structural adjustments to bridge cognitive gaps(was "My first time")

[Raffi Aftandelian]

Hi Mark, (and hi all!)

Your Department of Defense example was very helpful in demonstrating how an
OST invitation can be made culturally and cognitively accessible.

In the case, Mark, I am curious about a number of things in your experience
with DoD:

1. Form and ritual- Did you use temple bells at the opening? Could you
explain your choice to use or not use the bells? Did you walk the circle,
talk about butterflies and bumblebees in the opening?

More directly, I am asking about whether in an ostensibly "stiff" corporate
culture, do you still ensure that the walk of the healer and the hero are
part of the opening even though that may bring on cognitive dissonance?

2. Presence- In the DoD example did you leave the room after the opening or
at some other point for an extended period? (more potential for cognitive
dissonance).

I guess all of these questions could be reframed as: Does you adapting the
structure of an OST invitation extend into making changes to its form to
make the meeting more cognitively accessible?

3. The OST check-in and commitments. What does that look like? Is that
circle work using a talking stick?

Thanks much!
raffi
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Date:         Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:39:09 -0800
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Hi Winston. Over the years, a some of us that were conducting the
³living in Open Space² experiments began to invite OS participants
to a state of ³Presence² through ³Check-In² processes.
The ³Check-In² process is any intentional act of individual and
collective "attunement" that brings the participants into clarity and
harmony with what they perceive as the higher aspirations, expectations, and
needs of Self, Others, and The Whole + in the context of the OS gathering. I
typically start the ³Check-In² process with 2 4 minutes of
³Silence² + punctuated beginning and end by a bell. The
participants contemplate the ³Calling Question² and how what they
are currently experiencing in their lives informs their understanding of the
³Calling Question² and their participation in the OS. The insights
of the process are then publicly shared + either in the Whole, or in small
groups (typically diads). In a formal meeting setting, this means also
reporting any information that one has that has material and/or insightful
relevance to the Whole. The functional objective of the ³Check-In²
process is to provoke the participants to be aware of, and responsive to,
their own current states, intentions, and impacts, and the current states,
intentions, and impacts of the others participants. This is an action of
entraining ones own responses and receptivity to the responses and
receptivity of other people. In this context, it is a conscious decision to
regulate and possibly alter ones behaviors and communications in order to
achieve a greater sense of interconnection with others and a ³Shared
Purpose². Does this explanation provide sufficient clarification? Mark
R. Jones Chief Executive Officer The Sunyata Group The Integral Wellness Group

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