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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