OS with children: What are the unstated assumptions and aims of OS?

[Joelle Lyons Everett]

Elena--

I was talking about a workshop, which is training, and you were talking about
Open Space, and it it good to be clear which you are leading.  I find myself
impatient sometimes with waiting for OS participants to sort things out for
themselves, but to whatever degreed they are able to do that themselves, it
is a greater learning than anything I can tell them.

I remember that when I had been teaching Creative Problem Solving for a
number of years, I found myself frustrated because I wanted to share all I
had learned about the process, but of course I could not do it, because they
had no context, in the beginning, to put all those ideas into.

Last night, I co-facilitated a very short OS conference with a professional
organization.  The outgoing president hoped that the outcome would be new
ideas for programs and a few people volunteering to serve on the board of
directors.  The group generated lots of ideas, some of them new and
interesting.  No one offered to become a board member, but about half of t
hose present offered to help in some concrete way.  And they scheduled a
follow-up meeting to work on the ideas, and see if they can develop a more
manageable structure to accomplish the needed work. The talking circle at the
close was long and thoughtful, in spite of the fact that we went past our
stated closing time.  People were very honest, and I was moved by what people
said.  So I think that the meeting brought some new energy and some useful
chaos into the organization.

Joelle

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