leverage points

[Harrison Owen]

Masud wrote: "For instance, I believe the principle "Whoever comes are the right people"
has an assumption built in - simply considering the choice of words, which
are not neutral. (This has been raised before, and my purpose in bringing
it up is not to hammer home the point. This "self-realing" example popped
into my head again at this time)"

Actually, I don't think it is as much of an "assumption" as a blinding flash of the obvious. Those  who came are the only ones there! And the reason they are there is that they cared enough to come. That does not make all those who didn't come bad, immoral, or terrible -- but the fact of the matter is that they didn't care enough to come. Now maybe the next time they would feel differently -- care more. Make the necessary arrangements, or sacrifices!  But for this particular Open Space -- those who care came. And CARING is the sole criteria for entry. That alone makes them the "right people." No Caring -- no come...

And why would this be true? Well, I think Open Space is all about passion and responsibility. And if you don't CARE -- no passion, and little hope of accepting responsibility. Who on earth would take responsibility for something they don't care about?

Harrison



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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Masud Sheikh 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:50 PM
  Subject: Re: leverage points


  Pat Black wrote:
  >I would say that the unstated assumptions of the OS network are the same
  as any other network that includes living beings and in this case humans
  and they are:
  >That humans are self revealing in all their actions and communications.
  >pat

  Thank you Pat, but is that all?
  The point you make relates to individuals within the OS Network. How about
  the OS Network itself?
  For instance, with my long-time employer IBM - with which I worked through
  its best and worst phases - an unsaid assumption seemed to be "We have got
  it right so often; as has happened before, we will win in the end".

  An assumption that Therese stated about our list was "Each person believes
  we can have a better world." Now that is something that (almost) everyone
  in the world would believe - the large majority of whom would not be on
  this list, or other similar lists. How the "better world" comes into being
  is where differences come in.

  For instance, I believe the principle "Whoever comes are the right people"
  has an assumption built in - simply considering the choice of words, which
  are not neutral. (This has been raised before, and my purpose in bringing
  it up is not to hammer home the point. This "self-realing" example popped
  into my head again at this time)

  So? I am still stuck
  Masud

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