Gilliam

[Craig Gilliam]

Harrison:

As you are aware, I do a great deal of work  with religious
communities/congregations/parishes that are stuck,  highly anxious, or in
conflict.  A couple of questions and observations--

I have found the behavior for those in the religious vs those in the
corporate world is not different, for both seem to express much of the
pattern they learned from both family of origin and the extended family
field;  the difference is not as much patterns of behaviors as it is
emotional intensity behind or in the behavior.  In the religious, greater
emotional intensity seems to flow/blow from behind or through it.

In addition, through my conflict work,  I have encountered more and more
people that do not seem to have as much of a desire to work things out as
they do to win at all costs--a kind of unbalanced extremism pervades and
they often seems to  lack the capacity for honest self-reflection and
responsibility.  Maybe this is a short sighted view on my part, but it seems
to reflect several contexts I seem to encountered more and more.

What effect does the emotional intensity of issues have on Open Space?

What assumptions are at the root of Open Space, and what effect does the
above observations, if they are true, (if some in the group are not
interested in finding a way through) have on the experience?

Thanks,
Craig

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