How do you respond to unsatisfying experiences of "open" space?

[Harrison Owen]

So, I will respond by either teasing out what it could be like from my
experience agree that OST is not the process for that particular sponsor.

 

Larry  

 

Larry - I think this is exactly where you apply the Lisa - as "only the
highly evolved can make it in Open Space" :-)

 

Harrison

 

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Subject: Re: How do you respond to unsatisfying experiences of "open" space?

 

Now that OST is happening all over Ontario and Canada on a fairly regular
basis.  I also get people (sometimes clients) saying that it did not work
for them in their last experience.  I know there are a few folks that do it
quite differently than I do and sometimes that leads to these comments.
I've had others, who experienced OS from someone I respect, also say they do
not want to use it (often with real intensity.)  I hunch that for some of
them, even a "great" OST experience scares them or challenges too many
assumptions.  They see strong emotions emerge, not all conversations have
the same clarity or depth - and they assume it can be done differently given
all the processes they have experienced.  They prefer processes they can
control.  They realize they cannot control OST now they have experienced it.
Sometimes that is because OST is not appropriate for what they want to do
and accomplish in their meeting.  They are looking for particular outcomes
or action that they want to shape.  For traditional "results" oriented
people, it sometimes does that give them the results they want in the time
frames they are willing to give. 

 

So, I will respond by either teasing out what it could be like from my
experience agree that OST is not the process for that particular sponsor.

 

Larry  

 

Larry Peterson

Associates in Transformation

Toronto, ON, Canada

416.653.4829

 

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