Givens (was: Already-thereness, Empowerment and Such)

[Michael Herman]

welcome back, birgitt... yes you've been here lurking and
sometimes posting all along, but you feel more here than
what has been usual for some time, so am glad for that!

the notion of givens has been very helpful and also limiting
for me over the years.  i like the notion of degrees of
freedom, but never found a good way to explain it to my
satisfaction and comfort...   lately i've taken to talking
about FORMS in the planning of a meeting...

-forms of opening (the invitation, also interview/planning
questions),
-forms of focus (ultimately and minimally the invitation
list, but this might include many of the things you've
called givens, along the way), then also
-forms of meeting/space (logistics, amt of time), and
finally
-forms of footprint/documentation/activity afterward, how to
support ongoing open space.

for those prone to seeing things in wilber/arrien terms
you'll map these easily enough to those four quadrants,
loosely stated as...

-purpose/passion/caring
-vision/direction/culture
-structure/support
-power/action


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