Conflict in community

[Tree Fitzpatrick]

I have one more thought to share with you, Chris. . . well, one last thought
on this subject this morning. . . .

DannemillerTyson did an amazing intervention with a school district in
Washington State, Mead District, I think.  They used WholeScale, of course,
since that is their core approach.  They held a very large whole-scale
gathering with representatives in the room of all constituentcies of the
school system, including students and janitors and every other category of
people in the system (taxpayers without kids, business people,
politicians).  They listened to each other, the system shifted and at the
end of just two or three days they had many amazing plans to implement in
the school system.  There is a video available at
www.dannemillertyson.comabout the amazing transformation.

It's been a few years since I thought about the Mead District event so the
details are fuzzy but I think the event was two days, on a Saturday and
Sunday, because that was when the event could happen. This means that
everyone at the event gave up their weekend, a powerful fact, don't you
think?

A central tenet of WholeScale is that it is possible to cast the
participation in an event to ensure that there is a complete microcosm of
the system in the room.  Open Space, with it's 'whoever shows up are the
right people' is a different container but an invitation to an OS event can
be made to a 'compelte microcosm' of the system. . . and then trust that the
right people will come. I think some clients (many?!) might find WholeScale
with its more explicit structure to be a bit more familiar and, therefore?!,
more palatable.  I mention this approach Chris, because you indicated you
were wondering if OS could serve in a high conflict context.  I think OS a
la PoP is just fine but if you have a client who wants a different
container. . . . take a look at whole-scale.

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