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

Harrison Owen owenhh at mindspring.com
Wed Mar 13 14:53:29 PST 2002


At 11:41 PM 3/11/2002 -0700, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote:
>Great conversation all.  Harrison, you wrote:
>
>  Freedom and responsibility can be a heady brew, but totally necessary
> for meaningful human life. I don't quite know how i got started on all
> this -- but it is something about seeing the revolutionary character of
> Open Space, particularly when done in certain environments. All of which
> raises the (ethical) question --  should we be playing with this fire?
> Personally, I don't have any choice.
>
>The revolutionary character of Open Space with its attending freedoms and
>responsibilities, are at least half of the appeal for most of my clients
>who are sick of opening the dialogue among the stakeholders with the very
>best of intentions, only to have most voices fall silent after a
>wonderful, one-time event.  In fact, "passion bounded by responsibility"
>has become a permanent mantra in some organizations that did not close the
>space after an OST event.
>
>In one "certain environment" revolution was specifically called
>forth.  Last August, while many of you were attending OSonOS, I was
>opening space at the Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Inc.'s
>Revolution Retreat.  This event intentionally catalyzed the next iteration
>of a cultural change effort that continues to inspire me.  As I'm writing
>this, I realize that I sound like it's the organization that is doing
>something.  Of course, it is the people who have opened thereby opening
>the system.  I've written an article about this project for the Chaordic
>Commons spring newsletter and would be happy to share it once it has been
>printed.
>
>Harrison, I understand that you will be lunching this Wed. with Tamara and
>Jacque - the two head revolutionaries.  Enjoy!

I did indeed have a wonderful lunch -- and enjoyed a great story. I urged
the co-conspirators to fully share their tale with this illustrious crew.
Hopefully, they will oblige.

Harrison


Harrison Owen
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Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
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