Open Space -- The Credible incredible - Thank you for this richand dynamic dialogue......

[Glory Ressler]

Harrison and Michael,
Thank you for these posts.
At our recent training these issues definitely came up among the
participants. We focused on two things:
~ informed consent of sponsor (upside/downside story and a clear
understanding of OST)
~ facilitator self-support within the notion that we do not create
anything new - OST allows what it is already there to be experienced
consciously. We cannot guarantee future iterations. If we feel ethically
moved to go further, we can enquire as to whether the sponsor/org is
committed to addressing what emerges and how they might do that. They
can choose and so can we - including offering further support and/or
assisting them to open their own space.

best wishes,
glory


>>  michael wrote:
>> my feeling and stance on this matter is to my mind, quite simple:
>> if the client wants an open space event and sticks to this notion
>> after I have talked to him, thats what will happen I either take it
>> or leave it....nobody knowing what will happen beyond;
>> if the client wants an intervention to transform his organisation
>> and I am crazy enough to believe that this is actually possible, so
>> be it .... nobody knowing what will happen beyond;
>> I definetely do not want to worry about what will happen to an
>> organisation that has chosen to let open space technology come into
>> its life...all I do is to make sure that the client knows that there
>> could be some surprises in store for him and his organisation with
>> no assurance that neither I nor he has an inkling of what that might
>> actually mean.
>
>> Harrison wrote>
>
>> This may appear heartless, but I do not experience it that way.
>> Rather, I perceive this to be a simple recognition of the limits of
>> my own abilities and powers.
>
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