Craig

Craig Gilliam wcraiggilliam at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 2 08:38:07 PDT 2006


Question for you using OST in Conflict Transformation:
Context:
I do a great deal of conflict transformation work with communities.  I use 
Open Space throughout the process (way of being together), but often, the 
formal process (whatever that means) Open Space Technology,  forming the 
circle, create a bulletin board, setting-up a market place, etc, I use only 
as a part of it.  I use it after we have spent time in conversations 
exploring the past patterns, learning from them, and helping direct the 
energy toward exploring the future and its options.. After time has been 
spent in these conversations, I use a full OST process.

Question:
If one uses Open Space Technology in the beginning, form the circle, open 
the space, hold the space, create a bulletin board, as the first and primary 
process, what does the theme look like?  Of course, the participants help 
form the theme or question, but is it direct?--You are in conflict and what 
conversations need to happen to find your way out of this? or does it work 
best without the directness and focusing on the positive direction of 
thinking such as--What is the future you are trying create? Or does it 
matter because the group is going to go where it is going to go where it 
needs to go?

I would like some insight from you who have had the experience and traveled 
this road.

Thanks,
Craig

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