Is trust a part of open space?

Funda Oral fundaoral at ttnet.net.tr
Mon Feb 7 13:22:55 PST 2005


I am very interested if anyone cares to share: what do you do? When do you
decide not to step in
even if you are asked to?
All the best
Tova

Dear Tova,

Similar to you,
If the call does not sound genuine to me...then i stay out.
If i feel that the space is not open, then i stay out.

Funda

----- Original Message -----
From: "averbuch" <averbuch at post.tau.ac.il>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: Is trust a part of open space?


I believe trust can be both the result of an open space gathering (in at
least 90% of what I have witnessed or facilitated). and the precondition to
one.

An example that comes to mind is the 3 day OS in Rome 4 years ago,
facilitated by Harrison, of Israelis and Palestinians opening space for the
question of:" what are the issues and challenges in building trust"... The
people that came didn't trust one another to begin with but they did care
enough to come. The wading through for three days together created some
fragile but real trust. Some people stayed in contact, most didn't, but all
stayed with the experience that it was and is possible to move forward
(there is a paper telling the story of what the participants thought of the
experience a year and a half later that was put together buy Carol Daniel,
Avner Haramati and myself for the POP gathering in Seattle (Whidbey).

As I understand it the basic element of trust needed may be only one:
- thinking that it is worthwhile trusting the wisdom of self organization in
the sense that you "know" (deeply trust) that human kind, like any other
kind - has a collective wisdom that will be manifested if called for. Like
trusting the process of giving birth (yes you need to keep it clean and take
some measures of rest before and after, and a nap throughout won't hurt
too:)).
        When I come to think of it my main road of learning the sense of
self organization over time are all of you, who         became, as trust
grew and developed, my community of practice. Watching oslist showed me in a
very plain and  simple way the dance of the visible, the lurking, the
emergent-.

If the open space takes place in a community this basic element is enough
and I trust that those who care enough to come will show up and do the work
of the collective.

If the open space takes place in a context of an organization I usually need
a second sense of trust and that is:
- that those in power and formal leadership really know that opening space
means sharing power/leadership, opening up to surprise -  at least have this
intention. I am not very particular if they espier for sharing leadership
because of their values or because of their despair but I do mind if they
are genuine.

For this second sense of trust I do preparatory work. When I smell the
reason for an OS is "a new fad" I try to stay out. I am very interested if
anyone cares to share: what do you do? When do you decide not to step in
even if you are asked to?
All the best
Tova

Tova Averbuch             טובה אורבוך
34 Rabinovitz St.   רחוב רבינוביץ 34
Holon            58672               חולון
Israel
               972-3-5523476
         averbuch at post.tau.ac.il


-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Shay Ben
Yosef
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:16 PM
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Subject: {Spam?} Re: Is trust a part of open space?


Dear friends

yes the trust is a basic element of the OS but unfortunately we can't force
it to be there...

So we just have to enable it, to make the proper conditions.

Maybe if I trust myself, trusting the sponsor, the preparation team and the
participants it will show up

Thank you all for the learning opportunities I'm getting from this community

Shay


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: FW: Is trust a part of open space?


> From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hhowen at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:39 AM
> To: 'Therese Fitzpatrick'
> Subject: RE: Is trust a part of open space?
>
> I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask folk to trust, but I doubt it would
> do
any
> good. A very high percentage of the time when somebody says, "Trust
> me" we think just the opposite. If you have to say it, it may not be
> there, and
if
> you have to ask for it, it may never come. The most wonderful thing
> for me is that without a word, Trust shows up (along with respect and
> hope).
After
> the fact it probably wouldn't hurt to ask folks if they noticed???
> When I
do
> this -- there is usually a gorgeous collective Ahaaah! Moment.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Therese Fitzpatrick
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:08 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Is trust a part of open space?
>
> Thanks, Allen.
>
> I see trust as part of the energy that allows open space to emerge.  I
> see it as integral to all the principles and the law of two feet.
>
> Is it acceptable Open Space practice to invite participants to trust?
> Or is it best to leave trust unspoken?
>
> Thanks.  I'm chewing on something and I'd like to hear about
> experiences around 'trust'.
>
> Therese
> (Paul:  I just remembered that I am not using my name.  My apologies.)
>
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:53:31 -0500, Alan Klein <alan at klein.net> wrote:
> > Sure and it goes beyond "Trust the process", though that is
> > important. I believe that it starts (and maybe ends) with the
> > facilitator trusting themselves.
> >
> > ~Alan Klein
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Therese Fitzpatrick
> > I am just going to ask my question without posting what I think.
> > I'd like to hear some what some of you think about trust and open
> > space.
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