensure it does not stagnate. I will now lead the Advanced
Workshop
> > only 4 times a year. The remaining dates and locations for 2002 are
March
> > 25-28 and Sept 11-14 right here in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and
> November
> > 26-29 near Frankfurt, Germany. Information is available at
> > www.genuinecontact.com
> >
> > Judi Richardson in Halifax will offer this program in June. Thomas
Herrman
> > and Eiwor Backelund will offer this program in Sweden in August. Others
> will
> > be scheduled soon.
> >
> > For me, I am not surprised at the success of this workshop and the
results
> > from it. Participants gain deep insights about a different way of BEING
> and
> > a different way of WORKING. I also know that they simply remember what
> they
> > truly already know. I simply have found a way to facilitate them in
> > accessing their inner wisdom. When something resonates so well with deep
> > inner truth, it usually does well in the world.
> >
> > And whenever there is a vacuum, such as is left be a decreased workshop
> > series for the public, something fills it. This situation is no
exception.
> > My schedule is becoming full with requests for workshops inside of
> > organizations for teams who in turn will facilate extensively using
Whole
> > Person Process Faciliation or Open Space Technology, leading to daily
work
> > as conscious Open Space Organizations if they pursue this.  My hopes are
> > high that those of us who are working in this way will mentor an ever
> > increasing number of organizations to achieve health and balance.My
> > gratitude to Spirit and to all who participate is high.
> >
> > If you are interested in becoming an authorized trainer in the Genuine
> > Contact program, please contact me soon to ensure that you have taken
the
> > prerequisite workshops in preparation for attending the "train the
> trainer"
> > in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Sept 21st to 27th, 2002. We offer the
> "train
> > the trainer" at our home location, annually.
> >
> > I offer gratitude to each of you for the work you do in this world,
> > Birgitt Williams
> > www.genuinecontact.com
> > Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness.
> > "I believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that
> > organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible
results."
> > Birgitt Williams
> >
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